Last year Shia LaBeouf starred in D.J. Caruso's Disturbia, a charming, decent enough thriller that, according to a recent studio lawsuit, too closely resembled Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. Now trailers for Eagle Eye have fans asking, "Have they ripped off Hitch again?" Eagle Eye looks like a modern retelling of the classic North By Northwest, which is fine, as long as we all agree to call a spade a spade. LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan have never met but are thrown together when their lives are both threatened by a series of mysterious phone calls that force them on the run from police who believe them to be among the country’s most wanted. Running for their lives, they must work together to unravel the mystery and clear their good names. Rosario Dawson and Billy Bob Thornton co-star. Rated PG-13. (Photo by Ralph Nelson, Dreamworks Pictures)

When director Spike Lee picked a fight earlier this year with Clint Eastwood over the lack of African-American soldiers depicted in Letters from Iwo Jima, Lee ended the verbal sparring by saying that Eastwood has his version of WWI, "and I have mine." That outburst may have been more marketing than pure angst because here's Lee's version of the war with Miracle at St. Anna. The drama follows four soldiers separated from their all-black 92nd Buffalo Soldier Division stationed in Tuscany after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy. Based on the James McBride novel and starring Derek Luke, Kerry Washington and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Miracle is Lee's first attempt at a sweeping war epic, and will decide whether the auteur who surprised audiences with Inside Man, can push his talents even further. Rated R.

While many are obsessed with Sasha Baron Cohen as the "It Brit" comedian of late, here is an alternative candidate: writer/actor Simon Pegg. Where Cohen disappears behind a mirage of characters, the brilliant Ali G and Borat among them, Pegg is a kind of hyper everyman, both relatable—no matter how farfetched his circumstances—and funnier than any of us would be given similar situations. Having intelligently spoofed zombie flicks with Shaun of the Dead, and over-the-top action schlock with Hot Fuzz, Pegg tackles the romantic comedy genre with Run Fatboy Run, directed by Friends alum David Schwimmer. The film pits Pegg's paunchy slacker against his ex-fiance's new beau, a marathon-loving fitness freak played by Hank Azaria. Pegg believes if he can shape up and beat Azaria, he can win the heart of his ex, Thandie Newtown. The race is on. Rated PG-13.

Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly are sailors headed to Hollywood in Anchors Aweigh, a 1945 musical comedy and this week’s feature film in Frame to Frame, LSU Museum of Art’s film and art combo. Join the party Thursday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. and toast the current exhibit, American Masters from the Blanton Museum of Art’s Mari & James A. Michener Collection on the fifth floor of the Shaw Center. At 7:30 p.m., Anchors Aweigh starts in the Manship Theatre downstairs. $10 for MOA members; $15 for everyone else. Call 344-0334 for details.