CORKY ROMANO (PG-13)

Chris Kattan (“Saturday Night Live,” “A Night at the Roxbury”) stars as Corky Romano, a sweet and good natured veterinarian who learns that his long last father, an underworld crime lord (Peter Falk), has been indicted by the Grand Jury. Kicked out of the family for not fitting in, Corky hasn’t seen his father or brothers in years. When his brothers come to him with a plea and a plan to help their father, Corky is reluctant. You can’t blame him. They want Corky to infiltrate the FBI and destroy the evidence. Corky fakes his way into the FBI, and finds himself on the fast track to solving some of the company’s toughest assignments. Will Corky be able to keep up the charade and save his family? Get real, it’s a comedy. Kattan is funny as Corky, but he does begin to grate on your nerves after awhile. Peter Falk and the mobster father are a good fit, while Peter Berg and Chris Penn play Corky’s brothers-in-crime. (Touchstone)

OTHERS, THE (PG-13)

In Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar’s atmospheric “The Others,” Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a woman who has a hard time keeping servants at her creepy estate on the Isle of Jersey. Maybe it’s the estate, a gothic mansion constantly shrouded in a blanket of fog. Maybe it’s the strange noises that come out of nowhere. Maybe it’s her house rules, which require that all curtains be drawn and one door be locked before another is opened. Maybe it’s Grace’s creepy kids Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley), afflicted with a disease that forces them to stay out of direct sunlight. Or maybe it’s Grace, who shows all outward signs of going off the deep end.

ROSE RED (PG-13)

Writer Stephen King penned this tale of a haunted mansion directly for television as a miniseries, and it shows. There’s a decent two hour movie hiding underneath over 250 minutes of padding. At least you don’t have to sit through three-nights worth of commercials to appreciate what is here, an all-stops-out haunted house story about an obsessed psychology professor (Nancy Travis) intent on using a team of psychics and a 15-year-old autistic girl to stir up the supernatural hornet’s nest. The special effects run the gamut from good to really bad, while the cast seems to be on the same page. Director Craig Baxley (“I Come In Peace”) is more interested in the scenery than creating ultimate horror. (Lion’s Gate)

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