The Catholic Leader Keeping Faith with You

THE ARTIST: Starring Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, and John Goodman. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius. Rated PG (Mild themes). 100 min.

THE MUPPETS: Starring Jason Segel, Amy Addams, Chris Cooper, Alan Arkin, Jack Black and Kermit, Miss Piggy and the Muppets. Dirceted by James Bobin. Rated G.

THE DESCENDANTS. Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Robert Forster, and Patricia Hastie. Directed by Alexander Payne. Rated M (Mature themes and coarse language). 115 min.

WAR Horse has been a very successful theatre drama (with actors using masks for the horses). It has been adapted by Lee (Billy Elliot) and Richard Curtis (Four Weddings, Love Actually) and directed with his usual fine craft by Steven Spielberg.

FILMED in London, Budapest and Istanbul, this movie is based on the 1974 book of the same name by John le Carre.

NEW YEAR'S EVE: Starring ensemble cast, including Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, Halle Berry, Katherine Heigl, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zac Efron, Josh Duhamel, and Abigail Breslin. Directed by Garry Marshall. Rated M (Infrequent coarse language). 118 min.

WE HAVE A POPE (HABEMUS PAPAM): (Italian with English subtitles). Starring Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti and Jerzy Stuhr. Directed by Nanni Moretti. Rated M (infrequent coarse language). 102 mins.

THE IDES OF MARCH: Starring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti. Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Evan Rachel Wood. Directed and co-written by: George Clooney. Rated M. 101 minutes. Rated m (Frequent coarse language, mature themes and sex scene).

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN: Starring Tilda Swinton, John C Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rock Duer, Ashley Gerasimovich, Siobhan Fallon. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. MA 15+ (Infrequent strong coarse language and themes). 112 minutes.