This is one family that never has to worry about Halloween costumes. Once public superheroes, Elastigirl and Mr. Incredible settle down and recede from society's critical eye. But after three children and no action, Bob "Mr. Incredible" Parr gets restless and joins a secret organization. When he gets in trouble, it's up to his family to save him. Voices include Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee, Spencer Fox and Sarah Vowell.

Sending up the martial-arts genre while also being entrenched in it, this enjoyable 2008 adventure takes a movie-loving teenager (Michael Angarano) back to ancient China after he finds a weapon that once belonged to a fabled warrior. The youth encounters helpful kung fu experts -- played, aptly enough, by Jackie Chan and Jet Li -- as he tries to get the weapon back to its owner, who just happens to be imprisoned in stone.

Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a human who was adopted by elves as an infant and grows up thinking he's just a large version of his adoptive father (Bob Newhart). When Buddy finds out the truth about his parentage, he is crushed and goes out into the real world to find his dad (James Caan). Unfortunately, Dad has his own family and isn't interested in rehashing the past. Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel, Daniel Tay and Edward Asner co-star in the 2003 comedy.

EG: Michael Douglas returned to the "nice guy on the wrong side of a witchy woman" well (remember "Fatal Attraction" and "Basic Instinct"?) in this steamy 1994 thriller. He plays a computer executive who discovers that the promotion he expected has gone to a former flame (Demi Moore), who still burns for him. When she turns on the heat and then tries to accuse him of sexual harassment, he doesn't take it -- ahem -- lying down.

EG: An exiled and bitter American (Humphrey Bogart) running a popular nightclub in Casablanca can't help but fall in love again with his one-time sweetheart (Ingrid Bergman) in this 1942 film that is one of the true Hollywood classics. He decides to use stolen documents to escape Nazi-occupied Morocco with her, but things don't go as planned. Horror-film icon Peter Lorre gives a fine supporting performance.

Christmas movies and cliches go together like gingerbread and eggnog, but there's such a thing as overkill. Case in point: this dreadful 2003 drama starring Jennie Garth as a cynical reporter who tries to uncover the identity of a small town's anonymous philanthropist. If Garth gives many more performances this shrill and unappealing, she'll be the one flirting with anonymity, and the strenuously cheerful denizens of this hokey hamlet are right out of Stepford. Not recommended as entertainment, but if, heaven forbid, a loved one ingests a toxic substance during the holidays, this TV movie will bring it back up faster than Ipecac.

Biologist Peter Pyle captures dramatic footage from a startling predator-and-prey incident off the coast of San Francisco, where stunned whale watchers gaped as a killer whale broke the surface with a great white shark in its mouth. The whale and a finny friend ate the shark's liver, then departed, leaving the rest of the carcass to the birds.

In this holiday sequel to "Madagascar" and "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa," Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria (voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith) must deliver Santa's presents to save Christmas when St. Nick gets amnesia following a crash landing on their island. And yes, those resourceful penguins also are on board. What a shame they have a long-standing North vs. South Pole rivalry with Santa's reindeer... .

A New Englander sells his soul to a Mr. Scratch and needs Daniel Webster on his side in hell's court

A top movie-comeback story of recent times has been Mickey Rourke, who had a terrific ride on the film-award circuit as the title character of director and co-writer Darren Aronofsky's drama. Mirroring many of the actor's own experiences, Rourke's roughed-up alter ego wants a new lease on his personal and professional lives. His path to redemption involves his estranged daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and a stripper (Marisa Tomei).

After intercepting a message revealing that King Richard's return is imminent, Robin (Jonas Armstrong) focuses on taking the castle and holding it for the king against Prince John (Toby Stephens). Archer's (Clive Standen) traps catch Robin with Gisborne and Much (Richard Armitage, Sam Troughton) in the castle tunnel in "Something Worth Fighting For: Part 1."

Trying to hold a family together while reviewing a series of child abductions and murders, Rossi and Hotchner (Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson) and the rest of the team realize that one of the cases may not actually be the work of the serial killer they arrested. John Allen Nelson and Gretchen Egolf guest star in "A Shade of Gray." Paget Brewster and Shemar Moore also star.

Strapped for cash, the Sheriff (Keith Allen) sells the local village men to Finn (guest star William Houghton), the rightful king of Ireland, who hopes to liberate his country. Kate (Joanne Froggatt), a village girl, tries to rescue her brother, but her impetuous heroics have devastating consequences. Jonas Armstrong and Richard Armitage also star in "Cause and Effect."

Those who shiver at tales of creepy crawlers should experience lots of discomfort while watching this 1990 thriller-with-humor. Jeff Daniels stars as a doctor whose small town is overrun by lethal spiders, though more is suggested than actually shown by the film. John Goodman does a great supporting job as a "Rambo"-like exterminator, and Julian Sands and Harley Jane Kozak also appear.

Comedy legend Arnold Schwarzenegger (do we really need to add a "wink wink" here?) stars as a workaholic businessman who embarks on a desperate Christmas mission to find his son the yuletide season's hottest action figure: Turboman. Cartoony, broad and loud, this 1996 comedy is aimed at audiences who get all misty-eyed at the sight of shoppers inflicting grievous bodily harm on one another over the last Insert This Year's Hot Toy Here on the shelf.

Vastly superior to the 2000 remake starring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley, this tart 1967 British reworking of the Faust legend showcases the gifted comedy team of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore as, respectively, Satan and the hapless short-order cook who sells his soul for the love of a waitress (Eleanor Bron). The two stars co-wrote and even improvised parts of the film, perhaps including the devil's magic words: "Julie Andrews!" Raquel Welch co-stars.