SAW IV (R) Yet another installment of the torture-porn franchise that just wouldn't die. Stars David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Brooke Nevin, Jackie Long and Matthew Lawrence. (Not Reviewed)
THE SEEKER: THE DARK IS RISING (PG) The fate of the world hinges on a young boy who discovers he's really a mystical warrior charged with defeating the forces of evil. What ensues is cosmic PG-rated adventure that the studio apparently didn't have enough confidence in to screen for critics. Stars Drew Tyler Bell, Frances Conroy, James Cosmo and Wendy Crewson. (Not Reviewed)
THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE (R) Dead hubby David Duchovny is one of the several things lost in that fire, and Benicio Del Toro plays Jerry, the childhood pal and intermittent drug fiend who winds up comforting bereaved widow Audrey (Halle Berry). The movie tries too hard to slather artistic credibility on what is basically an extremely simple story, piling on the heavy-duty symbolism (we're supposed to read that titular blaze as an essentially metaphorical purging, apparently), and the artsy frills just don't jive with Things' movie-of-the-week scenario — Jerry bonds with Audrey's adorable kids! Jerry relapses into drugs! Audrey anguishes! Jerry bounces back! Director Susanne Bier seems to be telling a story that she's faintly embarrassed by, and the more she spins her wheels, the more superficial Things We Lost in the Fire becomes. Also stars Omar Benson Miller and Alison Lohman. 2 stars
WE OWN THE NIGHT (R) Writer-director James Gray, who previously tracked the criminal element from an immigrant's point of view in Little Odessa and The Yards, is back on familiar turf with this male-dominated family saga of corrupt cops and Russian gangsters mixing it up in Brighton Beach. Gray reunites his stars from The Yards, Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg, as brothers on opposite sides of the law. Also stars Eva Mendes and Robert Duvall. (Not Reviewed)
