The drought is over, and it's turned into a deluge, with more movies being released this weekend than you often see during an entire month. There's pretty much something for everyone, and Mitch is going to be seeing nearly all of them, reviewing a slew of movies for our readers over the course of the next several weeks. After what most people have felt was a weak year in 2008 with films, the year ends with a bang. Mitch previews all the new movie releases in this week's Crystal Ball.

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As there typically is each year on the week before Christmas, we have a slew of theater releases today. "Seven Pounds" with Will Smith, "Yes Man" starring Jim Carrey, and the animated film "The Tale of Despereaux" are the most notable of the lot. Mitch previews all these films, fills us in on the new DVD releases, and also brings our readers up to speed on all the latest Hollywood news and rumors in this week's edition of The Crystal Ball.

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During this festive time of year, time is a very valuable commodity. Being a hard core Browns fan, as well as our resident movie critic, Mitch decided to do double duty this past Monday, going to see "The Day The Earth Stood Still", then heading home to take in the Browns/Eagles Monday night game. In this hysterical read, Mitch relives The Double Feature From Hell.

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It's been a rough couple months to be both a Browns fan and a movie fan ... as there has been little to get excited about with either. In this week's Crystal Ball, Mitch says to hang in there. January will bring us all of the Oscar worthy films, plus on TV, we'll have restarts on "24", "Lost", "Battlestar Galactica", and "Big Love". Not to mention that we'll finally be out of our misery when it comes to Browns' games. Mitch recaps all the week's releases at the theater and DVD in this week's piece.

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