A little film called The Da Vinci Code happens to open on Friday. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? The controversial, surely soon-to-be blockbuster is the highest profile release of the week, but for all you Opus Dei members out there boycotting the film, fret not: there are other options.

Dreamworks’ Over The Hedge looks as if it could be a decent piece of animation. Perhaps it’s best to wait and see what word of mouth says by Monday or so.

For our money, however, the most interesting film of the week is Twelve And Holding, director Michael Cuesta’s big screen follow-up to 2001′s L.I.E.. Cuesta is obviously unafraid of tackling controversial subjects involving children, or, in other words: don’t be surprised if you feel the urge to cringe at some point. But who says cringing has to be a bad thing?

Still Out There:
Akeelah And The Bee
Art School Confidential
Brick
Dead Man’s Shoes
Down In The Valley
Hard Candy
Inside Man
L’Enfant
Lady Vengeance
Lucky Number Slevin
Russian Dolls
Sketched Of Frank Gehry
Thank You For Smoking
The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Proposition
Tsotsi
United 93
V For Vendetta
Water