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Crash

Rated R for language, sexual content and some violence.

Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate, Nona Gaye, Michael Peña, Loretta Devine, Shaun Toub, Beverly Todd, Keith David.

A car accident brings together a group of strangers in Los Angeles. Crash takes a provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America.

Monster-in-law

Rated PG-13 for sex references and language.

Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan, Wanda Sykes, Adam Scott, Annie Parisse, Monet Mazur, Elaine Stritch, Will Arnett.

After years of looking for Mr. Right, Charlotte 'Charlie' Cantilini finally finds the man of her dreams, Kevin Fields, only to discover that his mother, Viola, is the woman of her most unpleasant nightmares. Viola is a recently fired news anchor who is afraid she will lose her son the way she has just lost her career, Viola becomes determines to scare off her son's new fiancé by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law.

Sahara

MPAA rating: PG13.

Master explorer Dirk Pitt and his wisecracking sidekick, Al Giordino go on the adventure of a lifetime while seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the 'Ship of Death'. Based on the best-selling series by Clive Cussler.

Sin City

Rated R for sustained strong stylized violence, nudity and sexual content including dialogue.

Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Rosario Dawson, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Clarke Duncan, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett, Rutger Hauer, Jaime King, Michael Madsen, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood.

Welcome to Sin City, the town that beckons to the tough, the corrupt, and the brokenhearted. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still try to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care. Bruce Willis stars as a cop with bum ticker and a vow to protect a sexy stripper; Mickey Rourke is an outcast misanthrope on a mission to avenge the death of his one true love; and Clive Owen is Dwight, the clandestine love of Shellie, who spends his night defending Gail and her Old Town girls from a tough guy with a penchant for violence.

Warm Springs

MPAA rating: PG.

Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer, Kathy Bates, Tim Blake Nelson, Matt O'Leary, Andrew Davoli, Nelsan Ellis, Jane Alexander, Sharon Blackwood.

The inspiring true story about Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, who seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.