DEATH RACE

In this remake of the 1975 cult fave, a prison warden (Joan Allen) taps an inmate (Jason Statham) for the title competition, in which combatants drive to kill -- or die. Ian McShane and Tyrese Gibson co-star. At multiple locations. (89 minutes.) R; strong violence and profanity.

THE HOUSE BUNNY

A Playboy Bunny (Anna Faris) gets booted from the mansion -- and finds refuge with clueless sorority sisters who are about to lose their house -- in a campus comedy featuring Colin Hanks (yes, his dad's named Tom), Rumer Willis (her dad's named Bruce), "American Idol's" Katharine McPhee -- and, inevitably, Mr. Playboy himself, Hugh Hefner. At multiple locations. (97 minutes.) PG-13; sex-related humor, partial nudity, brief profanity.

THE LONGSHOTS

A Pop Warner football coach (Ice Cube) finds a secret weapon: an 11-year-old quarterback ("Akeelah and the Bee's" Keke Palmer) who happens to be a girl. Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst directs this fact-based heart-tugger. At multiple locations. (94 minutes.) PG; thematic elements, mild profanity, brief rude humor.

THE ROCKER

Dumped by his bandmates, a forgotten former member of an '80s hair band ("The Office's" Rainn Wilson) exacts revenge when, two decades later, he joins his nephew's high school rock group and takes them to the top. Christina Applegate and Jeff Garlin co-star in this comedy, which returns to Las Vegas after opening June's CineVegas film festival. At multiple locations. (102 minutes.) PG-13; drug and sexual references, nudity, profanity.

ROMAN DE GARE

French New Wave legend Claude Lelouch ("A Man and a Woman") returns with a twisty thriller (its title translates loosely as "Airport Novel") about a celebrated crime novelist (Fanny Ardant), her missing ghostwriter -- and a serial killer. In French with English subtitles. (103 minutes.) R; brief profanity and sexual references.

By CAROL CLING