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February 7

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [2005] [G] - 2.3.1
In their big screen debut, clay animation characters Wallace and Gromit run a humane pest-control outfit called "Anti-Pesto." But, while protecting the gardens of their neighbors from infiltrating pests, they come face-to-face with an enormous rabbit that is ravaging the veggies. They try to find a way to capture it or drive it off before the town's big vegetable competition, but a hunter is also commissioned to go after the giant vermin. With the voices of Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham-Carter, Ralph Fiennes, John Thomson and Peter Kay. Directed by Steve Box & Nick Park. [1:34]

Just Like Heaven [2005] [PG-13] - 4.4.4
A grieving widower (Mark Ruffalo) sublets an apartment in San Francisco and devotes himself to drinking to oblivion. One night, when he has had a few too many, he sees a woman (Reese Witherspoon) in his apartment and she insists that it is really her apartment. She appears and disappears periodically and he quickly suspects that she is actually dead and it is her spirit that's visiting him. He agrees to help her find out who she was and why she's ethereal, but they start falling in love with each other. Also with Donal Logue, Dina Waters and Ben Shenkman. Directed by Mark S. Waters. [1:35]

Elizabethtown [2005] [PG-13] - 4.3.5
Orlando Bloom stars as a man who is contemplating suicide after being fired by his company for losing millions of dollars and also then being promptly dumped by his girlfriend (Jessica Biel). While trying to figure out how to go about it, he learns that his father has died and that he has to travel to his family's small Kentucky hometown. That's when he meets a talkative flight attendant (Kirsten Dunst) with whom he falls in love. Also with Susan Sarandon and Judy Greer. Directed by Cameron Crowe. [2:03]

Doom [2005] [R] - 5.8.7
Film version of the eponymous video game, with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Sarge, the leader of a group of highly trained troops whose mission it is to retrieve six scientists from a research facility on Mars. The facility also houses civilians and they appear to be under attack by nightmarish creatures of unknown origins. Also with Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Ben Daniels and Razaaq Adoti. Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. [1:40]

Waiting [2005] [R] - 8.4.10
Ryan Reynolds stars as a twenty-something man waiting tables at a restaurant where each member of the wait staff appears to have emotional problems. They all seem to be stuck in a rut of doing something just because it is familiar as their lives are passing them by. Also with Justin Long, Anna Faris, David Koechner and Wendie Malick. Directed by Rob McKittrick. [1:33]

February 14

Saw II [2005] [R] - 1.9.10
The bloodletting that started in "Saw" continues in this second installment about a serial killer called "Jigsaw" who likes to create elaborate puzzles that force his victims into self-mutilation and murder in a vain attempt to escape a grisly death. This time the puzzle revolves around eight strangers, locked in a room, who have no idea of their connection to each other. With Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Erik Knudsen and Franky G. Directed by Darren Lynn Bausman. [1:31]

Proof [2005] [PG-13] - 5.1.5
Gwyneth Paltrow stars as a woman haunted by the idea that she may suffer from the same mental illness as her recently deceased father (Anthony Hopkins). Her father was a brilliant mathematician, who had done his most important work by the age of 27. She is now turning 27 and feels the pressure to follow in his footsteps but is hamstrung by the people around her who believe that she may be slipping into mental illness. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David Auburn. Also with Jake Gyllenhaal, Hope Davis and Gary Houston. Directed by John Madden. [1:39]

Zathura [2005] [PG] - 1.5.2
Sequel of sorts to 1995's "Jumanji": Two bickering brothers are left at home with their teenage sister, who just wants to be left alone in her room, when their father runs to his office for a few minutes. The youngest boy finds an old board game and when he starts playing their house is transported to outer space, where they're attacked by a meteor shower, a dysfunctional robot, and lizard-like aliens. The only way to get back to Earth is to finish the game. With Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart and Tim Robbins. Directed by Jon Favreau. [1:35]

Nine Lives [2005] [R] - 5.4.6
Drama about nine women who, under various circumstances, are all being forced to confront the relationships in their lives and make choices about the direction they will now take. With Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Andrew Borba, Elpidia Carrillo, Glenn Close, Holly Hunter and Sissy Spacek. Directed by Rodrigo García. [1:54]

