August Rush
Abandoned 11-year-old Evan believes he will find his parents if he can play the right music. He runs away to New York City. There, he meets a street musician who renames him August Rush. As August becomes known for his music, his mother learns that her son is alive. As she frantically searches for him, the man she shared one night with looks for her. Featuring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell. A Warner Bros. release, PG, 1 hr. 53 min.

Becoming Jane
Loosely based on an incident in Jane Austen’s life, this historical drama follows 20-year-old Jane in her search for the perfect mate. Although her family and friends want her to marry the nephew of the rich Lady Gresham, Jane wants to marry for love. When she meets Tom Lefroy, an Irish rogue visiting her country hamlet, Jane initially despises him. But romance follows. Featuring: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy. A HanWay Films release, PG, 2 hr. 1 min.

Cloverfield
On the eve of Rob’s departure for Japan, his friends throw him a surprise going-away party in his New York apartment. Rob’s friend Hud is capturing the partygoers’ good wishes on video camera when a huge monster attacks the city. Rob and several others attempt to get across town to rescue their friend Beth. Meanwhile, Hud catches on camera the horror of the attack. Featuring: Michael Stahl-David, T.J. Miller. A Paramount Pictures release, PG-13, 1 hr. 25 min.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
French Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, or Jean-Do, was a successful and vibrant father when, at age 43, he experienced a stroke that paralyzed his entire body except for his left eye. With that eye and the beautiful women who assist him, Jean-Do communicates his memoirs to the world. His imagination takes him back to his past and to lands he’s never visited. Featuring: Mathieu Amalric, Max von Sydow. A Miramax Films release, PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min.

Flowers in the Shadow
As a typhoon heads towards Tokyo in the heat of summer, the lives of troubled souls entwine. Shinya Sawatari is wallowing in a huge debt from his gambling habit; young Hisako is searching for her mother’s past love. Mya-ko, a TV idol, is about to be fired. Meanwhile, wealthy businessman Ryutaro’s admiration for a homeless man named Moses will change his outlook on life. Featuring: Junichi Okada, Aya Hirayama. A Toho Film (HK) Co. release, PG-13, 1 hr. 57 min.

Forever the Moment
Retired national handball star Han Mi-sook works at a supermarket, trying to support her child. When her former teammate Kim Hye-gyeong is assigned the task of putting together a team for the Athens Olympics, Mi-sook agrees to play again. But Ahn Seung-pil, who has a very strict coaching style, replaces Hye-gyeong. Can the team overcome low morale to win? Featuring: Moon So-ri, Kim Jung-eun. A Golden Network release, PG-13, 1 hr. 58 min.

The GloriousTeam Batista
The surgical team at Tojo University Hospital, led by heart surgeon Kyoichi Kiryu, becomes very well known for its unrivaled success performing the risky Batista procedure. When three operations end badly, Dr. Kiryu and his staff find themselves under investigation. But they claim the operations were performed exactly as the successful ones. Were they sabotaged? Featuring: Yuko Takeuchi, Hiroshi Abe. A TBS release, PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.

Hooked on You
During the summer of 1997, 27-year-old Miu begins work as a fishmonger at Fortune Market, determined to pay off her father’s debts in three years and then find love. She soon finds herself arguing with Fishman in the neighboring stall. But when the market faces the possibility of closing, Fishman and Miu join forces. Romance soon develops, but it’s not part of Miu’s plan. Featuring: Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah, Eason Chan Yik-Shun. A Media Asia release, PG, 1 hr. 40 min.

I Am Legend
An epidemic hits New York City, turning the infected into crazed mutants who cannot stand the light of day. Brilliant scientist Robert Neville was tasked with finding a cure but was unable to before the plague overran the city. Immune to the sickness, he stays behind to continue his work even after the mutants take over the city and, perhaps, the world. Featuring: Will Smith, Alice Braga. A Warner Bros. release, PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.

