HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY

When the mythical world rebels against humanity, hoping to take over Earth, cigar-chomping Hellboy (Ron Perlman) and his team -- including pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and protoplasmic mystic Johann -- lead the charge to save the planet. "Pan's Labyrinth" writer-director Guillermo del Toro returns to direct this sequel to his 2004 comic-book adaptation. At multiple locations. (110 minutes.) PG-13; sci-fi action and violence, profanity.

MEET DAVE

Newly arrived New Yorker Dave Ming Chang (Eddie Murphy) seems suspiciously uncomfortable in his own skin -- possibly because he's not really a he at all, but a spaceship built in the image of its miniature-sized captain. Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union and Scott Caan co-star for Murphy's "Norbit" director, Brian Robbins. At multiple locations. (90 minutes.) PG; bawdy and suggestive humor and action, profanity.

-- By CAROL CLING