OPENING THIS WEEK:

AUGUST RUSH—Modern-dress fairy tale about an orphaned musical prodigy (Freddie Highmore) determined to locate his parents in New York City. Co-starring Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, William Sadler and Jamia Simone Nash. Directed by Kirsten Sheridan. Reviewed this issue. Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

ENCHANTED—Disney movie with a princess from the past banished to modern-day Manhattan by an evil queen. Starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon and Timothy Spall. Directed by Kevin Lima (102 Dalmatians). Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

HITMAN—Video game-derived thriller about a professional assassin (Timothy Olyphant) pursued through Eastern Europe by agents of Interpol and the Russian military. With Dougray Scott and Olga Kurylenko. Directed by Xavier Gens. Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

I’M NOT THERE—Six different actors play Bob Dylan in this rumination on celebrity and identity by Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven). Starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood, David Cross and Julianne Moore. Reviewed this issue. Eastern Hills.

THE MIST—Adaptation of the Stephen King story about a group of people trapped in a supermarket by an unnatural fog containing something extremely dangerous. Starring Thomas Jane, Andre Braugher, Jeffrey DeMunn, Nathan Gamble, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Toby Jones, William Sadler and Frances Sternhagen. Directed by Frank Darabont. Reviewed this issue. Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Transit

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN—Adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel about a Texas hunter who finds $2 million from a drug deal gone bad, only to be stalked by a relentless killer who wants it back. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin and Stephen Root. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen (Blood Simple). Reviewed this issue. Amherst

THIS CHRISTMAS—Holiday drama about an extended family reunited for the first time in four years. Starring Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine, Chris Brown, Regina King and Keith Robinson. Directed by Preston A. Whitmore II (Crossover) Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

ETC:

DEATH AT A FUNERAL—Frank Oz (The Stepford Wives) directed this farce set in a small English village where the funeral of an elderly man brings out the worst in his heirs. Sat, 11/24, 8pm. Reg Lenna Civic Center, 116 E. Third St. Jamestown (484-7070) www.reglenna.com

DIVINE INTERVENTION (2002)—Elias Suleiman’s exquisite comedy is an absurdist look at daily life in modern Nazareth, where an Israeli checkpoint is an inescapable fact of life. It might well have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film but for the fact that the people refused to accept its submission—they don’t consider Palestine a country. It did, however, win the Grand Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Presented as part of the Buffalo Film Seminar. Tue 7pm, Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, 639 Main St. (855-3022).

GASLIGHT (1944)—Classic psychological thriller starring Ingrid Bergman as an innocent heiress whose husband tries to drive her into insanity. With Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotton, Dame May Whitty and Angela Lansbury. Directed by George Cukor (My Fair Lady). Fri 9pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza in the Century Mall, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst 837-0376

QUICKSAND (Irving Pichel, 1950)—Peter Lorre easily steals the show from star Mickey Rooney in this B noir about an auto mechanic who commits petty theft to impress a trashy woman (Jeanne Cagney). Directed by Irving Pichel. Fri 7:15pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza in the Century Mall, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst 837-0376

THE SHINING TRENCH OF CHAIRMAN GONZALO (La Trinchera Luminosa Del Presidente Gonzalo)—Hallwalls Artist-in-Residence Jim Finn presents this feature that explores the daily life of female Shining Path revolutionaries as they serve out prison sentences in Peru. Thu, Nov 29, 8pm. Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave. (854-1694) www.hallwalls.org