The Da Vinci Code

Based on Dan Brown's controversial bestseller, director Ron Howard's thriller stars Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, an expert on religious symbology who is called upon to solve the murder of the Louvre's curator. Teaming with a police cryptologist (Audrey Tautou), Langdon must decipher the bizarre markings the victim covered himself in, putting him at the center of a deadly conspiracy designed to keep the truth about the life of Jesus Christ a secret. With Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany. 149 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1.