Movies Released December 17, 2004 - Movie Insider (original) (raw)
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Friday, December 17
111 mins
Spanglish PG-13
In "Spanglish", the beautifully observed comedy/drama from acclaimed multiple Oscar-winning writer/director/producer James L. Brooks ("As Good As It Gets", "Terms of Endearment"), Flor (Paz Vega), a beautiful, native Mexican woman becomes the housekeeper for the affluent, yet troubled, Clasky family (headed by Adam Sandler and Téa Leoni). The result is a wittily perceptive collision of cultures and values, and a refreshingly honest look at such life-altering commitments as marriage, parenting and devotion to family.
Tea Leoni, Paz Vega, James L. Brooks, Cloris Leachman, Richard Sakai, Allen Covert, Sarah Steele, Julie Ansell
Comedy Romance
Flight of the Phoenix PG-13
A remake of the 1961 original that starred Jimmy Stewart, the story is about a group of men stranded in the Sahara Desert after their plane crashes. Desperate, the crew tries to rebuild the plane with any salvagable parts from the wreckage. The update will be setn the story of a group of men stranded in the Sahara Desert following a plane crash. With no way out, they try to build a plane using pieces from the wreckage. The updated version is described by Fox as a reinvention of the original and set in the Mongolian desert.
Dennis Quaid, Wyck Godfrey, Giovanni Ribisi, John Moore, John Davis, Scott Frank, Tyrese Gibson, William Aldrich
Action Adventure Suspense
113 mins
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events PG
Based on the bestselling book series by Daniel Handler, the "Snicket" saga revolves around a pint-sized trio of orphans named Sunny, Klaus and Violet who find themselves fobbed off on a series of odd people, including Lemony Snicket, who narrates each of what has grown to a series of eight books since Handler debuted the first title in 1999. The recurring bad guy is a distant family relative named Count Olaf, who initially takes in the kids but clearly is trying to separate them from a family inheritance.
Cedric the Entertainer, Jude Law, Emily Browning, Meryl Streep, Timothy Spall, Laurie MacDonald, Jim Carrey, Brad Silberling
Action Adventure Comedy
User Rated:
4 / 5
114 mins
A Tale of Two Sisters R
Inspired by a Korean legend, this is the odyssey of two sisters, who after spending time in a mental institution, return to the home of their father and cruel stepmother. Their recovery is affected by their stepmother's increasing cruelty, together with appearances of the ghost of their mother, which creates an atmosphere of strange occurrences and irrespirable fear.
Kim Jee-woon, Oh Gi-min, Oh Jeong-wan, Yeom Jeong-ah, Im Soo-jung, Moon Geun-young, Lim Ji-Eun, Kim Kab-su
Drama Thriller Suspense
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