Antonia's Line Star rating unavailable
Follows several generations of extraordinary women in one family and the powerful matriarchy that comes to occupy and dominate a small Dutch village. (Not rated)
Fear Star rating unavailable
A gender-reversed "Fatal Attraction," with a strong measure of "Cape Fear" thrown in. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon. (R)
James and the Giant Peach Star rating unavailable
This movie about a boy who is orphaned combines live action with the mesmerizing stop-motion animation of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Toy Story"-style digital wonders. (PG)
Kids in the Hall Brain Candy Star rating unavailable
A pharmaceutical firm faced with financial problems reviews its current projects and discovers that Dr. Chris Cooper (Kevin McDonald), a dorky nobody, may have created a pill that cures depression. (R)
Mr. Holland's Opus
Richard Dreyfuss stars as composer Glenn Holland, who believes that his true calling is to write one memorable piece of music. Over the course of his life, however, he fulfills himself not at the piano, but at the blackboard, where his impassioned teaching inspires a disparate array of students. (PG)
The Birdcage
This Mike Nichols and Elaine May remake of "La Cage aux Folles," starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple, is a scream. Performed with matchless aplomb and made with plush professionalism, the film serves up pure pleasure from beginning to end. (R)
Braveheart Star rating unavailable
Full-throated, red-blooded battle epic about a legendary Scots warrior who led his nation into battle against the English around 1300. Produced, directed and starring Mel Gibson, it was this year's big winner at the academy awards - for best picture, best director, cinematography, makeup and sound effects. (R)
Dead Man Walking
Susan Sarandon won an Oscar for her portrayal of Sister Helen Prejean, a New Orleans nun who counsels Death Row inmates. Sean Penn plays Matthew Poncelot, a Louisiana sharecropper's son who has been on Death Row six years, awaiting execution for his part in the kidnapping, rape and brutal murder of two teen-agers. Based on Prejean's book. (R)
Diabolique
This unnecessary remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1956 suspense thriller classic stars Isabelle Adjani, Sharon Stone and Chazz Palminteri. What was daring, novel and psychologically provocative in the original has been made to look like one more tired thriller. (R)
Down Periscope
Kelsey Grammer gets sunk by his starring role in this service comedy that is no more serviceable than the decrepit submarine that he must command. (PG)
Executive Decision
David Grant (Kurt Russell), the head of a Washington, D.C., anti-terrorist think tank, is enlisted into a daredevil mission when a group of Islamic militants hijack an Athens-D.C. flight. Anti-terrorist commando Travis (Steven Seagal) assembles a crack team, and Grant goes to the weapon designer who takes his stealth prototype out of mothballs to effect a midair assault.(R)
Faithful
Paul Mazursky's film of Chazz Palminteri's play about the new postmoderntriangle - husband, wife and hit man - doesn't work on screen. The film turns into a talkfest with forced, excessive dialogue. The performances by Cher, Ryan O'Neal and Palminteri are fine, but the movie lacks surprise and pizazz. (R)
A Family Thing
A small-town Arkansas auto mechanic (Robert Duvall) finds out that his real mother was a black woman his father raped. He goes to Chicago to seek out his half-brother Ray (James Earl Jones). This is an intriguing premise, and the film is well acted, but it cuts the emotional corners we need to learn anything about the complexities of race in this country. (PG-13)
Fargo
Joel and Ethan Coen bring us this alternately hilarious and violent saga of a guy who enlists two thugs to kidnap his wife, so he can siphon off most of the ransom money. The tightly written caper flick sustains its offbeat merriment to the final credits. (R)
Flirting with Disaster
Ben Stiller stars as a new father and adopted son whose cross-country quest to find his natural parents turns into a disaster. With Patricia Arquette as his wife, and Tea Leoni as an over-sexed adoption agency psychologist. (R)
Happy Gilmore
Lowbrow wit abounds in this mayhem-on-the-links comedy. Adam Sandler plays Gilmore, a frustrated hockey player whose ferocious drive might make him a winner as a golf player. (PG-13)
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
The further adventures of two dogs and a cat, told from their point of view, aided by a selection of charming strays, will leave viewers with an almost irresistible urge to adopt a homeless pet from an animal shelter. (G)
Leaving Las Vegas
Mike Figgis' bitterly beautiful romance follows an alcoholic and suicidal ex-agent (fearless Nicolas Cage, who won an Oscar for this portrayal) and a knocked-around Vegas hooker (Elizabeth Shue) on a month-long binge of love and death. A losers' love story with a surprising emotional kick. (R)
Oliver & Company
Disney's 1988 animated musical movie features Billy Joel as the voice of streetwise pooch Dodger, and Bette Midler as the voice of the elegant canine Georgette. (G)
Primal Fear
Richard Gere plays a brilliant, hugely successful Chicago attorney with a flair for self-promotion. He volunteers to defend an altar boy accused of the vicious murder of a beloved archbishop. A good story told by a solid cast. (R)
Race the Sun
Movie starring Halle Berry and James Belushi was inspired by the real-life adventure of Big Island youth who competed in the World Solar Challenge in Australia in 1990. With plenty of human drama, the movie features Hawaii actors and a soundtrack with Hawaii musicians. (PG)
Rumble in the Bronx
This chop-to-the-throat, foot-in-the-groin action film stars Jackie Chan.