Movies opening 12/16

December 12, 2011 at 3:37PM
Jeremy Renner and Tom Cruise in "Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol"
Jeremy Renner and Tom Cruise in "Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol" (Margaret Andrews — Paramount Pictures/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

MOVIES OPENING FRIDAY

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team must restore the good name of the IMF after it's implicated in a Kremlin bombing.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) The Chipmunks and Chipettes fall overboard while on a cruise and wash up on an island paradise.

Shame (NC-17) Michael Fassbender suffers from sex addiction in this drama. With Carey Mulligan.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Holmes and Watson (Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law) join forces to outwit Prof. Moriarty (Jared Harris).

Tomboy (not rated) A 10-year-old girl in Paris is mistaken for a boy and has to live up to her new identity.

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