Bridget Jones's Diary Our favorite romantic comedy this year, with Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. (R)

Calle 54 Documentary showcasing a dozen stars of Latin jazz, including the late Tito Puente, Chico O'Farrill, Gato Barbieri, Paquito D'Rivera and Chucho Valdés. The music is marvelous, but viewers will be left wanting to know more about the players' lives. (G)

A Knight's Tale Jousting for teens. Handsome Heath Ledger stars as a would-be knight in medieval times who lances a lot. (PG-13)

Lakeboat A college boy learns about life while working a summer job on a freighter. Actor Joe Mantegna makes a capable directing debut with this character study based on an early play by David Mamet. Charles Durning, George Wendt, Robert Forster and Denis Leary star. (R)

Memento Must-see thriller. The plot runs backward, and the protagonist (Guy Pearce) suffers from memory loss. (R)

The Mummy Returns Cheesy, action-filled sequel grows tiresome quickly. Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz return; wrestling's Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson signs up. (PG-13)

Shrek Go for the green. In this monstrously clever animated film, a chartreuse-colored ogre named Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) learns that it is what's inside you that counts. (PG)