Hilary Swank takes a page out of Michelle Pfeiffer's book in Richard LaGravenese's Freedom Writers. By teaching her hardened students the craft of writing, Swank turns them into emotive, compassionate thinkers. Sound a little too much like Dangerous Minds? You decide as Freedom Writers opens this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Little Children - this excellent adaptation of Tom Perotta's best selling novel is Todd Field's long-awaited follow-up to his 2001 indie hit In the Bedroom; Notes on a Scandal - Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench star in this adaptation of Zoe Heller's hit novel What Was She Thinking?; and Code Name: The Cleaner - Cedric the Entertainer plays an amnesiac janitor tricked into thinking he's an undercover agent is this listless film. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Pan's Labyrinth, Miss Potter, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Breaking and Entering, Inland Empire, Black Christmas, Rocky Balboa, Letters from Iwo Jima, The Good Shepherd, Night at the Museum, We Are Marshall, Children of Men, Venus, Curse of the Golden Flower. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.