* “LAND OF THE LOST” — Scientist Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex that plunks him down into a land of dinosaurs and mysterious creatures without tools or weapons. With Will Ferrell. PG-13

* “THE PROPOSAL” — A tyrannical book editor threatened with deportation pretends to be engaged to her assistant, who finagles a promotion out of the scheme. With Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Mary Steenburgen. PG-13

* “DRAG ME TO HELL” — The soul of a loan officer could be forever damned unless she reverses the curse placed on her by the elderly woman she evicted. With Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Ruth Livier. PG-13

* “ADORATION” — Inspired by a high-school assignment, a student who suspects his father’s death was intentional explores the possibility that he was a terrorist. R

— The Philadelphia Inquirer