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The last two months of the year often bring Hollywood's finest offerings. That's when studios roll out films they hope will take home Academy Award nominations.

Thanksgiving meals are enjoyed hot out of the oven and as cold leftovers. And America enjoyed the same at the box office this weekend, choosing hot, then cold, with "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and Disney's "Frozen."

Paul Walker's tragic death in a Los Angeles car crash over the weekend came mid-way through filming the seventh Fast & Furious film.

If the millions who crowded movie theaters this Thanksgiving weekend also went shopping, then the most popular gift purchases should have been the dolls for Katniss Everdeen and for Disney's Anna and Elsa .

NEW YORK, Nov 30, : Americans dug into a little gladiatorial combat along with the turkey and cranberry sauce last Thursday, propelling "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" to $14.9 million at the domestic box office.

New movies that opened in York County on Thursday, Nov. 28 include "Frozen," "Homefront" and "Black Nativity."

Falling pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena was sent to the convent of Roscrea to be looked after as a "fallen woman."

Kasi Lemmons wrote and directed this adaptation of Langston Hughes' play about a Baltimore teen being raised by a single mother who spends Christmas with his estranged -- and strict --relatives .

29-DEC. 5 "Homefront" -- Former DEA agent Phil Broker moves his family to a quiet town to escape his past.

"Frozen" Disney animated adventure about a fearless princess who embarks on an epic journey with a gruff mountain man in order to reverse the curse of eternal winter accidentally inflicted upon the kingdom by her queen-to-be sister with cryogenic powers.

Steve McQueen's film about a free black man captured and enslaved, is the best kind of history lesson: Brutal truth that demands to be seen.

Anna teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa.

Continuing our annual tradition of posting Thanksgiving and Christmas Movie Guides every holiday season, our San Francisco contributor, Marco Cerritos , has once again put together a holiday movie guide for Thanksgiving 2013 , giving a recap and rundown of what's playing and what's worth seeing .

LET IT SNOW: When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a fearless optimist , teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff and his sidekick reindeer Sven on an epic journey to find the Snow Queen and put an end to her icy spell in "Frozen," the latest animated film from Disney.

The script for "Homefront" is credited to Sylvester Stallone, and you can tell. For better or worse, the work here is relatively close to the sensibility of the "Rambo" and "Rocky" auteur.

Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug" isn't the only treasure that awaits this holiday movie season.

Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: for general audiences; parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; restricted, younger than 17 admitted only with parent or adult guardian; no one younger than 17 ... (more)

The animated offering "Frozen" tells the story of a girl trying to save her kingdom from eternal winter.

Cinedigm announced today that leading independent film distributor Open Road Films has become the launch partner for their newly released "Distributor 3.0" platform.

Cast and crew members said they were totally blind-sided by the decision to cancel the "Sirens of TI" show.