At the theaters 2/4/05

New at the theaters

'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. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of horror and terror/violence, and some partial nudity, running time 89 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Hotel Rwanda'

Starring Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix and Desmond Duke. Based on a true story, this drama follows a man who invites more than 1,000 refugees to stay in his hotel during a period in which nearly a million people were killed in Rwanda. Rated PG-13 on appeal for violence, disturbing images and brief strong language, running time 120 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'The Wedding Date'

Starring Dermot Mulroney, Debra Messing, Jack Davenport and Holland Taylor. Kat, planning a return to London for her sister's wedding, discovers that her ex-fiance will be serving as the best man. In a panic, she hires a male escort to stand in as her significant other. Rated PG-13 for sexual content including dialogue, running time 90 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

Still in theaters

'ALONE IN THE DARK'

Starring Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Mark Acheson and Daniel Cudmore. A supernatural detective named Edward Carnby travels to Shadow Island to solve the mystery of a friend's death. While there, he meets up with a female anthropologist named Aline Cedrac, who happens to be his ex-girlfriend, and the two discover that evil demons worshiped by an ancient culture called the Abskani are planning to come back to Earth in the 21st century. Rated R for violence and language, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'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)

'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)

'Elektra'

Starring Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Terence Stamp, Jason Isaacs and Will Yun Lee. Recently deceased assassin Elektra Natchios is revived by the Order of the Hand, the crew of killers who trained her. Their leader, Kirigi, sends Elektra on a mission to kill Mark Miller and his young daughter, Abby. Soon, however, Elektra has befriended her would-be victims and decides to stand up to the Order, which then sentences her to death. Rated PG-13 for action violence, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Fat Albert'

Starring Kenan Thompson, Dania Ramirez, Shedrack Anderson III, Aaron Frazier, Omari Grandberry and Marques Houston. While growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood, Rudy, Mushmouth, Dumb Donald, Bill, Old Weird Harold and Russell learn valuable life lessons from their friend Fat Albert. In this movie version of Bill Cosby's old cartoon show, the characters jump out of the television and find themselves transplanted into the real world in the present day. Rated PG for momentary language, running time 93 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Finding Neverland'

Starring Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell and Dustin Hoffman. This biopic focuses on the life of "Peter Pan" creator James Barrie, who bonded with his neighbors, four boys and their mother, in London around 1900, an experience that inspired him to invent the famous flying lad. Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language, running time 101 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)

'In Good Company'

Starring Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Marg Helgenberger and David Paymer. When his company is reorganized, an aging ad executive gets demoted and finds himself with a much younger, 20-something boss. To further complicate the situation, the boss begins dating the demoted man's daughter. Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and drug references, running time 120 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Meet the Fockers'

Starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner and Barbra Streisand. Ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes has given permission for his daughter to wed male nurse Greg Focker, and now he's taking his wife to Florida to meet his future son-in-law's parents. Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and a brief drug reference, running time 115 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'Million Dollar Baby'

Starring Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel and Mike Colter. A retired boxer named Frankie Dunn runs a gym in Los Angeles with another former fighter. Dunn's still troubled by his painful estrangement from his daughter, and he's surprised when a female boxer, Maggie Fitzgerald, walks into his gym and asks him to train her. Rated PG-13 for violence, some disturbing images, thematic material and language, running time 135 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'National Treasure'

Starring Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean and Jon Voight. An archaeologist believes that the Declaration of Independence holds the last clue to a treasure buried in the 1700s by the country's founding fathers. Rated PG for action violence and some scary images, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Phantom of the Opera'

Starring Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson and Simon Callow. The Phantom is a masked man who roams around the Paris Opera House and haunts the singers. He falls for a young soprano named Christine Daae and tutors her so well that she surpasses another soprano as the city's best. He's smitten and wants Christine for his own, but she still has feelings for a childhood love, Raoul Viscount de Chagney. Feeling betrayed, the Phantom kidnaps Christine with plans to make her his eternal bride. Rated PG-13 for brief violent images, running time 145 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Racing Stripes'

Starring the voices of Frankie Muniz, Hayden Panettiere, Dustin Hoffman, David Spade, Bruce Greenwood and Joe Pantoliano. A young girl raises an abandoned baby zebra, which she names Stripes, on her family's Kentucky ranch. Her father is a retired horse trainer, and when the zebra is fully grown, she asks dad to let the animal compete in the year's biggest horse race, the Kentucky Open. Rated PG for mild crude humor and some language, running time 100 minutes. (Cape West Cine)

'Sideways'

Starring Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Alex Kalognomos and Sandra Oh. A man is about to get married, but before he does, he decides to take a road trip with his buddy up to California's wine country for one last blowout. During that week, they get into trouble with wine and women before reaching some profound realizations in their pre-midlife crisis. Rated R for language and strong sexual content, running time 127 minutes. (Town Plaza Cinema)

'White Noise'

Starring Michael Keaton, Deborah Unger, Chandra West, Ian McNeice and Amber Rothwell. Architect Jonathan Rivers is distraught after the mysterious death of his wife, Anna, but he's soon contacted by a man who claims to be receiving messages from her through something he calls electronic voice phenomena. Jonathan is at first skeptical, but then becomes convinced EVP is real and tries to contact Anna himself. Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and language, running time 101 minutes. (Cape West Cine)