Coming soon

July 18, 2008

Next Friday

ALEXANDRA (Cinema Guild) Opera star Galina Vishnevskaya plays an elderly woman visiting her grandson, an army officer, at his base in Chechnya.

THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS (IFC First Take) A handsome general and a married coquette play dangerous romantic games in 1820s Paris. With Jeanne Balibar and Guillaume Depardieu.

ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (ThinkFilm) Filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica to capture its beautiful landscapes and the people who work there.

STEP BROTHERS (Columbia Pictures) Chronic slackers' mother and father marry, creating an unwieldy family unit and making for a very crowded couch. With John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell.

THE WACKNESS (Sony Pictures Classics) In the summer of 1994, a socially inept teen and his dysfunctional therapist troll New York City looking for women. With Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen and Mary-Kate Olsen.

THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (20th Century Fox) Truth-seeking Mulder (David Duchovny) and cynical Scully (Gillian Anderson) are back in the duo's second big-screen adventure.

Release dates are subject to change.