Movies
The
Golden Compass (PG-13) Release
Date: Friday, December 7
Director: Chris Weitz
Genre: Family
Synopsis: Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) is an orphan who lives happily in Jordan College, Oxford, playing with local boys and terrorizing the professors. However, when Lyra overhears scholars discussing a plot against her uncle, Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig), centering around a mysterious substance called Dust, her curiosity is roused. Soon Lyra is in over her head as she uncovers a frightening plot and a whole new world of possibilities.
The Perfect Holiday (PG) Release Date: Wednesday, December 12
Director: Lance Rivera
Genre: Family / Comedy
Synopsis: The children of a single mother (Gabrielle Union) try to sabotage her romance with a shopping-mall Santa (Morris Chestnut) in the hope that she will reunite with their father.
Alvin
and the Chipmunks (PG) Release
Date: Wednesday, December 12
Director: Tim Hill
Genre: Family / Comedy
Synopsis: Three chipmunk brothers are adopted by a man named Dave. Based on the 1950s cartoon series about a music group of chipmunks comprised of mischievous group leader Alvin, tall and quiet Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.
The
Water Horse (PG) Release
Date: Tuesday, December 25
Director: Jay
W. Russell
Genre: Family
Synopsis: A
lonely boy (Alex Etel) finds the egg of a mythical
Scottish sea creature.







