"Mixed Blood"--Black comedy about a woman (Marilia Pera) who heads a gang on New York's Lower East side. Paul Morrissey directs. With Linda Kerridge. (Cinevista)
"The Mystery of Picasso"--Out of distribution for nearly 25 years, this 1955 documentary (declared a national treasure by the French government) by Henri-Georges Clouzot celebrates the artist. (Goldwyn)
"My Chauffeur"--Romantic comedy about a young woman (Deborah Foreman) who shakes up things as the first woman driver at a Brentwood limo service. Sam J. Jones, E. G. Marshall, Howard Hesseman, comedy team of Penn and Teller. (Crown)
"A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge"--Gruesome Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) returns to haunt the dreams of young people. Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager, Hope Lange. (New Line) Opens Friday.
"The Night Stalker"--Charles Napier (last seen giving Rambo a bad time) is a cop after a psychotic killer. (Almi)
"9 1/2 Weeks"--Romance and dangerous obsession between art dealer Kim Basinger and commodities broker Mickey Rourke. Adrian Lyne directs, his first since "Flashdance." (MGM/UA)
"Odd Jobs"--Five college buddies go into the moving business and encounter loan sharks and a group of local movers who resent the competition. (Tri-Star)
"Parting Glances"--Bill Sherwood directs what the distributor calls "a gay 'Secaucus Seven.' " (Cinecom)
"Power"--Sidney Lumet directs a story of the manipulation of the political process through market research and advertising. Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw, Denzel Washington, E. G. Marshall, Beatrice Straight. (Fox)
"Pray for Death"--Martial arts star Sho Kosugi plays a Japanese businessman who moves his family to America to open a restaurant, only to become unwittingly involved with criminals. Finally, he seeks revenge--and breaks out his ninja costume. . . . (American Distribution)
"Pretty in Pink"--Teen-scene king John Hughes is exec producer/writer of this comedy/drama about the interactions of two groups of surburban high school students. Molly Ringwald is the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Jon Cryer, Andrew McCarthy, Harry Dean Stanton, James Spader. (Paramount)
"Quicksilver"--Kevin Bacon is a young options-market trader whose reversal of fortune lands him in a strange new world--that of the urban bicycle messenger. Jamie Gertz and Paul Rodriguez. (Columbia)
"Rebel Love"--Jamie Rose (TV's "Lady Blue") is the feisty heroine of this Civil War-era romance. (Troma)
"Sotto . . . Sotto"--Director Lina Wertmuller's story of a happily married young woman who believes she is falling in love with her best female friend. Enrico Montessano, Veronica Lario, Massimo Wertmuller, Luisa de Santis. (Columbia Classics)
"Stripper"--Docu-drama about women who bump and grind for a living. Directed by Jerome Gary. (Fox)
"Terrorvision"--Horror/comedy about an intergalactic garbage monster that enters a nutty family's home via their satellite dish and through their television. With Mary Woronov, Gerrit Graham, Bert Remsen, Diane Franklin. (Empire)
"Three Men and a Cradle"--French comedy about three male friends whose carefree lives are disrupted by the unexpected arrival of an abandoned baby. (Goldwyn)
"The Toxic Avenger"--Nuclear waste transforms a 90-pound weakling into an avenging super hero. (Troma)
"Touch and Go"--Michael Keaton stars as a Chicago hockey star who falls for Maria Conchita Alonso, single mother of the kid who tried to mug him. (Tri-Star)
"Troll"--When the Potter family moves into the apartment building at Mockingbird Lane, they're unaware that Torok the Troll is making himself comfy in the laundry room. Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Sonny Bono and mother-daughter June and Anne Lockhart. (Empire) Opens Friday.
"Turtle Diary"--Strangers Glenda Jackson and Ben Kingsley share a common obsession about turtles. Haunted by the plight of those that swim about in a cheerless zoo aquarium, they team to spring the turtles and release them in their natural ocean habitat. John Irvin directed. (Goldwyn)
"The Unheard Music"--Shot over five years, this documentary takes a look at the Los Angeles rock band X, the L.A. musical underground and other accouterments of American culture. (Skouras Pictures)
"Uphill All the Way"--Con men Roy Clark and Mel Tillis are forced to head for the Mexican border when they're mistaken for bank robbers. A posse and Mexican bandits make the going tough. With Glen Campbell, Burl Ives, Elaine Joyce, Trish Van Devere and (a cameo) Burt Reynolds. (New World)
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?"--Spanish-made comedy about the strange characters encountered by a family living in one of Madrid's (many) middle-class housing projects. Pedro Almodovar directs. (Cinevista)
"Where Are the Children?"--Suspense thriller about children in jeopardy. With Jill Clayburgh as the frantic mom and Frederic Forrest as the possible child murderer. (Columbia)
