"Hit men Danny Aiello and James Spader are hired to kill the adulterous former husband of Olympic athlete Teri Hatcher. But after the ex is offed, the situation takes several dangerous (and darkly comical) turns as vice cops, a suicidal movie director and an abused secretary enter the picture. Smashing Southern California crime caper also stars Charlize Theron, Eric Stoltz, Paul Mazursky. 105 min.

Writer John Irving's adaptation of his novel set in '40s New England earned him an Academy Award. Young Tobey Maguire leaves the only home he's known, a Maine orphanage run by physician mentor Michael Caine (who took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar), to find his place in the world. While working on the apple farm of a friend who's gone off to war, Maguire falls for the man's girlfriend (Charlize Theron) and befriends a father/daughter pair of black migrant workers who are hiding a dark secret. 125 min.

One part "The Firm" and one part "Rosemary's Baby," this supernatural suspenser features a rousing turn by Al Pacino as the charismatic head of a powerful New York law firm that lures hot young attorney Keanu Reeves away from his small Southern town with promises of fame and success. But will Reeves discover his boss's diabolical origins before the job costs him his soul? Charlize Theron, Craig T. Nelson also star. 144 min.

Newly released from prison, car thief Ben Affleck assumes his late cellmate's identity so he can be with the dead man's pen-pal girlfriend (Charlize Theron). Unfortunately for Affleck, Theron's gun-running brother (Gary Sinise) wants him to supply inside information he doesn't have so Sinise and his cronies can hold up an Indian reservation casino. John Frankenheimer expertly directs this gripping thriller; Clarence Williams III, Dennis Farina also star. 104 min.