Happy holidays for film buffs

Martin Freeman as the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, who accompanies 13 dwarves on a dangerous quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."

Happy holidays for film buffs

Anthony Hopkins, left, pulls off the auteur's signature deadpan in "Hitchcock." Michael Wincott is Ed Gein, who inspired "Psycho."

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Christoph Waltz, left, and Jamie Foxx star in "Django Unchained," a Quentin Tarantino film about a slave who, with the help of a bounty hunter, plots to rescue his wife from her sicko owner.

Happy holidays for film buffs

Christoph Waltz, left, and Jamie Foxx star in "Django Unchained," a Quentin Tarantino film about a slave who, with the help of a bounty hunter, plots to rescue his wife from her sicko owner.

Happy holidays for film buffs

Barbra Streisand headlines "The Guilt Trip," in which an inventor, played by Seth Rogen, takes his mom on a road trip.

Happy holidays for film buffs

Barbra Streisand headlines "The Guilt Trip," in which an inventor, played by Seth Rogen, takes his mom on a road trip.

Happy holidays for film buffs

The Oscar race heats up as the year winds down, and the final stretch of 2012 promises a pageant of movies by directors already certified by the Academy. Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth with "The Hobbit," and Alfred Hitchcock even makes an appearance, brought to life by Anthony Hopkins…