Movies to See During the 2008 Holiday Season

Looking for something to do during your time off this holiday season? Well, why not go see a movie? I've compiled a list of movies that will be released in theaters between November 21, 2008 and December 26, 2008. Just click on the movie name for more information and to see movie trailers.

NOVEMBER 21

TWILIGHT (PG-13)

2 hrs

Romance, Thriller

Starring: Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Cam Gigandet, Nikki Reed

Probably the most anticipated movie of the year. Twilight is based on the novel of the same name by author Stephenie Meyer. It is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a teen girl and a vampire.

BOLT (PG)

1 hr 36 min

Animation, Comedy, Family

Voices of: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton, Malcolm McDowell

Bolt is the star of a hit TV show where he plays a "super dog". Bolt, who doesn't realize his super powers aren't real, is accidentally shipped from Hollywood to New York and begins a journey through the real world to get back home.

FOUR CHRISTMASES (PG-13)

1 hr 22 min

Comedy

Starring: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Jon Voight

A couple find themselves obligated to attend four relative-filled Christmas festivities.

NOVEMBER 26 (Wednesday)

AUSTRALIA (NR)

Running Time is Unknown

Adventure, Drama

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson

When English cattle barons plot to steal the ranch inherited by an English aristocrat, she reluctantly joins forces with a cattle driver to herd cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land.

TRANSPORTER 3 (PG-13)

1 hr 40 min

Action

Starring: Jason Statham, Fran�ois Berl�and, Robert Knepper

Frank Martin has been pressured into transporting the kidnapped daughter of the head of the Environmental Protection Agency for the Ukraine.

MILK (R)

2 hr 8 min

Drama

Starring: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco

In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America.

DECEMBER 5

CADILLAC RECORDS (R)

1 hr 48 min

Drama

Starring: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyonce Knowles, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short

The rise and fall of Chess Records, which launched the careers of Muddy Waters, Etta James and Chuck Berry in Chicago of the 1950s and 60s.

PUNISHER: WAR ZONE (R)

1 hr. 47 min

Action

Starring: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Colin Salmon, Doug Hutchison, Wayne Knight

After mob boss Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw.

FROST/NIXON

2 hrs 2 min

Drama

Starring: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones, Matthew MacFadyen

The re-creation of the 1977 televised interview of Richard Nixon who remained silent for three years after being forced from office.

DECEMBER 12

DELGO (PG)

1 hr 30 min

Animated, Adventure, Comedy

Voices of: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan, Val Kilmer

The mystical land of Jhamora is torn apart by the hatred between the winged Nohrin and the terrestrial Lockni. Delgo, a Lockni teenager, begins a forbidden friendship with Kyla, a Nohrin princess.

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (NR)

Running Time is Unknown

Drama, Sci-Fi

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Jaden Christopher Smith

Remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic. Keanu Reeves plays Klaatu, a humanoid alien from space who comes to earth along with his indestructible robot friend to warn Earth that they must live peacefully or they will be destroyed by a species that is watching them.

NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS (PG-13)

1 hr 39 min

Comedy, Drama

Starring: John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, Jay Hernandez, Melonie Diaz, Alfred Molina

The Rodriguez family are converging at their parents' home in Chicago for the holidays and to rejoice in their youngest brother's safe return from combat overseas.

DECEMBER 17

GRAN TORINO (NR)

1 hr 40 min

Action, Drama, Thriller

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Brian Haley

Walt Kowalski is a grumpy, unhappy Korean War veteran who can't get along with his kids or his neighbors and whose prize possession is a 1973 Gran Torino he keeps in cherry condition. But when his teenage neighbor tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth.

THE WRESTLER (NR)

1 hr 49 min

Drama, Comedy

Starring: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Judah Friedlander, Ajay Naidu

Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a 1980s-era pro wrestler, has a heart attack during a match and is told that if he fights again, he could die. Robinson then takes a job at a deli in an effort to build a new life, moves in with an aging stripper and tries to build a relationship with her son. However, the possibility of a rematch with his old adversary, the Ayatollah, is too tempting to resist, even if it means risking his life.

DECEMBER 19

THE BROTHERS BLOOM (PG-13)

1 hr 49 min

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Starring: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Rinko Kikuchi, Mark Ruffalo, Zachary Gordon

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, and now they've decided to take on one last job -- showing a beautiful heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world in pursuit of priceless artifacts.

SEVEN POUNDS (NR)

Running Time is Unknown

Drama

Starring: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Michael Ealy, Robinne Lee

Ben Thomas is an IRS agent with a fateful secret who forever changes the lives of seven strangers when he embarks on an amazing journey of redemption.

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (NR)

1 hr 40 min

Animated, Adventure, Comedy Family

Voices of: Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Kline

Despereaux, a tiny mouse, befriends a Princess named Pea, learns to read, then is banished from Mouseworld.

YES MAN (PG-13)

Running Time is Unknown

Comedy

Starring: Jim Carrey, Bradley Cooper, Zooey Deschanel, Sasha Alexander, Karen Bankhead

Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) is challenged to say 'yes' to everything for one whole year. This film is based on the true story and 2005 biography by Scottish humorist, Danny Wallace.

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (R)

1 hr 48 min

Drama

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Alan Alda, Vera Farmiga, Harry Lennix, David Schwimmer, Angela Bassett, Noah Wyle

A newspaper reporter outs a CIA agent and is imprisoned for refusing to reveal her source.

DECEMBER 25

BEDTIME STORIES (NR)

1 hr 50 min

Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Starring: Courtney Cox Arquette, Keri Russell, Teresa Palmer, Guy Pearce, Lucy Lawless

Hotel handyman's life is changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to mysteriously come true.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (PG-13)

2 hrs 23 min

Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Kimberly Scott, Jason Flemyng, Taraji P. Henson

This film is adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards.

MARLEY & ME (NR)

Running Time is Unknown

Comedy

Starring: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin, Haley Bennett

A couple, both reporters, move to Florida, buy a house and adopt a Labrador puppy they name Marley.

THE SPIRIT (NR)

Running Time is Unknown

Action, Drama

Starring: Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jaime King, Eva Mendes

This film is adapted from Will Eisner's comic book series of the same name. This Spirit is an action-packed, adventurous and romantic story of a former rookie cop who mysteriously returns from the dead to fight crime.

DECEMBER 26

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (R)

2 hrs

Drama, Romance

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates

A husband and wife in 1950s Connecticut, who are dissatisfied with life, wish to move to France while their relationship falls apart due to endless bickering, jealousy and blame.

VALKYRIE (PG-13)

Running Time is Unknown

Drama, Thriller

Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Fry, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Eddie Izzard, Halina Reijn, Kevin McNally, Christian Berkel, Terence Stamp

Based on actual events. At the height of WWII, a group of high-ranking German officers hatch a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and seize power of the military command in order to end the war.