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film is a grand,
big -
budget epic that tells the store of the true
journey of the The Essex, a ship that faced an epic battle against the seas of the Pacific, and a huge sperm whale.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 14, 2012
BIG BUDGET FILMS The Hobbit: An Unexpected
Journey (PG - 13 for epic battle scenes and scary images) Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) directed this adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel about a human - like creature with furry feet (Martin Freeman) who is prompted by a wizard (Ian McKellen) to embark on an epic with 13 dwarfs to wrest control of a lost kingdom from the clutches of a fearsome dragon.