the Mind’s Chew Toy

Plot: Racing from the catacombs of ancient China to high in the frigid Himalayas, Rick O’Connell (Fraser) is joined by his son Alex (Ford), wife Evelyn (Bello) and her brother Jonathan (Hannah) as he tries to stop the resurrected Han Emperor (Li), a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse with only one goal: plunge the world into his merciless, unending service.

Plot: A science professor (Fraser) has become the laughing stock of the academic community thanks to his untraditional hypotheses. But on an expedition in Iceland, he and his nephew (Hutcherson) stumble upon a major discovery that launches them on a thrilling journey deep beneath the Earth’s surface, where they travel through never-before-seen worlds and encounter a variety of unusual creatures. Based on the novel by Jules Verne.

Plot: Meggie (Bennett) is a young girl whose father has a secret ability - he can bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. But when a power-hungry villain from a rare children’s fable kidnaps Meggie’s father to bring others out of the boundaries of fiction, she and a disparate group of friends must save him and set things right. Based on the book by Cornelia Funke.

Plot: In the next 36 hours, a multiethnic collection of L.A.’s citizens will intertwine as they struggle with prejudices and fears. But what will they do when gray reality intercedes, and it isn’t as black and white as their prejudices have them believing it is?