film openings

Next Friday

AMAZING GRACE -- (Samuel Goldwyn Films and Roadside Attractions) Michael Apted's drama about ending slavery in the British Empire. Ioan Gruffudd and Romola Garai star.

THE ASTRONAUT FARMER -- (Warner Bros.) Billy Bob Thornton is an astronaut who retires to save the family homestead - but still keeps his rocket dreams alive.

LITTLE CHILDREN -- (New Line Cinema) Todd Field adapts Tom Perrotta's novel about stay-at-home parents (Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson) who have an affair to assuage their anxieties.

THE NUMBER 23 -- (New Line Cinema) Jim Carrey stars as a man obsessed with the similarities between his life and a book. Joel Schumacher directs; Virginia Madsen co-stars.

RENO 911: MIAMI -- (20th Century Fox) Big-screen adaptation of the Comedy Central series moves the crew to a Miami police convention.

Release dates are subject to change.