Woody Allen’s latest is a witty and poignant love story set in the City of Light. Owen Wilson stars as a romantic who revels in the magical streets while his fiancée, Rachel McAdams, finds her interest piqued elsewhere. In this glorious celebration of love and nostalgia, the superb cast includes Kathy Bates and Adrien Brody. —Alison Bailes
 

THE HELP Easy A’s Emma Stone and Doubt’s Viola Davis star in this faithful adaptation of the popular novel about black maids and their white employers in the South of the early ’60s. Remarkable performances, including Bryce Dallas Howard as a snooty socialite and Octavia Spencer as the maid who can’t keep her mouth or her cooking under control, make the best seller come alive onscreen.

British comedians Steve Coogan (right) and Rob Brydon romp through the English countryside reviewing restaurants and regrets in an engaging road trip of a movie from director Michael Winterbottom. —S.T.
 

Seth Rogen (Knocked Up) ditches the frat-boy high jinks but not his humor to stand by a friend (Inception’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who is battling cancer. Anjelica Huston plays Gordon-Levitt’s anxious mother, and Up in the Air’s Anna Kendrick (with him, left) is his inexperienced therapist in this bittersweet romance.

In theaters September 30, 2011.

Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender play Freudian-Jungian mind games with Keira Knightley in A Dangerous Method, out November 23.

Tilda Swinton is wrenching as the mother of a murderous teen in We Need to Talk About Kevin, out December 9.

Meryl Streep eyes Oscar nod number 17 with her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, out December 16.

Daniel Craig steps into Stieg Larsson's dangerous world in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, December 21.

First-time filmmaker Dee Rees takes on gay-teen identity in Pariah, executive-produced by Spike Lee, out December 28.

Writer-director Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) examines lonliness and longing by spotlighting an aimless movie star (Stephen Dorff) who gets a surprise visit from his daughter (Elle Fanning). The girl diverts her dad from the pull of ennui and vice at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont.-- Alison Bailes

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