Krampus
You will cry and you might as well pout, because Krampus is coming to town. Adam Scott and David Koechner star in a ho-ho horror film about a Germanic folklore villain. (14A)
The Resurrection of Jake the Snake
He was a pro-wrestling star in the 1980s, but more recently the Snake was on the wane. A documentary tells the rise-and-fall story of Jake (The Snake) Roberts. (14A; Carlton Cinema)
The Anniversary
Anniversaries come around once a year, but will Sam? In a Canadian comic drama from Valerie Buhagiar, a wife holds a dinner party and hopes her husband, who went for a long, long jog, returns. (14A; Carlton)
MI-5
When a charismatic terrorist escapes from MI-5 custody, it's "the most serious failure in the organization's history." Something doesn't add up; we smell a rat. The spy-world thriller stars Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington in a spinoff of the British television series Spooks. (Carlton)
Christmas Eve
On Dec. 24, the power goes out, leaving six groups of New Yorkers trapped in elevators. In a film starring Patrick Stewart and other recognizable faces, we learn that life has its ups and downs. (PG; The Royal)
The Wannabe
Based on real events and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, a moody nineties-set crime drama pairs Boardwalk Empire alumni Vincent Piazza and Patricia Arquette as mob-obsessed lovers. (14A; Carlton)
Brad Wheeler