COMING SOON

Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane. A pair of desperate “lemon lot” owners accept big bucks to stash a vehicle that proves to be major trouble. (Lions Gate)

The Children of Heaven. Iranian writer-director Majid Majidi’s story of a poverty-stricken brother and sister in Tehran won the Grand Prix of the Americas prize at the 1997 Montreal World Film Festival. (Miramax)

Cool Crime. In this dark comedy, the murder of a two-bit hood opens the eyes of his Italian immigrant nephew to the world of crime in Los Angeles. (Phaedra Cinema)

Eight Days a Week. Josh Schaefer establishes an around-the-clock vigil under the window of Keri Russell (“Felicity”), becoming a sort of neighborhood watchman and guru. (Legacy Releasing)

The Empty Mirror. A speculation on what would transpire in Hitler’s mind had the dictator survived and gone into hiding. (Lions Gate)

Encounter in the Third Dimension. The giant-screen 3-D film includes an appearance by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. (nWave Pictures)

Gloria. Jeremy Northam plays a gangster, and Sharon Stone takes the Gena Rowlands role, in Sidney Lumet’s remake of John Cassavetes’ 1980 film about a woman and a boy who team up to survive. (Columbia)

God Said, “Ha!” A filming of comedian Julia Sweeney’s acclaimed play/monologue about her family and her battle with cancer. (Miramax)

The Harmonists. Tells the true story of a popular German a cappella vocal group on a collision course with the Nazi regime. (Miramax)

Jawbreaker. Writer-director Darren Stein’s comedy-horror parody goes inside the power clique at Reagan High. (TriStar)

The Last Days. Steven Spielberg is executive producer of this account of five Hungarian Holocaust survivors, told through interviews and archival footage. (October Films)

A Little Bit of Soul. Two scientists competing for funding in their eternal-youth research are given a hellish time by the husband (Geoffrey Rush) of their potential benefactor. (Phaedra Cinema)

My Name Is Joe. Ken Loach directs Peter Mullan as a Scotsman trying to put his drinking days behind him and facing an unlikely romance. (Artisan Entertainment)

October Sky. Lewis Colick’s screenplay is based on the autobiography of Homer Hickam Jr., a West Virginia high school student who undertook a quixotic mission at the dawn of the Space Age. (Universal)

Office Space. “Beavis & Butt-head” auteur Mike Judge goes live-action, writing and directing this look at Gen-Xers trying to cope with corporate life. (Fox)

River Red. Tom Everett Scott and David Moscow are brothers whose final confrontation with their abusive father leads to a destructive deception. (Castle Hill)

The School of Flesh. Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez, Vincent Lindon and Marthe Keller in an adaptation of a Yukio Mishima novel about an older woman and a younger man. (Stratosphere Entertainment)

She’s All That. The new wave of teen actors assembles for a romantic comedy set in an upscale high school. (Miramax)

Simply Irresistible. Manhattan chef Sarah Michelle Gellar uses her mysteriously potent cooking to conjure romance with executive Sean Patrick Flannery. (Fox)

Tango. Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro won a special technical award at Cannes for his work on this story of a director whose film about the fiery dance entangles him with a dangerous dancer. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Tinseltown. The dark comedy concerns homeless filmmakers, a serial killer and a hospitable self-storage warehouse. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

20 Dates. Struggling filmmaker Myles Berkowitz commits his romantic struggles to film, documenting his true-life quest for true love. (Fox Searchlight)

The 24 Hour Woman. TV producer Rosie Perez copes with the pressures of her career and her new baby, with comedic results. (The Shooting Gallery)

Windhorse. A pop singer, a pool-hall drunk and an imprisoned Buddhist nun are the three key characters in a drama about life in Chinese-occupied Tibet. (Shadow Distribution)