BOND is back. So is Hannibal the Cannibal and British boy wizard Harry Potter. As usual, the fall film slate is aimed more at adults, favors mostly dramas and throws in a few Oscar contenders among a long list of movies ranging from big-budget battle epics like The Four Feathers (Sept. 20) to indies like The Gray Zone (Oct. 11), a story set in the Nazi death camps. While deep plots and dramas dominate the fall, a few comedies that should guarantee laughs hit theaters before Thanksgiving, from the low-budget Barbershop (Sept. 13) to a big broad comedy I Spy (Nov. 1), starring Owen Wilson and Eddie Murphy as mismatched government agents. Martial Arts expert Jackie Chan once again kicks his way into theaters in a buddy picture, although this time his buddy is Jennifer Love Hewitt, in The Tuxedo (Sept. 20). Among other films to watch for will be drama City by the Sea (Sept. 6) with Robert De Niro, and on the indie front there will be Secretary, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal as a sex slave assistant to a lawyer. Sound weird? Just wait. The king of all flesh eaters, Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal) kicks off October in Red Dragon, (Oct. 4) in a real, well, nail-biter of a movie. Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins again plays the madman. In this story, FBI agent Will Graham probes Lecter’s mind to find another killer. On the thriller front, there’s The Truth About Charlie (Oct. 25.) and The Ring (Oct. 18), about a video that, if one watches it, he or she will die in seven days. So be careful, moviegoers. For families, there is Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets only two weeks later on Nov. 15. In this version, Harry and his buddies return to the magical Hogwarts Academy to take up their tutelage in the ways of wizardry. Also, venerable old spy James Bond will kick major tail in Die Another Day (Nov. 22). “He’s betrayed by the bad guys and by his own people. He doesn’t know which side he’s on,” said Brosnan. (SD-Agencies)