Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito
Lions Gate Films; Directed by Paul Haggis
Rated R; 100 minutes; 2005

A seemingly simple car accident in Los Angeles brings together a very diverse group of people. As their lives collide the issue of racism and racial profiling is explored as each of these people work through their own fears and inherent prejudices. This film is an example of the interconnectedness of life in the melting pot.

2005 120 minutes Color
MPAA Rating: PG-13 20th Century Fox
Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Adam Brody, Miguel Caballero, William Fichtner, Jennifer Morrison, Kerry Washington

The Smiths appear to be the typical American couple: Their marriage has gone stale with boredom and apathy, but like many couples, they hold deep, dark secrets. The Smiths happen to be top-level assassins, and their next assignments target each other.

Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Katie Holmes
Warner Bros.; Directed by Christopher Nolan
Rated PG-13; 134 minutes

Before Batman was the Dark Knight, he was a young boy who witnessed his parents’ murder. He heads to the East to hone his skills with a dangerous ninja cult leader and returns to Gotham to find it decaying under the rule of organized crime. With the help of his butler and an armored suit, Batman seeks to strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong.

Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer
Miramax Pictures; Directed by Chris Eyre
Rated PG-13; 88 minutes; 1998

Thomas is a skinny, toothsome kid wearing oversized glasses and plaid shirts under three-piece suites. Victor is a brooding loner. These Coeur d’Alene Indians trek from their Idaho reservation to Phoenix to retrieve the ashes of Victor’s estranged father. Based on Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, this is the first film written, directed, and acted completely by American Indians.

Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Jessica Alba, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Laurie Holden, and Tony Toscano
Directed by: Tim Story

When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, becoming the Human Torch. Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom. PG-13 for sequences of intense action, and some suggestive content

Featuring Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter, and Sandra Darnell
Warner Bros.
Directed by Tim Burton
106 minutes; 2005

The magical mind of director Tim Burton takes us back inside the most famous chocolate factory in the world. Charlie Bucket is a poor little boy who wins every young child's dream when he gets a chance to tour Willy Wonka's amazing factory with four other - much naughtier - children. This tour will be like no other and will change Charlie's life forever.

Featuring Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, and Elizabeth Banks
niversal Pictures; Directed by Judd Apetow
Rated R; 116 minutes; 2005

Andy has a cushy job, a nice apartment, good friends, but there's just one little thing he hasn't quite gotten around to doing yet. The fact that Andy is 40 years old and has never had sex inspires his co-workers to make it their duty to get their friend a woman. When Andy meets lovely Trish, his friends are excited until they discover that the couple has begun their relationship based on a mutual no-sex policy.

Starring: Donnie Wahlberg, Tobin Bell, Emmanuelle Vaugier, and Franky G.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Rating: R for grisly violence and gore, terror, language and drug content

While investigating the bloody aftermath of a grizzly murder, Detective Eric Mason (Donnie Wahlberg) has the feeling that it is the work of Jigsaw, the notorious killer who disappeared leaving a trail of bodies --- and parts -- behind. And Mason is right.

Jigsaw is at work again. But instead of two people locked in a room with only one unthinkable way out, there are eight. Eight strangers -- unaware of their connection to each other -- forced to play out a game that challenges their wits and puts their lives in jeopardy.