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Capote (R for violence and profanity). Philip Seymour Hoffman handles the title role of this bio-pic about the period in author Truman Capote’s life when he was researching the events surrounding the 1959 murders in Kansas which were the subject of his award-winning best seller In Cold Blood. Co-starring Catherine Keener as Harper Lee.

Chicken Little (G). Disney puts a new twist on the classic fable in this animated adventure about a young chicken (Zach Braff) who creates a panic after an acorn falls on his head because he believes that the sky is still falling. Distinctive voicework provided by Joan Cusack, Don Knotts, Steve Zahn, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Harry Shearer, Adam West, Garry Marshall, and Patrick Stewart.

Dreamer (PG for brief profanity). Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning team up in this real-life tale about a down-on-his-luck horse trainer whose precocious young daughter inspires him to rehabilitate a once-promising thoroughbred with a broken leg rather than send the horse to the glue factory. With Elizabeth Shue, Kris Kristofferson, and Luis Guzman.

Elizabethtown (PG-13 for sex and expletives). Ostensibly inspired by Garden State, Oscar-winner Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous) wrote and directed this comedy about the unexpected romance which develops between a suicidal shoe designer (Orlando Bloom) and the supportive stewardess (Kirsten Dunst) he meets en route to his father’s funeral. Back cast includes Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, and Jessica Biel.

Flightplan (PG-13 for violence and intense tension). Jodie Foster stars in this claustrophobic thriller about a grieving widow whose daughter (Marlene Lawston) mysteriously disappears at 30,000 feet in the air during their flight from Germany back to the United States.

The Fog (PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and brief sexuality). Horror film starring Selma Blair (Scream 2, Hellboy) set in an isolated, California coastal community suddenly haunted by the ghosts of the sailors who had perished in a shipwreck there 100 years earlier.

Get Rich or Die Tryin' (R for nudity, sex, pervasive profanity, drug use, and graphic violence). Six-time, Oscar-nominee Jim Sheridan directs this movie about an aspiring rap star (50 Cent) who temporarily turns into a drug dealer after being orphaned by his mother's murder. Cast includes Terrence Howard, Bill Duke, and Joy Bryant.

Good Night, and Good Luck (PG for adult themes and brief profanity). George Clooney wrote, directed and co-stars in this fifties docu-drama, shot in black & white, which revisits CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow's (David Strathairn) determination to expose the overzealous efforts of the House Un-American Activities Committee as a witch hunt, despite being called a Communist by Senator Joe McCarthy. With Patricia Clarkson and Jeff Daniels.

In Her Shoes (PG-13 for sex, expletives, and mature themes). Oscar-winner Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential) directs this adaptation of the Jennifer Weiner best seller of the same name about the sibling rivalry which separates a couple of sisters, one, a successful Philadelphia lawyer (Toni Collette), the other, an illiterate, irresponsible party girl (Cameron Diaz). With Shirley MacLaine as the girls' long-lost, grandmother who does her best to mend the rift via reconciliation at a family reunion.

Jarhead (R for profanity, graphic sexuality, and war violence). Operation Desert Storm drama, based on the Anthony Swofford memoir of the same name, chronicles the trials and tribulations of a tight-knit squad of Marines from boot camp to the Middle East desert during the 1991 Gulf War. With Jake Gyllenhaal.

The Legend of Zorro (PG for profanity, peril, violence and suggestive scenes). Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones return for this swashbuckling sequel set in San Francisco. Now, as Mr. & Mrs. Zorro, the masked Mexicans carve "Z"s while matching wits with a diabolical Frenchman intent on exploiting California's poor people.

North Country (R for violence, profanity, and scenes of sexual harassment). Based on the best seller Class Action: The Story of Louise Jensen, Charlize Theron stars in this fictionalized account of a true tale of female empowerment as a fed-up physically and mentally abused mineworker who, in 1984, won a landmark sexual harassment lawsuit.

Prime (PG-13 for sexual content, risqué dialogue, and profane language). Uma Thurman plays a 37 year-old photographer reeling from her recent divorce who falls for the 23 year-old son (Bryan Greenberg) of her psychiatrist (Meryl Streep) in this mismatched-couple comedy set in Manhattan.

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (PG-13 for profanity, disturbing images, and adult themes). Julianne Moore stars in this true story, set in the fifties, as a jingle-writing housewife who figured out how to feed her 10 kids on 25 words or less. Expanded cast includes Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern and Nora Dunn.

Proof (PG-13 for sex, expletives, and a drug reference). Gwyneth Paltrow stars in the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name as the daughter of a brilliant but mentally-ill mathematician (Anthony Hopkins). With the help of one of her father's students (Jake Gyllenhaal), she tries to deal with the possibility that she might have inherited his insanity.

Saw II (R for gore, grisly violence, terror, profanity, and drug use). High body-count sequel to original horror film has serial killer Jigsaw locking eight strangers in a room from which they must escape before the release of a noxious nerve gas. With Donnie Wahlberg as the detective out to crack the case.

Shopgirl (R for sex and expletives). Adapting his own novella of the same name, Steve Martin stars in this romantic comedy as a wealthy, worldly-wise older man who finds himself in a love triangle with a Saks Fifth Avenue cashier (Claire Danes) torn between him and a man (Jason Schwartzman) her own age.

The Squid and the Whale (R for sex and expletives). Dysfunctional family drama, set in Brooklyn in 1986, focuses on the emotional fallout visited upon the 12 and 16 year-old sons of an unhappily married couple (Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels) going through a messy divorce.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit (G). Another stop-action animated feature from the British who brought us Chicken Run five years ago. Already the subject of three short cartoons, this first full-length feature chronicles the efforts of a humane pest controller and his loyal pet dog to find the beast which has been ravaging their town's vegetable gardens. With voicework by Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter.

The Weather Man (R for sexual content and free-flowing profanity). Nicolas Cage stars in this midlife crisis comedy as a popular Chicago television personality debating whether to relocate to New York in the wake of a difficult divorce, his dad's illness (Michael Caine), and a host of ongoing issues with his ex-wife (Hope Davis) and children. Cameos by Bryant Gumbel, Ed McMahon, Cristina Ferrare, and Wolfgang Puck.

Zathura (PG for fantasy action, scenes of peril, and mild profanity). Based on the Chris Van Allsburg children's book of the same name, this sci-fi sequel to Jumanji revolves around the outer space adventures encountered by two brothers (Jonah Bobo and Josh Hutcherson) who find a board game which magically catapults them toward a faraway purple planet. With Tim Robbins and Kristen Stewart.