La Vie en Rose
This enchanting biopic tells the story of French singer Edith Piaf. Born in the slums of Paris, Edith was raised in her grandmother’s brothel and her father’s circus. She sang for money on the streets as a teen, where a club owner discovers her powerful voice. She is soon the toast of Paris and New York City. But her fame cannot protect her from the pains of life. Featuring: Marion Cotillard, Gérard Depardieu. A Picturehouse/HBO release, PG-13, 2 hr. 20 min.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Ben Gates has always revered his great-grandfather as the man who prevented the Confederacy from finding a vast treasure and winning the Civil War. But a historian accuses Ben’s ancestor of being a coconspirator in Lincoln’s assassination and offers a page from John Wilkes Booth’s diary as proof. Ben becomes determined to clear his family’s name. Featuring: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight. A Walt Disney Pictures release, PG, 1 hr. 58 min.

No Country for Old Men
Vietnam vet Llewelyn Moss discovers dead bodies and $2 million at the site of an apparent drug deal gone wrong in the Texas desert. Llewelyn takes the money, putting a drug gang and a psychopathic hitman on his trail. More people die as the ruthless criminals try to regain the money. Meanwhile, the local sheriff tries to deal with this new kind of crime. Featuring: Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones. A Miramax Films release, R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Open City
Baek Jang-mi runs a gang of pickpockets in Japan and Korea, but she’s forced to leave Japan. When her gang is attacked by a rival gang in Korea, Jang-mi is rescued by Cho Dae-young. She’s instantly attracted to him, but when she finds out that he’s a cop, she splits. Dae-young is investi-gating the pickpocket ring, but he is now intrigued with the beautiful woman who is its leader. Featuring: Son Ye-jin, Kim Myung-min. A CJ Entertainment release, PG-13, 1 hr. 52 min.

The Orphanage
Laura has fond memories of the orphanage where she grew up. Now, she returns with her husband, Carlos, and their 7-year-old son, Simon, hoping to restore the dilapidated house and open a home for handicapped children. Simon starts talking of strange new friends. Carlos believes the boy is making them up, but Laura isn’t so sure. Is her beloved orphanage a place of healing or horror? Featuring: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo. A Picturehouse release, R, 1 hr. 46 min.

P.S. I Love You
Holly and Gerry fell madly in love and married at a young age. Ten years later, Gerry gets sick and dies, leaving Holly feeling bereft. But spontaneous Gerry, who never had a plan, has orchestrated a way for his widow to move on after his death: He has arranged for her to receive a series of letters from him. But will the letters prevent her from grieving? Featuring: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler. A Warner Bros. release, PG-13, 2 hr. 6 min.

Persepolis
Based on a best-selling autobiographical graphic novel, this animated film tells the story of 9-year-old Iranian Marjane, who watches as fundamentalists take power in the 1970s. Outspoken and precocious, she avoids the “social guardians.” With the onset of the Iran/Iraq war and increased government oppression, Marjane’s parents send her to Europe. Voices include: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve. A Sony Pictures Releasing release, PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.

The Savages
Siblings Wendy and Jon Savage do not get along. Wendy lives in New York City, working as a temp while she tries to write a play. Jon is a theater history professor in Buffalo, New York, currently suffering from writer’s block. When their father, Lenny, shows signs of dementia, the siblings must travel to Arizona to figure out what to do with the man they barely know. Featuring: Laura Linney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman. A 20th Century Fox release, R, 1 hr. 54 min.

See You in YouTube
Ling and Janice both want Him to notice them. Hoping to win Him over, they enroll in his filmmaking class. Him is living with his cousin and needs to make money. He’s not interested in either girl. Instead, he takes advantage of their competitive natures to secretly film a game show that he can sell. Him and his cousin come up with increasingly outrageous games for the girls. Featuring: Elanne Kong, Janice Man. A Universe Films release, PG, 1 hr. 44 min.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Barber Benjamin Parker’s life is destroyed when a nefarious judge accuses him of a crime, just to steal his beautiful wife. Benjamin goes to prison, never to see his wife and daughter again. Years later, he returns to London as Sweeney Todd. He reopens his barbershop where he delivers the closest shaves in London—shaves that few of his victims walk away from. Featuring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter. A Paramount Pictures release, R, 1 hr. 57 min.

War/Dance
This uplifting documentary tells the story of three Ugandan children who are determined to compete in the nation’s dance festival. For more than 20 years, Northern Uganda has been a war zone. But now, the Patongo Primary School, located in a refugee camp, has qualified to participate in the Kampala Music Festival. The students hope to take first place. Featuring: Patongo Primary School’s students. A ThinkFilm release, PG-13, 1 hr. 46 min.