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romantic drama focuses on two couples
— Jude Law and Natalie Portman, and
Julia Roberts and Clive Owen — who
realize their relationships are perishable
when Law and Roberts engage in a notso-secret
fling.
DECEMBER 10
BLADE: TRINITY
WHO’S IN IT? Wesley Snipes,
Ryan Reynolds
WHO DIRECTED? David Goyer (ZigZag)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Blade (Snipes) joins
forces with human vampire hunters called
Nightstalkers (Reynolds and Jessica Biel)
to yet again attempt to wipe out vampires,
once and for all, they’re really, really going
to try this time. They mean it.
DECEMBER 17
THE AVIATOR
WHO’S IN IT? Leonardo DiCaprio,
Cate Blanchett
WHO DIRECTED? Martin Scorsese
(Gangs of New York)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? DiCaprio is eccentric
aviatior/movie producer Howard Hughes in
his most productive years (1930-1947).
Too bad the movie ends before his wacky
Kleenex-boxes-as-shoes, germ-phobic
years, which would have given DiCaprio
some glorious scene-chewing opportunities.
LEMONY SNICKET’S
A SERIES OF
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
WHO’S IN IT? Jude Law, Jim Carrey
WHO DIRECTED? Brad Silberling (Casper)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The first few books in
the Lemony Snicket’s series are rounded
out into this goth-for-kiddies tale of three
orphaned children trying to keep their
inheritance out of the hands of greedy
Count Olaf (Carrey).
• HITS THEATRES DECEMBER 17
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SPANGLISH
WHO’S IN IT? Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni
WHO DIRECTED? James L. Brooks
(As Good as it Gets)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? A Beverly Hills chef
(Sandler), his unhappy wife (Leoni) and
their stressed-out children come together
when they hire a Mexican housekeeper
(newcomer Paz Vega) to help run their
household. Look for another strong dramatic
turn by underrated actor Sandler.
• HITS THEATRES DECEMBER 17
DECEMBER 22
MEET THE FOCKERS
WHO’S IN IT? Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro
WHO DIRECTED? Jay Roach (Meet the
Fockers)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? You may hate
La Streisand, but it’s nevertheless a
casting coup to get Barbra to play Ben
Stiller’s mom in this follow-up to Meet
the Parents. She’s paired with on-screen
hubby Dustin Hoffman, and together
they play host to their future in-laws, the
Byrnes’s (De Niro and Blythe Danner).
DECEMBER 25
THE LIFE AQUATIC
WHO’S IN IT? Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett
WHO DIRECTED? Wes Anderson
(The Royal Tenenbaums)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Murray plays a
renowned oceanographer who reunites
with his estranged son (Owen Wilson)
and sets out to destroy the shark that
killed his partner.
FAT ALBERT
WHO’S IN IT? Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt
WHO DIRECTED? Joel Zwick (My Big Fat
Greek Wedding)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The cartoon characters
from Bill Cosby’s ’70s series manage to
somehow fall out of their TV universe
and land, as humans, in our world. But
can Fat Albert (Thompson) and his pals
get back, and more importantly, do they
want to return to their pixilated existence?