CAPSULES

Valentino: The Last Emperor (Valentino Garavani, Giancarlo Giammatti)

Angels & Demons

(Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor) With the Pope dead, four cardinals kidnapped and Vatican City about to be destroyed, symbolist Robert Langdon (Hanks) is called in to decode a centuries old puzzle and save the Catholic Church. Directed by Ron Howard ("The Da Vinci Code"), the mix of religious mysticism and action sequences make for an energized, intriguing and not quite anti-Christian delight. More importantly, there's a quicker pace here than there was in "The Da Vinci Code" (2006), and this is the superior movie of the two. Based on the Dan Brown novel. Rated PG-13.

Star Trek

(Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana) In the maiden voyage of the starship Enterprise, Kirk (Pine), Spock (Quinto) and crew face off against a Romulan madman (Bana) who blames Spock for his family's death. Director J.J. Abrams' film is an exhilarating adventure that's respectful to its source material while boldly going in exciting new directions. In terms of story, visual effects and performances, this movie could not be better. Rated PG-13.

Valentino: The Last Emperor

(Valentino Garavani, Giancarlo Giammatti) Filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer follows fashion designer Valentino Garavani for two years in this intriguing but uneven documentary. Because of Valentino's guarded nature and resistance to being filmed, there's not much here that we don't already know about the famed fashion icon, making the movie the cinematic equivalent of a puff piece. Not Rated: Language, brief nudity.