Check out these feature films at your local theaters! Also be sure to read about upcoming DVD releases.

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The Incredibles
Release Date: November 5, 2004
Stars: (Animated) Voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee
Plot: Mr. Incredible is a superhero, or at least he used to be. Suddenly, people saved by the superheroes started suing them, and the former do-gooders were forced to enter witness protection programs. Today, the former superheroes are normal people, leading normal, humdrum lives. Mr. Incredible, now known as Bob Parr, lives with his wife, Helen, formerly Elastigirl, and their three children, Violet, Dash, and Jack Jack. Bob is an insurance claims specialist. But he hates his normal life and his nasty boss and profession. He wants to be a superhero again—but his wife wants no part of the past! When Bob Parr is asked to play the role of hero again by a mysterious informant, he thinks his prayers have been answered. Unfortunately, it's a trap! His old nemesis wants revenge on Mr. Incredible, and to save him, his family must reveal their true identities. (Buena Vistsa, PG)

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The Polar Express
Release Date: November 10, 2004
Stars: (Animated) Voices of Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara
Plot: Based on the popular children's book, this film tries to answer the question, Does Santa Claus exist? For one doubting boy (voice of Daryl Sabara and Tom Hanks), an astonishing event occurs. It's Christmas Eve and he lies in bed hoping to hear Santa's sleigh bells as he parks on the boy's roof. Instead, the boy hears a steam engine roar and whistle outside his window. The conductor (voice of Tom Hanks) invites him on board along with dozens of other children and they take an amazing flight to the North Pole. There, the boy finds out the truth about Santa—and the joy only a true-believer can experience. (Warner Brothers, G)

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Finding Neverland
Release Date: November 12, 2004
Stars: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet
Plot: The life, times, and experiences of J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, are the subject of this movie. When he got to know four children with no fathers he was led to write Peter Pan, a story about children who don't want to grow up. (Miramax, PG 13)

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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Release Date: November 19, 2004
Stars: (Animated) Voices of Tom Kenny, Alec Baldwin, Rodger Bumpass, Jeffrey Tambor
Plot: Based on the super-popular Nickelodeon cartoon series, this movie finds SpongeBob SquarePants on a new adventure—he leaves his town of Bikini Bottom so he can track down King Neptune's stolen crown. (Paramount, PG)

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Christmas with the Kranks
Release Date: November 24, 2004
Stars: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julie Gonzalo
Plot: Luther Krank (Tim Allen) is fed up with the commercial aspect of Christmas. To make a point he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration in a hurry. Ho Ho Ho! (Sony, PG 13)

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I Am David
Release Date: December 3, 2004
Stars: Ben Tibber, James Caviezel
Plot: Adapted from Anne Holm's award-winning novel North to Freedom, the movie tells the story of a 12-year-old boy, David, who escapes a Communist concentration camp. He has only a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark. David experiences freedom for the first time as he makes his way across Europe. David, who trusted no one when he was in the camp, finds that people can be basically good. He lets himself trust and love. And he finds a whole new life. (Lions Gate, PG 13)

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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Release Date: December 17, 2004
Stars: Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Jude Law, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken, Kara Hoffman, Shelby Hoffman
Plot: Based on the popular children's books, the three Baudelaire children find out that their parents have died in a fire. They have been left a vast fortune, but can't inherit it until the oldest of them is 21. Until then, they are sent to live with Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), a greedy, nasty, distant relative who wants the money all for himself! (Paramount, PG)

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Paper Clips
Release Date: December 17, 2004 (New York and Los Angeles)
Stars: Sandra Roberts, Dagmar Schindel-Hildebrad, David Smith
Plot: The children of a Whitwell, Tennessee, middle school are studying the Holocaust. In an attempt to understand the enormity of the horror, they try to collect 6 million paper clips, representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis. (Miramax, PG)

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Fat Albert
Release Date: December 25, 2004
Stars: Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt, Shedrack Anderson III, Jermaine Williams, Keith Robinson, Alphonso McAuley, Marques Houston, Dania Ramirez, Omarion, J. Mack Slaughter
Plot: Based on the popular Bill Cosby cartoon series Fat Albert, the movie finds Fat Albert and his pals coming to life and climbing out of their TV-land, animated, inner-city Philadelphia world. Fat Albert wants to help a little girl in trouble, and the rest of the gang joins in on the adventure. (20th Century FOX, PG 13)