Cars (G). Disney animated adventure about the adventures of a rookie hot rod (Owen Wilson) who gets a big lesson about life on his way across the country to compete in the Piston Cup Championship in California. With voicework by Paul Newman, George Carlin, Bob Costas, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Keaton, Jennifer Lewis, Tony Shalhoub, and real-life race car drivers Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip.
Clerks II (Unrated). Writer/director Kevin Smith reunites with co-star Jason Mewes for this update of his cult classic which finds the hapless slackers in their thirties and still stuck in New Jersey but suddenly unemployed and shaken out of a middle-age malaise when their convenience store closes. Cast includes Rosario Dawson, Wanda Sykes and Ben Affleck.
Click (PG-13 for sex, expletives, crude humor, and drug references). Adam Sandler stars in this science fiction fantasy about a workaholic architect who discovers that he can fast-forward or rewind his life with the help of his universal remote control. Cast includes Christopher Walken, Kate Beckinsale, Sean Astin, Jennifer Coolidge, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie (the voice of Marge Simpson) Kavner, and John (brother of Chris) Farley.
The Devil Wears Prada (PG-13 for sensuality). Anne Hathaway stars opposite Meryl Streep in this adaptation of the best seller of the same name about a small-town girl just out of college who lands a job in NYC as an assistant to a very demanding, high-powered magazine editor.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (PG-13 for sex, expletives, violence, and reckless and illegal teen behavior). With the cast overhauled again, the action shifts to Japan for the third installment of the high-octane auto franchise. Now Lucas Black stars as a fugitive from justice and gangsters whose hope of paying off a gambling debt rests with driving in death-defying street races.
An Inconvenient Truth (Unrated). Al Gore ramps up for another Presidential run in this "Don't say I didn't warn you" documentary about the dire prospects for the planet as a consequence of continued unchecked global warming.
Lady in the Water (PG-13 for frightening sequences). M. Night Shyamalan fairy tale about the efforts of a custodian (Paul Giamatti) to assist the mysterious woman (Bryce Dallas Howard) whom he rescues from his apartment building's swimming pool make the perilous journey back to her life as a character in a bedtime story. Cast includes Jeffrey Wright, Bill Irwin, Bob Balaban, and the director in a cameo appearance.
The Lake House (PG for mild epithets and a disturbing image). Speed stars Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves reunite for this faithful adaptation of Siworae, a surreal science fiction film from Korea. Remake revolves around the exchange of love letters between a frustrated architect (Reeves) and the lonely doctor (Bullock) who previously resided in his new house and the discovery that they're living two years apart.
Little Man (PG-13 for profanity, drug references, and crude sexual references). Keenen Ivory Wayans directs brother Marlon in the title role of this screwball comedy as a pint-sized felon who masquerades as a baby in order to be adopted by the couple (Shawn Wayans and Kerry Washington) he hid a priceless diamond with. Cast includes John Witherspoon and SNL alums Tracy Morgan and Molly Shannon.
Monster House (PG for scary images, mature themes, crude humor and profanity). CGI-animated cartoon about three kids who have a hard time convincing adults that the spooky old Victorian mansion up the block is actually a living, breathing monster. Featuring voice work by Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Nick Cannon, Jason Lee, Kathleen Turner, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara and Kevin James.
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (PG-13 for sex, expletives, nudity, and crude humor). Uma Thurman handles the title role in this romantic comedy as a superhero who unleashes her wrath upon the mere mortal (Luke Wilson) who decided to dump her for another woman (Anna Faris).
Nacho Libre (PG-13 for crude humor and rough action). Jack Black vehicle features the corpulent comic as a chef who decides to don a mask and cape to morph into a professional wrestler to raise enough money to save the orphanage where he works from closing.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (PG-13 for frightening images and violence). Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and company return for another round of hijinks on the high seas. This time out Captain Jack finds himself trapped in spooky web of supernatural intrigue, owing a debt of servitude and eternal damnation to Davy Jones.
A Prairie Home Companion (PG-13 for risqué humor). Garrison Keillor plays himself in this fictional story set at St. Paul's famed Fitzgerald Theater, home to his long-running, nostalgic NPR radio series of the same name. Directed by Robert Altman, the action unfolds both on and offstage on the night of what looks like the final broadcast, given the announcement that the show has been acquired by a corporate conglomerate which has decided to pull the plug on the popular program. Ensemble cast includes Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Lily Tomlin, Virginia Madsen, Matthew Modine, John C. Reilly and Saturday Night Live's Maya Rudolph.
A Scanner Darkly (R for sex, expletives, drugs and a violent image). Richard Linklater directs this adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel of the same name set in America where one in five Americans havs been hired by the government to spy on the other four. Stars Keanu Reeves as an undercover cop hooked on a drug which causes its addicts to develop a split personality. With Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson and Robert Downey, Jr.
Superman Returns (PG-13 for violence). Brandon Routh takes over the title role for a new chapter in the life of the Man of Steel as he returns from Krypton to learn that Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) is a single mother with a child that might be his and to find his arch-enemy Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) hatching yet another diabolical plot. Great Caesar's ghost! Back cast includes Frank Langella, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Eva Marie Saint and Kal Penn.
Water (Unrated). Feminist Deepa Mehta's long overdue final installment of her elemental trilogy, also including Fire (1996), and Earth (1998), films which triggered riots and theater burnings before being banned for exploring political and religious themes like lesbianism and Hindu-Muslim romance. This film, set in the thirties during the rise of resistance to British rule, revolves around the relationship between a woman widowed at the age of eight and raised in an ashram and a suitor from a lower caste who's a devout follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
Who Killed the Electric Car? (PG for mild epithets). Documentary examines the role of the American auto industry in the elimination of the pollution free electric automobile in order to ensure the country's continued dependence on cars with internal combustion engines which consume copious quantities of gasoline.
Wordplay (PG for profanity and mature themes). Documentary examines the work of Will Shortz, longtime editor of the New York Times' crossword puzzle. With cameos by Ken Burns, Bob Dole, Jon Stewart, and Bill Clinton.
You, Me and Dupree (PG-13 for sexual references and off-color humor). Comedy about a couple of newlyweds (Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson) who come to regret allowing their best man (Owen Wilson) to crash on their couch when he turns into the proverbial guest that won't leave. With Michael Douglas and Amanda Detmer.