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"THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN" -- The Pevensie siblings are back, this time to help Prince Caspian assume his rightful place on the throne as king of Narnia. Starring William Moseley, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes and Anna Popplewell. Directed by Andrew Adamson. (PG, for epic battle action and violence.)

"GET SMART" -- Inspired by the 1960s TV comedy created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry and starring Don Adams, this remake stars comedy king Steve Carell as bungling secret agent Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as his sidekick, Agent 99. Also starring Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp and Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Peter Segal. (PG-13, for some rude humor, action violence and language.)

"HANCOCK" -- A cranky, alcoholic superhero (Will Smith) hires a publicist to help him repair his public persona. Also starring Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron. Co-written and directed by Peter Berg. Directed by Peter Berg. (PG-13, for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and language.)

"THE HAPPENING" -- People are killing themselves as a mysterious virus sweeps the planet in this social-environmental meltdown thriller from M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Mark Wahlberg, John Leguizamo and Zooey Deschanel. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. (R, for violent and disturbing images.)

"THE INCREDIBLE HULK" -- After the box-office failure of Ang Lee's 2003 "Hulk," executives at Marvel Comics give the big green guy another shot at movie stardom with a new version of the story of Dr. Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) and his hard-to-control temper. Also starring Liv Tyler, Tim Roth and William Hurt. Directed by Louis Leterrier. (PG-13, for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi images, and brief suggestive content.)

"INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL" -- Harrison Ford picks up his whip and leather jacket for more old-school, serial-matinee adventure. This time it involves mythical crystal skulls, Cate Blanchett as a Soviet villain, Karen Allen returning as Marion Ravenwood, and Shia LaBeouf as Indy's new sidekick. Directed by Steven Spielberg; produced by George Lucas. (PG-13, for adventure violence and scary images.)

"IRON MAN" -- Robert Downey Jr. stars as wealthy inventor Tony Stark, who is kidnapped by terrorists, sees the evil of his ways and builds and dons a big iron suit to fight evildoers. Based on the Marvel Comics hero. Also starring Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges. Directed by Jon Favreau. (PG-13, for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content.)

"KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL" -- Abigail Breslin stars in this period piece about growing up during the Great Depression. Based on a best-selling line of dolls and books. Also starring Julia Ormond and Stanley Tucci. Directed by Patricia Rozema. (G, for general audiences.)

"KUNG FU PANDA" -- A lazy panda (voiced by Jack Black) studies the martial arts to battle an evil leopard (Ian McShane) in this fanciful animated comedy. Also featuring the voices of Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie. Directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson. (PG, for sequences of martial arts action.)

"THE LOVE GURU" -- Mike Myers plays Pitka the Love Guru, a self-help weirdo trying to patch things up between a hockey star and his wife. Also starring Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake and Romany Malco. Directed by Marco Schnabel. (PG-13, for crude and sexual content throughout, language, some comic violence and drug references.)

"MADE OF HONOR" -- Patrick Dempsey covertly romances his best pal (Michelle Monaghan) after she asks him to be "maid of honor" at her wedding. Also starring Sydney Pollack, Busy Philipps and Kevin McKidd. Directed by Paul Weiland. (PG-13, for sexual content and language.)

"SEX AND THE CITY" -- Can Carrie and the girls make the Jimmy Choo-clad jump from HBO to the big screen? You betcha they can, as Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon deal with commitment, family and all the issues of growing older. Also starring Chris Noth and Jennifer Hudson. Written and directed by Michael Patrick King. (R, for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language.)

"THE STRANGERS" -- A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants. Starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman. Written and directed by Bryan Bertino. (R, for violence/terror and language.)

"THEN SHE FOUND ME" -- Helen Hunt makes her big-screen directorial debut in this festival mini-hit, an adaptation the Elinor Lipman's novel about a teacher (Hunt) who reconnects with her birth mother. Also starring Bette Midler and Colin Firth. (R, for language and some sexual content.)

"WALL-E" -- A robot tasked with cleaning up the Earth after humanity has trashed and abandoned it gets lonely and looks for his people in this largely nonverbal comedy from the animation masters at Pixar. Featuring the voice talents of Fred Willard and Jeff Garlin. Directed by Andrew Stanton. (G, for general audiences.)

"WANTED" -- James McAvoy stars as a new recruit to the Fraternity, an elite squad of assassins that includes Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, in this action thriller. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov. (R, for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality.)

"WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS ... " -- Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher are scheming strangers who wed on a whim, then battle over a Vegas fortune they've won. Also starring Queen Latifah and Rob Corddry. Directed by Tom Vaughan. (PG-13, for some sexual and crude content, and language, including a drug reference.)

"YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN" -- Adam Sandler returns with this comedy about an Israeli agent who fakes his death so he can become a New York City hairstylist. Also starring John Turturro and Emmanuelle Chriqui. Directed by Dennis Dugan. (PG-13, for crude and sexual content throughout, language and nudity.)

"YOUNG@HEART" -- A New England senior citizens group inspires its audiences by performing songs by the Clash, Coldplay, Sonic Youth and James Brown in this documentary. Directed by Stephen Walker. (PG, for some mild language and thematic elements.)