Coming soon to a theater near you . . .

NOV. 21

DR. SEUSS' THE CAT IN THE HAT — Live-action comedy, based on the beloved children's book and starring Mike Myers as the title character, who leads two children on an adventure of imagination while their parents are away.

GOTHIKA — Halle Berry stars in this thriller (which has some horror undertones) about a psychiatrist who wakes to find herself in a mental institution — after evidently committing murder. Penelope Cruz and Robert Downey Jr. co-star.

OT: OUR TOWN — Feature-length documentary about a high school class in Compton, Calif., that decided to mount a production of Thornton Wilder's classic stage play — the school's first stage production in nearly 25 years.

SHATTERED GLASS — Hayden Christensen stars as journalist Stephen Glass in this drama about the New Republic reporter who was caught fabricating nearly half his stories. Peter Sarsgaard, Steve Zahn and Hank Azaria co-star.

THE SINGING DETECTIVE — This adaptation of the 1986 BBC television production stars Robert Downey Jr. as the title character, a hospitalized man having a fevered dream. A selection of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

SYLVIA — Gwyneth Paltrow stars as late poet and author Sylvia Plath ("The Bell Jar") in this biographical drama about her relationship with fellow poet Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig). Jared Harris and Blythe Danner co-star.

NOV. 26

BAD SANTA — Dark comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton as the title character, a con man who hopes to make a big score robbing malls while dressed as a department-store Santa. Bernie Mac and Lauren Graham co-star.

THE HAUNTED MANSION — This live-action comedy, based on the popular Disneyland attraction, stars Eddie Murphy as a workaholic who takes his family with him to a ghost-ridden home.

THE MISSING — Ron Howard's adaptation of the best-selling Western novel stars Tommy Lee Jones as a man who must reconcile with his estranged daughter (Cate Blanchett) if they're to rescue her kidnapped daughter.

TIMELINE — Paul Walker heads up the cast of this science-fiction adventure, based on Michael Crichton's best-seller about archaeology students who journey back to 14th-century France.