THE BOX. Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank Langella star in the thriller about an unhappily married couple who receive a box that can bring them instant wealth, but also kills someone. Based on a short story by Richard Matheson. 115 minutes. (Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images.) Opens today in area theaters.



COCO BEFORE CHANEL. Starring Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Emmanuelle Devos. Directed by Anne Fontaine. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel rises from obscurity to become a legendary couturier and a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style. 110 minutes. (Rated PG-13 for sexual content and smoking.)??&189; Opens today in the Dipson North Park. See review on Page 4.



DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Robin Wright Penn “star” in this motion-capture animated film from Robert Zemeckis that’s based on the classic Charles Dickens story about the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. 96 minutes (Rated PG for scary sequences and images.) Opens today in area theaters. Check out the review in Saturday’s Life & Arts section.



THE FOURTH KIND. Milla Jovovich, Will Patton and Elias Koteas in alien abduction film purporting to be based on real events in Nome, Alaska. 98 minutes. (Rated PG-13 for intensity and some sexuality.)??? Opens today in area theaters. See review on Page 5.



THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS. George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey in Grant Heslov’s wild black comic satire based on a best seller about a military unit of “psychic spies” trying to create a New Age way of warfare for a new century. “Just look at the cast. That’s enough, right there, to get your attention. Whether or not ‘more of this is true than you would believe’ (as the film claims), it’s a minor but solid success. It’s wild enough in its crazy claims of reality to make it a whole lot better than some films that are its kissing cousins including Soderbergh’s ‘The Informant’ and David O. Russell ‘Three Kings.’ ” 93 minutes. (RatedRfor language, drugs and brief nude backsides.)??? (Jeff Simon) Opens today in area theaters.