Electric Shadows ( Meng ying tong nian )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Chinese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jiang Xiao
Actors: Yu Xia, Haibin Li, Yijing Zhang, Zhongyang Qi, Zhengjia Wang, Haogi Zhang
The Family Stone
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2005
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Actors: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker
Plot: Follow a family through the holidays in this amazing movie about life, love, and losing. When the five Stone children all make it home for the holidays no one knows what to expect. The oldest brother has brought home a girl, and mother and sisters are not too happy about that. But his brother falls head over heels for her. Who finally gets her in the end, and will all the children find love this season?
The Grace Lee Project
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2005
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Grace Lee
Actors: Grace Lee, Aldo Velasco, Grace Lee, Grace Lee, Grace Lee, Grace Lee
A Halfway House Christmas
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2005
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Eric Moyer
Actors: Bobcat Goldthwait, Brian Walsh, Robert Romanus, Rod Sellers, Jared 'Evil' Hasselhoff, Ryan Dunn
Hoodwinked
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2005
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers
Plot: The Animal Police investigate a crime at Granny's house involving a girl, a wolf and an ax.
The Producers
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2005
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Susan Stroman
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Nathan Lane, Will Ferrell, Jon Lovitz, Gary Beach
Plot: A failing Broadway producer and an unemployed accountant who secretly desires to become a Broadway producer come up with a scheme to come up with the worst play in Broadway history to make a quick buck. But, their plans have the opposite effect.
Gentille
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/2005
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sophie Fillières
Actors: Emmanuelle Devos, Lambert Wilson, Bruno Todeschini, Michael Lonsdale, Bulle Ogier, Julie-Anne Roth
Good Girl ( Gentille )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sophie Fillières
Actors: Emmanuelle Devos, Lambert Wilson, Bruno Todeschini, Michael Lonsdale, Bulle Ogier, Julie-Anne Roth
Happy Here and Now
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/2005
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Almereyda
Actors: Karl Geary, Ally Sheedy, David Arquette, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III, Gloria Reuben
King Kong
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis
Plot: During the depression in 1930s New York, a down-on-her-luck actress runs into an ambitious film director whose plan to film on a remote island takes on unexpected dangers.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Melissa Leo
The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove
Theatrical Release Date: 12/13/2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Saul Blinkoff, Elliot M. Bour, Robin Steele
Actors: Patrick Warburton, Tracey Ullman, Eartha Kitt, David Spade, John Goodman, Wendie Malick
Plot: While Kronk has settled in to a new life - where being a head chef and camp counselor gives him much joy - when he learns his father is visiting, he thinks that to gain his approval he presents himself as something his is not.
Silence Becomes You
Theatrical Release Date: 12/13/2005
Overall Rating: 1.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephanie Sinclaire
Actors: Alicia Silverstone, Sienna Guillory, Joe Anderson, Leigh Lawson, Vaida Buyte, Jessica Suffield
Plot: A story about two strange sisters living together alone in the large mansion isolated from the society, who one night bring home a young attractive man on a dare that would soon go awry.
Tokyo Zombie ( Tôkyô zonbi )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/10/2005
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sakichi Satô
Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Shô Aikawa, Erika Okuda, Arata Furuta, Hina Matsuoka, Kazuo Umezu
