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A brave and virtuous mouse, Despereaux is simply too big for his small world. Though tiny, wheezy and saddled with comically oversized ears, Despereaux refuses to live a life of weakness and fear...believing he was destined to be celebrated in the tales of chivalry he so adores.
When hes banished from his home for not following the rules that society expects of a mouse, Despereaux befriends fellow outcast Roscuro, a good-hearted rat who cant bear to look in the mirror and hopes to live far from the grim underground of his kind.

In iThe Soloisti, an emotionally soaring drama about the redemptive power of music, journalist Steve Lopez Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeavors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives. iThe Soloisti is directed by Joe Wright Golden Globe winner for Best Drama and Oscar nominee for Best Picture Atonement.

As the snow falls on their wedding night, newlyweds John and Jenny Grogan Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston decide to leave behind the harsh winters of Michigan and head south to begin their new lives in West Palm Beach, Florida. They obtain jobs as journalists at competing local newspapers, buy their first home, and begin to make their way through the challenges of a new marriage, new careers and, possibly, the life-changing decision to start a family.

A year from now when its finally on DVD, someone I know will ask me if Ive seen IFour ChristmasesI. Four what? Ill ask. IFour ChristmasesI, theyll say. The holiday movie with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. And Ill respond, no never heard of it. As far as Ill know that will be the truth, because by then Ill have forgotten this movie exists. Its clich collection of bland, formula gags will have long since been replaced in my brain by more worthy memories.

RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) Four Christmases: Romantic comedy. Starring Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Jon Voight, Robert Duvall, Mary Steenburgen and Sissy Spacek. Directed by Seth Gordon. (PG-13. 82 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Four Christmases"...