This week brings four new movies into wide release. All of them aspire to reach the top of the box office charts, although I think the winner is a foregone conclusion, as I feel only one has a true shot at the top spot. The Simpson clan is arriving on the silver screen, playing alongside Lindsay Lohan as a stripper, who is next to Catherine Zeta-Jones tending to home and kitchen. It is a pretty busy weekend for the movie-goer who likes to see it all. Are you ready to head out to the cineplex and catch a flick or three?

I Know Who Killed Me. (2007, 105 minutes, R, thriller, trailer) Well, Lindsay Lohan is in trouble again. To think I wanted to defend her as a good actress with some potential who made a few bad decisions. It appears those bad decisions are becoming a lifestyle. Anyway, this isn't about that, this is about her new movie which is about to open. I have to say that I have doubts that it will be good, but the trailer looks interesting. Lohan plays a girl who writes stories about an alter ego, then she is kidnapped, tortured, and left for dead and when she awakens, she claims to not be who they think she is. Who knows? Maybe we'll all be surprised. Chris Sivertson directs from Jeff Hammond's screenplay.

No Reservations. (2007, 105 minutes, PG, drama/comedy, trailer) Catherine Zeta-Jones stars in this dramedy. She plays Kate, a perfectionist master chef whose anger issues land her in counseling. Meanwhile, her sister dies in a car crash, and Kate is left to care for her young daughter (played by Abigail Breslin). To make things worse, a sous chef is hired on without her permission; he turns out to be a love interest in the form of Aaron Eckhart. I have heard good things about it, despite the fact the story does not really go anywhere. It was directed by Scott Hicks, who last directed Hearts in Atlantis.

The Simpsons Movie. (2007, 87 minutes, PG-13, animated comedy, trailer) D'oh! The yellow televised mainstays hit the big screen. After eighteen seasons on the small screen, Homer and the crew are moving into digs with a wider screen. I have not been the biggest fan of the most recent seasons of the show, so I am hoping that the movie is a bit better than that. The trailers have looked pretty funny, particularly the Spider-Pig bit. The story has Springfield being threatened by yet another goof by the family patriarch. Hopefully, it will pay off.

Sunshine. (2007, 120 minutes, R, science fiction, trailer) The more that I see of this movie, the more I am looking forward to it. Danny Boyle hasn't failed yet, from his Brit gangster flick Trainspotting, to his revisionist zombie movie 28 Days Later, to his family film Millions. This time he takes on the science fiction genre. The story follows a space mission to restart the sun which is dying, and the world is frozen in an ice age. Of course, things do not go as planned, and the mission begins to fall apart. I sense a bit of Event Horizon; I doubt this will have the horror element, but the feeling is there. The trailer is quite impressive, as are the other clips that have come out. Boyle has a strong cast that includes Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later, Batman Begins), Michelle Yeoh (Memoirs of a Geisha), Chris Evans (Fantastic Four), Hiroyuki Sanada (The Twilight Samurai), and Rose Byrne (28 Weeks Later, Marie Antoinette). The one thing I haven't liked are the recent trailers and clips that have popped up online which feature numerous death scenes from the movie. Still, can't wait to see the movie!