Knowing

Nicolas Cage stars in this mind-blowing thriller from director Alex Proyas ("Dark City"), playing recently widowed father and astrophysics professor John Koestler, who comes to believe a global apocalypse could be imminent unless he acts to prevent it. Koestler's fears are drawn out by numerical patterns he detects on a sheet of paper taken from a time capsule unearthed by his young son's (Chandler Canterbury) class. Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson, Nadia Townsend, D.G. Maloney co-star. 121 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English DTS HD Master Audio, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish; audio commentary by Proyas; featurettes.