It's Christmas Day and, for noncelebrants as well as those who need a couple hours away from family and good cheer, this is a great day to take in a matinee. If you're looking to catch a flick this afternoon, here are a few films playing around town.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – Walter Mitty is James Thurber’s most famous and best-loved short story. And Ben Stiller is kind of the perfect guy to play the middle-class, middle-aged, middle-brow character with an overactive imagination. In this version, Mitty actually gets to live out some of his fantasies. That means either Stiller’s character will be a kind of meta-Walter Mitty, an avatar for all the people we would be if we weren’t so busy being chartered accountants and big-box cashiers and automotive engineers or it will be a smarmy parable for the Tony Robbins set.  Buy a ticket, some popcorn, and hope for the former. Showtimes -- JTW

Saving Mr. Banks – Disney recycles the classic movie Mary Poppins in this retrospective on how the movie was made. Starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, the film manages to make an already heartwarming and weird story even more heartwarming and weird. It will probably be sold in a box set with Finding Neverland next Christmas, so if you miss it, Disney will forgive you in 2014. Showtimes -- LAD

American Hustle – Once upon a time, the FBI dressed up an agent as an Arab sheik, then that guy then tried to bribe congressmen. This actually happened and it actually worked. They called it Abscam. Some of the 535 people who make our nation’s laws were fooled by an FBI agent pretending to be some Middle Eastern nobleman. They took bribes and then they went to jail. This true story but, obviously, cinematic retelling will be fictionalized some. For instance, the actual mayor of Camden wasn't in it for the people as the film suggests, but was a legit dirt bag in real life. Also, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., managed to weasel out of prosecution. Sen. Larry Pressler, R-Idaho, not only turned down the dirty money, but reported it to the FBI. Also, can we maybe appoint Larry Pressler as Wayne County’s emergency manager in 2014? Showtimes -- JTW

Her – If you're in the mood for an inappropriate love story about a robot, this one's for you. The science fiction romance flick by Spike Jonze follows Joaquin Pheonix as he falls in love with a manic pixie dream girl Siri, who has mysteriously developed Scarlett Johansson's voice and the ability to love. It will either be creepy or make you love your crazy, non-robot family that much more. Showtimes -- LAD

The Wolf Of Wall Street – Leonardo DiCaprio plays a 1980s Wall Street shark in this Martin Scorsese film. Whether it's good or bad is almost beside the point because it has Matt Drudge's pantaloons in a twist. What more do you want from a Christmas Day movie? Showtimes - JTW

A Madea Christmas – Tyler Perry’s success proves that you cannot overestimate the American public’s unquenchable thirst for lowbrow, formulaic comedy that lacks even the pretense of wit. However, if were raised as a noncelebrant of Christmas, A Madea Christmas is the Christmas movie for you. Here’s why: You probably have an idealized view of the holiday — presents under an artfully-trimmed tree, delicious foods, a dog slumbering beside a roaring Yule log — and some of that stuff sometime happens. However, real Christmas is also about quietly suffering your crude, redneck cousin (played by Larry the Cable Guy) and crotchety old aunt who is always “tellin’ like it is” (Tyler Perry as Madea) even if it isn’t that way at all. A Madea Christmas is here to remind you that your quiet Chinese dinner may be the greatest Christmas miracle of all. Showtimes -- JTW

Honorable mention: Detroit Unleaded – This movie isn't playing on Christmas Day, but if you're not movied out, catch the local flick this weekend at the Burton Theater in Detroit's Cass Corridor. Detroit Unleaded follows the story of a Lebanese-American who forgoes college to work at his father's Detroit gas station after his father is shot. Showtimes -- LAD

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