Movies opening this week:

Tomorrow

"Rocky Balboa": Sylvester Stallone's iconic boxer steps out of retirement.(PG)

Friday

"The Good Shepherd": Robert De Niro directs the story of the covert beginnings of the Central Intelligence Agency as seen through the idealistic eyes of its co-founder, agent Edward Wilson (Matt Damon). Angelina Jolie, John Turturro, William Hurt, Alec Baldwin and Michael Gambon co-star. (R)

"Night at the Museum": When a good-hearted dreamer accepts a job as graveyard-shift security guard at a museum of natural history, extraordinary things begin to occur on his watch. As the place literally comes alive, our hero tries to stop a nefarious plot and save the museum. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Robin Williams star. (PG)

"We Are Marshall": Based on the true story of a plane crash that decimated a West Virginia university's football program in 1970, and how a young coach rebuilt the program and rejuvenated the spirit of the community. Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox star. (PG)

Christmas Day

"Black Christmas": A remake of the 1974 slasher classic about a psycho terrorizing a sorority house during the holidays. (R)

"Children of Men": Director Alfonso Cuarón ("Y Tu Mamá También," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban") loosely adapts the sci-fi novel set in a near-future in England, where women inexplicably lose the ability to become pregnant. A small group of resisters tries to fight a world that has fallen into chaos, as humankind faces the threat of its own extinction. Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine star. (R)

"Dreamgirls": A musical set in the 1960s about a ruthless talent manager who discovers a promising female rhythm-and-blues trio and tries to reshape them into a more lucrative pop act. The resulting money, fame and adulation, however, don't bring them happiness. Bill Condon adapts the hit Broadway musical for the screen, with stars Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy, and Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson and Anika Noni Rose as the Dreamettes. (PG-13)