Opening This Week:

EVERY LITTLE STEP—Documentary about dancers auditioning for the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, interspersed with material about the development of the original show in the early 1970s. Directed by Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern (The Year of the Yao). Reviewed this issue. North Park

IMAGINE THAT—Family comedy starring Eddie Murphy as a financial executive who discovers that his daughter’s fantasies can be used to predict the market. With Thomas Haden Church, Nicole Ari Parker, Ronny Cox and Vanessa Williams. Directed by Karey Kirkpatrick (Over the Hedge). Flix, Market Arcade, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

MANAGEMENT—Romantic comedy-drama starring Steve Zahn as a motel manager who becomes obsessed with a woman (Jennifer Aniston) who passes through. With Margo Martindale, Fred Ward and Woody Harrelson. Directed by Stephen Belber. Reviewed this issue. Eastern Hills

THE MERRY GENTLEMAN—Michael Keaton directed and co-stars in this drama as a suicidal hitman who forms one part of a triangle with a detective and a woman fleeing her abusive husband. Co-starring Kelly Macdonald and Tom Bastounes. Reviewed this issue. Eastern Hills

RUDO Y CURSI—Mexican hit starring Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna as brothers who take their sibling rivaly into the world of professional soccer. Directed by Carlos Cuarón. Reviewed this issue. Amherst

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3—Remake of the classic 1974 thriller about a Manhattan subway car that is seized by a band of men who give the city one hour to come up with a ransom before they start killing passengers. Starring Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, James Gandolfini and Michael Rispoli. Directed by Tony Scott (True Romance). Reviewed this issue. Flix, Market Arcade, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria. Transit Drive-In

ETC:

DANGEROUS CROSSING (1953)—Adaptation of a John Dickson Carr mystery about a new bride (Jeanne Crain) whose husband disappears shortly after they board their honeymoon cruise. With Michael Rennie, Max Showalter and Carl Betz, Directed by the reliable “B” helmer Joseph M. Newman (Outcasts of Poker Flats). Fri-Sat 7:30pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza in Century Mall, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst (837-0376) www.screeningroom.net

D.O.A. (1950)—Film noir classic starring Edmond O’Brien as an ordinary guy trying to find out who poisoned him in the few days before he dies. With Pamela Britton and Beverly Garland. Directed by Rudolph Maté, better known as a cinematographer who worked with Carl Dreyer. Fri-Sat 9pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza in Century Mall, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst (837-0376) www.screeningroom.net

MAD MAX (Australia, 1979)—The film that made Mel Gibson an international star and spawned a genre of post-apocalyptic action thrillers. Directed by George Miller (The Road Warrior). Fri midnight. Hamburg Palace Theatre, 31 Buffalo St, Hamburg (649-2295) www.hamburgpalace.com

¡SALUD!—Documentary film about the Cuban health care system, rated as one of the world’s best despite that country’s poverty. Directed by Connie Field (The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter) Free and open to the public. Mon. 7pm. Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave. (854-1694) www.hallwalls.org