’Twas the eve of the holiday movie season and all through Hollywood, no creatures were stirring but Nazis, vampires, and — eek — Adam Sandler. Along with the usual Oscar dramas, multiplexes will be filled with pandering genre flicks to help you forget you can hardly afford coal for your stocking this recessionary yuletide. (Opening dates are subject to change.)
Bedtime Stories
Release date: Dec. 25
Stars: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Courteney Cox
Story: Move over, Goofy — you’ve got some competition. This is Sandler’s first Disney movie.
Witnessing the Waterboy watered down enough to join the Mouse House brand could be, um, interesting, given Sandler’s sometimes less-than-wholesome style of humor.
The titular bedtime stories of this family film are those that a handyman (Sandler) tells to his niece and nephew; they then fantastically begin to come to life. The studio hasn’t released many details about what Sandler’s co-stars — including Russell Brand — get to do, but director-choreographer Adam Shankman of “Hairspray” fame has been known to put on a fun show. Rated: PG
