It’s long been accepted that the holiday season is one of the biggest times of the year for moviegoers, and this holds true for this year. Here’s a sneak preview of a handful of films you can waste two hours of your life watching over break!

Remember how the scary movie genre got lampooned last year in Scary Movie? Well, the teen movie genre gets a similar treatment in Not Another Teen Movie, which opens on December 14th. Opening that same day is Cameron (Almost Famous) Crowe’s latest offering Vanilla Sky. Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell and Penelope Cruz all star.

Opening on December 19th is one of this year’s most anticipated movies: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The first in a trilogy, this film stars Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin and Liv Tyler, among others. Look for this one to slaughter the competition, including Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, which opens two days later. Produced by Nick Films, Neutron boasts some impressive voice talent, namely, Patrick Stewart. Ali, a biopic starring Will Smith in the title role, opens on Christmas Eve. Perhaps this will provide Smith’s career with a much-needed boost?

OK, so you’re the stay at home type. That’s fine; there are plenty of awesome DVDs coming this season. Pearl Harbor hits stores December 4th, three days shy of the 60th anniversary of the attack. December 11th sees the release of Rush Hour 2, The Score and Jurassic Park III. On that same day, a box set containing all three Jurassic Park movies will be released. Scary Movie 2 and Moulin Rogue will be available December 18th, as will the complete first season of Twin Peaks. Also, don’t discount releases already in stores when doing your holiday shopping, such as the Godfather Boxed Set, The Simpsons Season One Boxed Set, Willow,Planet of the Apes and Shrek.

Of course, there's more than what I've listed coming out this holiday season. For more information, check out: Amazon.com, DVDEmpire.com, DarkHorizons.com, and Reel.com.