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Cabin Fever Horror thriller about a group of five college friends who, while on a weekend mountain getaway, confront a terrifying being infected with a highly contagious flesh-eating disease. Eli Roth makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Roth and Randy Pearlstein. With Jordan Ladd (“Boys Life 3”), Rider Strong (“My Giant”), James DeBello (“Swimfan”), Cerina Vincent (“Not Another Teen Movie”), Joey Kern (“XX/XY,” “Grind”) and Joe Adams. Scope. 94 min. R: Strong violence and gore; sexuality; language; brief drug use. Sept. 12. Lions Gate. The City of No Limits Spanish-language drama, set in Paris and Madrid, about a young man who sets out to find the source of the mysterious fear that grips his dying father. Directed by Antonio Hernández from a screenplay by Hernández & Enrique Brasó. With Leonardo Sbaraglia (“Intacto”), Fernando Fernán Gómez (“Butterfly”), Geraldine Chaplin (“Talk to Her”), Ana Fernández (“Talk to Her”), Adriana Ozores and Leticia Brédice (“Nine Queens”). Also known as “En la Ciudad Sin Limites.” Scope. 129 min. Sept. 12. Venevision.   Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Comedy about a 35-year-old former child star who, feeling he was robbed of his childhood, hires a foster family to re-create his youth. Directed by Sam Weisman (“What’s the Worst That Could Happen?”) from a screenplay by the “Joe Dirt” team of David Spade (“Lost & Found”) and Fred Wolf (“Black Sheep,” “Dirty Work”). With Spade (“Joe Dirt”), Mary McCormack (“Full Frontal”), Craig Bierko (“The Thirteenth Floor”), Jon Lovitz (“Rat Race”), Rachel Dratch (“Down With Love”), Alyssa Milano (“Hugo Pool”), Ian Gomez (“Chasing Papi”), Dustin “Screech” Diamond, Lief Garrett and Scott Terra (“Daredevil”). Actors appearing as themselves include Willie Aames, Barry Williams, Danny Bonaduce, Corey Feldman, Rob Reiner and Emmanuel Lewis. Flat. 92 min. PG-13: Crude and sex-related humor; language; drug references. Sept. 5. Paramount.   The Fighting Temptations Comedy about a hip-hop music producer who returns to his Alabama hometown for his aunt’s funeral – and discovers he has to start a gospel choir to receive his inheritance. Directed by Jonathan Lynn (“Trial and Error,” “The Whole Nine Yards”) from a screenplay by Elizabeth Hunter and Saladin K. Patterson. With Cuba Gooding Jr. (“Boat Trip”), Beyoncé Knowles (“Austin Powers in Goldmember”), LaTanya Richardson (“U.S. Marshals”), Mike Epps (“Friday After Next”) and Wanda Williams. Scope. 120 min. PG-13: Some sexual references. Sept. 19. Paramount.   Hypnotic Thriller, set in London, about an American hypotherapist who uses his ability to receive flashes from inside patients’ minds to help a detective catch a ritualistic killer. Based on the novel “Doctor Sleep” by Madison Smartt Bell (“Master of the Crossroads”). Directed by Nick Willing from a screenplay by Willing and William Brookfield (“Rough Magic”). With Goran Visnjic (“The Deep End”), Shirley Henderson (“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”), Paddy Considine (“24 Hour Party People”), Miranda Otto (“Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”) and Corin Redgrave (“Enigma”). Sept. 12. First Look. Bubba Ho-tep Period comedy built around the idea that it was actually an Elvis Presley impersonator who died in 1977, and the real Elvis lived to take up residence in the Shady Rest Convalescence Home in Mud Creek, Texas. Based on the short story by Joe R. Lansdale. Written and directed by Don Coscarelli (“Phantasm II”). With Bruce Campbell (“Serving Sara”), Ossie Davis (“Doctor Dolittle”), Reggie Bannister (“Wishmaster”), Bob Ivy, Ella Joyce (“Set it Off”) and Larry Pennell (“Jackpot”). 92 min. R: Language; some sexual content; brief violent images. Sept. 19 limited; wider Sept. 26; wider Oct. 3. Vitagraph.   Casa de Los Babys English- and Spanish-language drama about six American women who travel to Latin America to satisfy the local residency requirements that would allow them to adopt children there. Written and directed by John Sayles (“Limbo,” “Sunshine State”). With Marcia Gay Harden (“Pollock”), Daryl Hannah (“A Walk to Remember,” “Northfork”), Mary Steenburgen (“Sunshine State”), Lili Taylor (“High Fidelity”), Maggie Gyllenhaal (“Adaptation”), Rita Moreno (“Piñero”), Susan Lynch (“From Hell”), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (“Herod’s Law,” “Once Upon a Time in Mexico”) and Vanessa Martinez (“Limbo”). Sept. 19 in New York and Los Angeles. IFC. Cold Creek Manor Drama about a couple who move their family away from the city to reside in a spacious country farmhouse, only to find that the previous owner has returned from prison and desperately wants the abode back. Directed by Mike Figgis (“Miss Julie,” “Timecode”) from a screenplay by Richard Jefferies. With Dennis Quaid (“Far From Heaven”), Sharon Stone (“Simpatico”), Stephen Dorff (“feardotcom”), Juliette Lewis (“Old School”) and Christopher Plummer (“Nicholas Nickleby”). Also known as “The Devil’s Throat.” Flat. Sept. 19. Buena Vista. The Event Drama, set in New York City, about a district attorney who investigates an apparent suicide, one of many recently plaguing the Chelsea district’s homosexual community. Directed by Thom Fitzgerald (“Beefcake”) from a screenplay by Fitzgerald, Steven Hillyer and Tim Marback. With Parker Posey (“A Mighty Wind”), Olympia Dukakis (“Better Living”), Don McKellar (“Waydowntown”), Sarah Polley (“No Such Thing,” “My Life Without Me”), Jane Leeves (“Music of the Heart”) and Brent Carver (“Ararat”). Flat. 112 min. R: Sexual content; language; some drug use. Sept. 19. Thinkfilm.   The Human Stain Drama about a light-skinned black college professor who has passed himself off as Jewish all his life, and who endures charges of racism when he asks about two chronically absent students: “Do they exist or are they spooks?” Based on the novel by Philip Roth (“Goodbye, Columbus,” “Portnoy’s Complaint”). Directed by Robert Benton (“Nobody’s Fool,” “Twilight”) from a screenplay by Nicholas Meyer (“Star Trek VI,” “Sommersby”). With Anthony Hopkins (“Red Dragon”), Nicole Kidman (“The Hours”), Ed Harris (“The Hours,” “Buffalo Soldiers,” “Masked & Anonymous”), Gary Sinise (“Impostor”), Jacinda Barrett (“Urban Legends: Final Cut”), Ron Canada (“In Too Deep”), Harry J. Lennix (“Matrix Reloaded”) and Kerry Washington (“Bad Company,” “The United States of Leland”). R: Language; sexuality/nudity. Sept. 26 in New York and Los Angeles. Miramax. Lost In Translation Comedy-drama, set in Tokyo, about two married Americans – an aging TV star in town for a whiskey commercial shoot and a recent Yale grad – who meet and forge a romantic friendship when they find themselves residing at the same hotel. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola (“The Virgin Suicides”). With Bill Murray (“The Royal Tenenbaums”), Scarlett Johansson (“Eight Legged Freaks”), Anna Faris (“May”) and Giovanni Ribisi (“Basic,” “Masked & Anonymous). Sept. 19 limited. Focus.