LITTLE ROCK — (opening dates are tentative) The Box, PG-13 Cameron Diaz plays a teacher who is faced with a terrible choice: a box with a button that, if pushed, will bring her a million dollars but simultaneously will also take the life of someone she doesn’t know. With James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn; directed by Richard Kelly. Nov. 6 A Christmas Carol, PG Disney’s animated trip through Christmas past, present and future with miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (voice of Jim Carrey, who also does the voices of all three ghosts), who must learn to unlock his cold, money-grubbing heart before it’s too late. With voices of Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Cary Elwes; directed by Robert Zemeckis. Nov. 6 The Fourth Kind, PG-13 Milla Jovovich plays a psychologist who discovers, through videotaped sessions with traumatized patients, the reason for a disproportionate number of mysterious disappearances in and around Nome, Alaska, since the 1960s: They’ve been abducted by aliens. With Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Corey Johnson; directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. Nov. 6The Men Who Stare at Goats, R A reporter in search of his next big story (Ewan McGregor) encounters an enigmatic Special Forces operator (George Clooney) on a mind-boggling mission. With Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Mader, Terry Serpico; directed by Grant Heslov.

Nov. 6

Paris, R A man waiting for a life-saving heart transplant gets a very different idea of how he might spend the time still left to him through the invasion of his world by his sister (Juliette Binoche) and her three children. Subtitled. With Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini;

directed by Cedric Klapisch.

Nov. 6

MovieStyle, Pages 33 on 10/30/2009