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At A Theater
Near You
From "The Phantom of the Opera"
to "The Life Aquatic."
JOHN GREENWALD
Special to the Jewish News
and Jewish actress Emmy Rossum
as Christine. Now playing.
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon:
This political thriller, based on a
bizarrely true story, comes from first-
time director Niels Mueller. It stars Sean
Penn, Naomi Watts and Don Cheadle.
Opens Dec. 29 in selected cities, Jan.
21 in Detroit.
he holiday film season is like the
holiday retail season. Both seem
to start earlier each year. For
example, the season's first movie,
Surviving Christmas, with Ben Affleck,
opened Oct. 22, weeks before Veterans
Day and Thanksgiving. Worse, it was
the wrong kind of Christmas turkey —
it bombed.
Another seasonally themed film, The
Polar Express — the classic children's
book turned into an odd morphing of
animation and live action — also
opened well before Thanksgiving, on
Nov. 1.
Now comes what many members of
the tribe call "Jewish Movie Day" —
and this year it falls on Shabbat. Still, it's
getting dark so early these days that even
observant movie fans should be able to
catch a movie in the evening and head
out to their favorite Chinese restaurant.
There are a lot of movies to choose
from in this Jewish movie day guide.
Entertainment Weekly magazine predict-
ed that 76 pictures would open from
early November through January, but
bear in mind that Hollywood constantly
juggles films and play dates and that the
industry keeps hits on screen for as long
as there's a big enough paying audience.
It also yanks out flops tout de suite and
hurriedly inserts replacements. Some
films open only in a few big cities, often
just to qualify for the Oscars; eventually
they'll filter down to the rest of the
country, including Detroit.
So, this list of recently opened (within
the last week) and upcoming films play-
ing during the holiday season and
beyond may be a tad incomplete. The
moviegoers' No. 1 rule still applies:
Check your local newspaper or movie
Web sites to be sure what's playing and
when. In any case, see you at the movies.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of
the Opera Webber's mammoth
Broadway hit finally, finally comes to the
screen in a sumptuous production
directed by Joel Schumacher, who usual-
ly does action films. It stars the relatively
unknown Gerard Butler as the Phantom
The Aviator: Martin Scorsese's highly
anticipated epic biopic tells the story of
Howard Hughes, the renowned aviation
pioneer, Hollywood tycoon and movie-
star romancer, before he went around
the bend. Leonardo DiCaprio stars, with
Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn
and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner.
Opens Dec. 25.
Beyond the Sea asks the musical ques-
tion, "Do we want to see a biopic about
singer Bobby Darin?" With Kevin
Spacey starring and directing (and, yes,
singing, not lip-synching), we just
might. Talented newcomer Kate
Bosworth plays teen queen Sandra Dee.
Opens Dec. 29.
Bad Education: This film from
acclaimed Spanish director Pedro
Almodovar (the Oscar-winning Talk To
Her) is a noirish tale of mystery, Spain's
Franco-era Catholic schools, two lives
entwined over two decades and, of
course, sex. Now playing in selected cities,
opens Feb. 11 in Detroit.
Darkness. Anna Paquin (X-Men) and
Lena Olin (Alias) double up in this hor-
ror flick set in an isolated country house
where evil lurks in the shadows. (How
original.) Opens Dec. 25.
Fat Albert: This live-action movie ver-
sion of Bill Cosby's monologues and ani-
mated TV show stars Kenan Thompson
of TV's SNL. The Big Guy was filmed
two years ago, but only now is it being
released. Want to guess what that
means? Opens Dec. 25.
Flight of the Phoenix: This Lost-like
adventure about a stranded airplane in
the desert was a tense, exciting James
Stewart classic in 1965. The remake stars
new and better special effects grafted
onto a still-intriguing premise. With an
ensemble cast that includes Dennis
Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi. Now play-
ing.
Hotel Rwanda Don Cheadle plays a
Rwandan hotel owner who rescued
more than 1,200 Tutsi facing death from
the ruling Hutus in Rwanda's1994 geno-
cide. With Joaquin Phoenix, Nick
Nolte. Now playing in selected cities, opens
Jan. 7 in Detroit.
House of Flying Daggers Poetic visuals,
Asian martial arts and revolutionary
intrigue once again beautifully corn-
bined by director Yimou Zhang (Hero).
Crouching Tiger's Zhang Ziyi stars. Now
playing in selected cities, opens Jan. 14 in
Detroit.
In Good Company. Dennis Quaid, a
middle-aged middle manager, learns that
his new, 26-year-old boss, Topher Grace,
is sleeping with his daughter, Scarlett
Johansson. A comedy ensues. This is
office politics? Opens Dec. 29 in selected
cities, Jan. 14 in Detroit.
The Lift Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Another quirky comedy from Wes
Anderson ( The Royal Tennenbaums).
This time Bill Murray plays a Jacques
Cousteau-ish oceanographer and adven-
turer bent on revenge against a shark
that ate a friend. With Anjelica Huston
and Cate Blanchett. Opens Dec. 25.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of
Unfortunate Events. Preteens love these
series of neo-gothic novels. So
Hollywood squished the first three into
a special-effects pix starring Jim Carrey
as the hammy, wicked and wacky Count
Olaf darkly lording it over his three
wards. Now playing.