Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson star as a young married couple whose lives are changed when they adopt a difficult puppy named Marley. Based on the autobiographical book by John Grogan. Eric Dane, Alan Arkin, Haley Bennett, and Kathleen Turner also star. Check out the official site. We’ll have the review when the film opens in theaters on Christmas Day. Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.
Adam Sandler stars as a handyman who agrees to watch his sister’s (Courtney Cox) kids and tells them magical bedtime stories which begin to come true. Russel Brand, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Richard Grifiths, Teresa Plamer, Lucy Lawless, Carmen Electra, and Jonathan Pryce also star. Check out the official site. Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.
The film follows a former member of the Israeli army (Ari Folman) retracing his steps and reconnecting with old friends as he thinks back on the events of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Check out the official site. The film opens in limited release in select cities on Christmas Day. Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.
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Dustin Hoffman stars as a jingle composer struggling at work who takes time off to travel to London for his daughter’s (Liane Balban) wedding only to find more disappointment and make an unlikely connection with a stranger (Emma Thompson) in the airport. Richard Schiff, Eileen Atkins, James Brolin, and Kathy Baker also star. Check out the official site. The film hits theaters in a limited release on Christmas Day before opening wider on January 16th. Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.
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On top of director Gabriele Muccino‘s English-language debut, The Pursuit of Happyness, the Italian filmmaker has shown a strength for heart-gushing material with his newest film, Seven Pounds. As a filmmaker, that he can make movie capable of affecting the audience without pulling any cheap tricks is perhaps the strongest quality any director could hope for; but Seven Pounds proves that too much of a good thing isn’t a good thing.
It’s not easy to summarize the plot of Seven Pounds, due to a well-executed story line that feeds you bit by bit of information until you finally discover the motive for the subject of this character study, Will Smith‘s Ben Thomas. From the beginning, all we can tell is that Thomas is an IRS auditor who is using his power to help people in ways that only he is willing to help them.
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