At the theaters 2/25/05

New at the theaters

'CURSED'

Starring Christina Ricci, James Brolin, Portia De Rossi, Jesse Eisenberg, Shannon Elizabeth and Joshua Jackson. A brother and sister, still mourning the loss of their parents, get into a car accident while driving home late one night. After the wreck, a strange creature attacks them, and in the following weeks, they both notice their bodies changing. Rated PG-13 for horror violence/terror, some sexual references, nudity, language and a brief drug reference, runing time 86 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Diary of a Mad Black Woman'

Starring Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris, Shemar Moore, Tamara Taylor, Tyler Perry and Cicely Tyson. Near her 18th wedding anniversary, Helen is shocked to discover that her husband plans to leave her to be with her best friend. She finds herself without a home, left to pack up her belongings in a moving van and find a new life. Rated PG-13 for drug content, thematic elements, crude sexual references and some violence, running time 115 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Man of the House'

Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Kelli Garner, Shannon Marie Woodward, Terry Parks and Anne Archer. A group of college cheerleaders witness a murder after one of their competitions. A veteran FBI agent is assigned to the case and goes undercover as an assistant coach to protect the rambunctious girls from the thugs determined to kill them before they can testify. Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, crude humor, and a drug reference, running time 105 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

Still in theaters

'ARE WE THERE YET?'

Starring Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen and Philip Daniel Bolden. Nick fancies a date with Suzanne, but she's stuck working in Vancouver, British Columbia. She's miserable because she misses her kids, 11-year-old Lindsay and 7-year-old Kevin. To impress Suzanne, Nick offers to drive the tykes up from Portland, Ore. But he doesn't know that the two are convinced no man is good enough for their mom, and they make up their minds to sabotage the would-be romance. Rated PG for language and rude humor, running time 95 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Aviator'

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly and Alec Baldwin. This movie is about Howard Hughes, who went from wealthy Texas heir to billionaire tycoon. Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content, nudity, language and crash sequence, running time 166 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Because of Winn-Dixie'

Starring Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews and Eva Marie Saint. A 10-year-old girl moves to a small Florida town with her preacher father, where she befriends a stray dog whom she names Winn-Dixie. The mutt helps her make friends with locals and eventually allows her to repair her relationship with her dad. Rated PG for thematic elements and brief mild language. Running time 106 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Being Julia'

Starring Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Bruce Greenwood, Miriam Margolyes and Juliet Stevenson. In 1930s London, actress Julia Lambert, who rules the theater scene, falls for a young American named Tom. After she realizes that he's just using her to advance his romantic interests in up-and-coming starlet Avice Crichton, Julia plots her revenge. Rated R for some sexuality, running time 105 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Boogeyman'

Starring Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Tory Mussett, Lucy Lawless, and Skye McCole Bartusiak. A young man can't get over horrific experiences he remembers from his childhood, so he returns to the house he grew up in to face his fears and discover whether they are real or imagined. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of horror and terror/violence, and some partial nudity, running time 89 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Coach Carter'

Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Richard, Rick Gonzalez, Ashanti, Adrienne Bailon and Debbi Morgan. In 1999, a high-school basketball coach named Ken Carter benches his undefeated team for poor academic performance. Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language, teen partying and some drug material, running time 135 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Hide and Seek'

Starring Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Elisabeth Shue, Dylan Baker, and Robert John Burke. After moving to a small town, a widower discovers that his young daughter is coping with the death of her mother by hanging out with an imaginary friend, who turns out to be a murderous psycho. Rated R for frightening sequences and violence, running time 101 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)