Movies Released December 25, 2004

Released Saturday, December 25th

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The Life Aquatic With Steve ...

Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew—Team Zissou—set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existant Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline co-pilot who may or may not be Zissou's son (Owen Wilson), a beautiful journalist (Cate Blanchett) assigned to write a profile of Zissou, and Zissou's estranged wife and co-producer, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston). They face overwhelming complications including pirates, kidnapping, and bankruptcy.

Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Peter Stormare, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson, Jeff Goldblum, Wallace Wolodarsky

R Action Adventure 1 hr, 58 mins

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3 / 5

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Darkness

Three weeks ago, just before the lunar eclipse, American teenager Regina and her family moved into a charming old house in the remote Spanish countryside. Since then, nothing has been the same. Day by day, a strange force seems to be pulling the family apart and Regina is the only one brave enough to search for answers. However, she is about to discover the answers to all her questions lie deep within the walls of their new home: something has been waiting here for her family's arrival; something ancient and wicked; something looking for retribution; a force as bottomless and hungry as the dark itself. Now, darkness is closing in on Regina's family, and she's their only chance for survival.

Anna Paquin, Iain Glen, Brian Yuzna, Stephan Enquist, Jaume Balaguero, Lena Olin, Giancarlo Giannini

PG-13 Thriller Suspense 1 hr, 42 mins

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4.3 / 5

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The Aviator

"The Aviator" tells the story of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), the eccentric billionaire industrialist and Hollywood film mogul, famous for romancing some of the world's most beautiful women. The drama recounts the years of his life from the late 1920s though the 1940s, an epoch when Hughes was directing and producing Hollywood movies and test flying innovative aircraft he designed and created. A daredevil pilot, the most famous flyer since Charles Lindbergh, Hughes became a major force in commercial aviation. He was a mythic figure in the America of his day, imbued with an aura of excitement, glamour and mystery. "The Aviator" looks at Hughes' emotional life, and his love affairs with two Hollywood legends, elegant, Yankee-bred screen star Katharine Hepburn in the 1930s, and the sensual and luminous screen beauty of the 1940s, Ava Gardner. It also chronicles Hughes' struggle with his physical disabilities and phobias, and with his increasingly erratic, obsessive-compulsive behavior that leads him ultimately to isolate himself from his associates and withdraw from the world.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Beckinsale, Willem Dafoe, Graham King, Martin Scorsese, John Logan, Cate Blanchett, Michael Mann

PG-13 Drama Action 2 hrs, 35 mins

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4.3 / 5

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86%

4.4 / 5

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Fat Albert

Live-action version of the Saturday morning television cartoon (1972-85) following the misadventures of a group of adolescent boys growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood, focusing on an obese boy named Albert and his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Bill, Dumb Donald, Russell, and Weird Harold. Fat Albert pulls his pals into trouble when they fall out of their TV world into the real world, where Fat Albert tries to help a young girl, Doris, make friends. However, the simple life of the group is interrupted when Fat Albert falls for Doris' older sister, Lauri, sparking his friends to worry that their leader may never want to return to his cartoon world.

John Davis, Bill Cosby, Lowell Ganz, Keith Robinson, Joel Zwick, Kenan Thompson, Charles Kipps, Omarion Granberry

PG Comedy Family 1 hr, 40 mins

86% WILL SEE

4.4 / 5

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