Planning Ahead

TORQUE A biker (The Ring's Martin Henderson) goes on the run for some crimes he committed (like theft) and some he didn't (like murder). A drug dealer (Matt Schulze), an FBI agent (Adam Scott), and a gang leader (Ice Cube) are the ones on the hunt. (Warner Bros.)

JANUARY 23

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Having blocked out memories of a painful childhood, college student Ashton Kutcher reads his old journals and finds they can transport him back in time to fix his broken life. Costarring Amy Smart, William Lee Scott, and Eric Stoltz. (New Line)

MINDHUNTERS Seven FBI agents training for a psychological- profiling division discover that one of them is just the kind of serial killer they're learning to track -- and the psycho is planning to off the rest of them. Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, LL Cool J, and Kathryn Morris (CBS' Cold Case) star. (Dimension)

TOUCHING THE VOID A documentary with restaged footage about two mountain climbers who return to the spot in the Peruvian Andes where, 18 years earlier, they narrowly escaped death after a string of falls and misjudgments left them separated. (IFC)

JANUARY 30

THE BIG BOUNCE Based on the novel by film-friendly Elmore Leonard, Bounce follows likable drifter Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) to Hawaii, where he takes a construction job with a powerful developer (Gary Sinise) and carries on an affair with the boss' scheming mistress (Sara Foster). Charlie Sheen and Morgan Freeman costar. (Warner Bros.)

LATTER DAYS Several Mormon groups have petitioned to ban this indie drama, the directorial debut of Sweet Home Alabama screenwriter C. Jay Cox. It concerns a missionary who falls for the boy next door, a Hollywood hunk named Christian. (TLA Releasing)

YOU GOT SERVED Best friends Elgin (Marques Houston) and David (B2K's Omarion) lead a street-dancing crew together, but they have to get over their own ego clashes when another group challenges their supremacy. The rest of B2K -- -that's Raz-B, J-Boog, and Lil Fizz -- costar, as do Steve Harvey and Lil' Kim. (Screen Gems)