“Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star”
(out of four)
(See review)

“Dirty Pretty Things”
(out of four)
(See review)

“Mondays in the Sun”
Lion’s Gate Films
Rated R
Opening at the Tower
(Not reviewed)

Fernando León de Aranoa’s “Mondays in the Sun” beat out “Talk to Her” as Spain’s Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee candidate, and “Talk to Her” ended up with the Best Screenplay award, so it must be pretty good. The title refers to unemployed dockyard workers who now spend all days of the week under the sun. Acclaimed actor Javier Bardem stars.

	Sin Eaters are renegade priest-types who absolve people of their sins without the church's permission. Heath Ledger plays a priest investigating a murder and the Sin Eaters in "The Order."

“The Order”
20th Century Fox
Rated R
(Not reviewed)

Australian hunk Heath Ledger again teams up with writer/director Brian Helgeland, who catapulted him to stardom (or into a movie, anyway) with “A Knight’s Tale.” Ledger plays a priest of the arcane order known as the Carolingians. He goes to Rome to investigate mysterious deaths of the head of his order and uncovers one crazy mystery involving Sin Eaters. Don’t worry, it’s not as cool as it sounds.

“The Secret Lives of Dentists”
Manhattan Pictures
Rated R
(Not reviewed)

Director Alan Rudolph has been receiving some of his best reviews in a while after flops like “Trixie” and “Breakfast of Champions,” an adaptation of a novel that begged not to be adapted. Campbell Scott plays a dentist dealing with a mid-life crisis that calls his family life into question and makes him start seeing Dennis Leary.