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Deck the Halls

Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: John Whitesell
Screenwriter:
Matt Corman, Chris Ord, Don Rhymer
Starring: Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Sabrina Aldridge, Kelly Aldridge
Genre: Comedy, Family

Plot Summary:
A family comedy about one-upsmanship, jealousy, clashing neighbors, home decoration...and the true spirit of the holidays. Steve (Matthew Broderick), a suburban dad and Christmas enthusiast, leads a well-ordered, well-planned, and well-organized life. His new neighbor, Danny (Danny DeVito), is Steve's polar opposite: a big personality with big dreams, which have yet to materialize. But Danny's latest dream - to create the biggest holiday light display in the world, visible from outer space - is turning Steve's disciplined world into a chaotic nightmare. As Danny's home explodes with festive lights of incredible design, increasing complexity, and exponentially-growing wattage, Steve becomes a man on a mission. At any cost, he will thwart Danny - or top him.

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Déjà Vu

Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Director: Tony Scott
Screenwriter:
Terry Rossio, Bill Marsilii
Starring: Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, Bruce Greenwood, Adam Goldberg, Jim Caviezel
Genre: Suspense Thriller

Plot Summary:
Everyone has experienced the unsettling mystery of déjà vu – that flash of memory when you meet someone new you feel you've known all your life or recognize a place even though you've never been there before. But what if the feelings were actually warnings sent from the past or clues to the future? In the captivating new action-thriller from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott, written by Terry Rossio & Bill Marsilii, it is déjà vu that unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmic explosion on a New Orleans Ferry, Carlin is about to discover that what most people believe is only in their heads is actually something far more powerful – and will lead him on a mind-bending race to save hundreds of innocent people.

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The Fountain

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Screenwriter:
Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Gullette, Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Plot Summary:
"The Fountain" is an odyssey about one man's thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th century Spain, where conquistador Tomas Creo (Hugh Jackman) commences his search for the Tree of Life, the legendary entity believed to grant eternal life to those who drink of its sap. As modern-day scientist Tommy Creo, he desperately struggles to find a cure for the cancer that is killing his beloved wife Isabel (Rachel Weisz). Traveling through deep space as a 26th century astronaut, Tom begins to grasp the mysteries of life that have consumed him for more than a century.

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Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: Liam Lynch
Screenwriter:
Jack Black, Kyle Gass
Starring: http://comingsoon.net/news/talentnews.php?id=14945
Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Will Ferrell, David Koechner, Jason Reed, Ronnie James Dio
Genre: Comedy, Musical

Plot Summary:
Comedians/musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their infamous rock duo Tenacious D to the big screen in the comedy "Tenacious D in The Pick Of Destiny." The film tells the story of how "The D" became the self-proclaimed greatest band on earth and is being directed by Liam Lynch.


The Work and the Glory: A House Divided

Release Date: November 23, 2006 (limited)
Studio: Vineyard Distribution
Director: Sterling Van Wagenen
Screenwriter:
Matt Whitaker
Starring: Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Eric Johnson, Jonathan Scarfe, Alexander Carroll, Andrew Bowen, Emily Podleski, Ryan Wood, Brighton Hertford, Sarah Darling, Jeff Ham
Genre: Drama

Plot Summary:
The third and final installment based on the best-selling series of nine novels about the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, written by Gerald N. Lund.

Backstage

Release Date: November 22, 2006 (NY)
Studio: Strand Releasing
Director: Emmanuelle Bercot
Screenwriter:
Emmanuelle Bercot, Jérôme Tonnerre
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Isild Le Besco, Noémie Lvovsky, Valéry Zeitoun, Samuel Benchetrit, Édith Le Merdy, Jean-Paul Walle Wa Wana, Mar Sodupe, Lise Lamétrie, Claude Duneton, Joëlle Miquel
Genre: Drama

Plot Summary:
Teenager Lucie is an overly zealous fan of a famous pop diva, Lauren Waks. In order to cope with her bleak small-town life with her mother and little brother, Lucie obsesses over the singer, covering her bedroom walls with images and posters of her mysterious, inaccessible idol. One day, a chance situation allows Lucie to meet Lauren and gain access to the star's vastly unstable life. Gradually their lives intertwine as, with near-operatic intensity, the film delves into the emotional dependency on both sides of celebrity culture.

Opal Dream

Release Date: November 22, 2006 (NY, LA)
Studio: Strand Releasing
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Screenwriter:
Petter Cattaneo, Ben Rice, Phil Traill
Starring: Sapphire Boyce, Christian Byers, Abigail Gudgeon, Jacqueline McKenzie, Vince Colosimo, Peter Callan, Robert Menzies
Genre: Drama, Family

Plot Summary:
A movie for children and grown-ups of all ages, "Opal Dream" tells the touching story of a young girl, Kellyanne Williamson, whose unshakable faith in her two imaginary friends resonates through her small hometown in the Australian Outback. She lives with her family in a town that is well-known for its reserves of precious stones. Kellyanne is an average little girl, but there's something odd about her friends, Pobby and Dingan, because apart from Kellyanne herself, nobody can see them.

For the most part, Kellyanne's fantasy grates on her big brother's nerves. However, their father insists on indulging his daughter - he even takes these two extra 'members of the family' down into the opal mine. One day he unwittingly - or perhaps deliberately - 'leaves' them in the mine and Pobby and Dingan go missing. Kellyanne wastes away with grief, and her brother enlists the town to search for the girl's lost friends. As her brother takes it upon himself to rally the Williamson family and the community around his sister and her missing friends, everyone discovers what Kellyanne has long known; that you don't necessarily have to see in order to believe.

 
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