The Thing About My Folks [2005] [PG-13] - 3.3.5
After 40+ years of marriage, a man (Peter Falk) finds a note from his wife (Olympia Dukakis) on the refrigerator door announcing that she's left him because she needs to be alone. Befuddled, he shows the note to his son (Paul Reiser) who is equally confused. Desperate to help his father somehow he takes him for a road trip through upstate New York and along the way they begin to understand each other and figure out what might have happened to their wife and mother. Also with Elizabeth Perkins and Mackenzie Connolly. Directed by Raymond De Felitta. [1:36]

February 21

North Country [2005] [R] - 7.5.6
Charlize Theron stars as a woman who runs away from an abusive husband and to her family home. However, she's not welcomed by her father, who's still upset that she became pregnant when she was a teenager. Determined to make her own way, she gets a job at the nearby iron mine, only to realize that the men who work there, including her father, do not want to compete with women and can be extremely abusive. She refuses to quit and ends up suing the mine for sexual harassment. Also with Frances McDormand, Sissy Spacek, Woody Harrelson and Sean Bean. Directed by Niki Caro. [2:06]

The Weather Man [2005] [R] - 7.3.10
A successful Chicago weatherman (Nicolas Cage) may have hit the big time when a national morning television show calls him for an audition. However, his personal life is in disarray: Having gone through a bitter divorce, his two children are troubled, and his brilliant, Pulitzer Prize winning father (Michael Caine) is dying from cancer. Also with Hope Davis, Gemmenne de la Peña and Nicholas Hoult. Directed by Gore Verbinski. [1:42]

Separate Lies [2005] [R] - 4.4.5
Tom Wilkinson stars as a workaholic London attorney whose wife (Emily Watson) feels unfulfilled and becomes involved in an extramarital affair. When she and her lover (Rupert Everett) are involved in a hit-and-run on a country lane, her husband finally finds out, and while shocked and depressed, he tries to protect her. However, truth and lies become entangled and their lives are torn apart by the reality of what has happened. Also with Hermione Norris and Linda Bassett. Directed by Julian Fellowes. [1:27]

Domino [2005] [R] - 7.9.10
Based on the real-life story of the late Domino Harvey, the daughter of actor Lawrence Harvey, who was a Ford agency model when she answered a classified advertisement soliciting people who were not afraid to die and became a bounty hunter. Keira Knightley stars in the eponymous role. Also with Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Rizwan Abbasi, Ian Ziering, Lucy Liu, Christopher Walken, Mena Suvari, Jacqueline Bisset and Delroy Lindo. Directed by Tony Scott. [2:00]

Rent [2005] [PG-13] - 5.4.5
Adapted from the popular musical play, we follow the interconnected stories of people living in a rundown apartment building in NYC's East Village. Many of them suffer from AIDS, others carry the grief of losing a partner, others go after their dreams even in the face of disappointment, and all wrestle with their ability to pay the rent. With Anthony Rapp, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Rosario Dawson, Adam Pascal, Taye Diggs and Tracie Thomas. Directed by Chris Columbus. [2:15]

February 28

The Ice Harvest [2005] [R] - 8.8.10
John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton star as two men who think they've committed the perfect crime by stealing $2 million from their mob boss. It's Christmas Eve in Wichita, Kansas, and they're desperate to get out of town unnoticed before an ice storm prevents them. Other complications include a sultry nightclub owner, an inebriated friend, and a sadistic mob enforcer who's looking for them. Also with Connie Nielsen, Oliver Platt and Randy Quaid. Directed by Harold Ramis. [1:28]

Pride & Prejudice [2005] [PG] - 3.1.1
In this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Keira Knightley stars as Elizabeth Bennet, the second eldest daughter of an 18th century British family. Her mother is desperate to marry off her five daughters before they are completely destitute. But Elizabeth is a strong-willed young woman and will not accept just anyone's proposal; she's instead holding out for true love, and she finds it most unexpectedly with the initially unlikable Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen). Also with Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Donald Sutherland and Judi Dench. Directed by Joe Wright. [2:07]

Yours, Mine and Ours [2005] [PG] - 3.4.2
In this remake of the 1968 film, Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo star as a widower and widow who were also high-school sweethearts. Since they separated years ago, they each have had children, lost their spouses, and have been doing their best to run their households on their own. When they meet, the sparks fly again, and they marry, bringing together their two families that now include 18 children. Also Sean Faris, Katija Pevec, Rip Torn, Tyler Patrick Jones, Linda Hunt, Danielle Panabaker and Lil' J.J. Directed by Raja Gosnell. [1:30]