Movies Released December 19, 2008

Friday, December 19

Seven Pounds PG-13

Academy Award® nominee Will Smith reunites with the directors and producers of "The Pursuit of Happyness" for the emotional drama "Seven Pounds." In the film, Smith plays Ben Thomas, an IRS agent with a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Will Smith, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Rosario Dawson, Todd Black, Gabriele Muccino, James Lassiter, Grant Nieporte
Drama
104 mins

Yes Man PG-13

"Yes Man" stars Jim Carrey as Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere - the operative word being "no" - until he signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say "yes" to everything and anything. Unleashing the power of "YES" begins to transform Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, getting him promoted at work and opening the door to a new romance. But his willingness to embrace every opportunity might just become too much of a good thing.
David Heyman, Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul, Peyton Reed, Richard D. Zanuck, David Iserson
Drama Comedy

The Tale of Despereaux G

The tale of three unlikely heroes--a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears--whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess.
Emma Watson, Christopher Lloyd, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Fell, Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Ciaran Hinds, Robbie Coltrane
Drama Adventure Family Kids Animation
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Adam Resurrected

The story focuses on a former Nazi collaborator who later becomes the head of an asylum.
Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Derek Jacobi, Paul Schrader, Noah Stollman, Ayelet Zurer, Ulf Israel
Drama Historical

Gomorra R

Based on a book by Roberto Saviano, "Gomorra" takes an inside look at the Neapolitan mob.
Matteo Garrone, Domenico Procacci, Salvatore Abruzzese, Simone Sacchettino
Drama Crime
107 mins

Nothing but the Truth R

Washington, DC political journalist Rachel Armstrong writes an explosive story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent. When a special government prosecutor demands she divulge her source, she refuses and finds herself behind bars, struggling to defend the principles she has based her career upon.
Angela Bassett, Marc Frydman, Rod Lurie, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Edie Falco, Noah Wyle, Bob Yari
Drama

Friday, December 19