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THE FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT—Comedy starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt as a couple who just can’t get to the altar. With Chris Pratt and Alison Brie. Directed by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall). Reviewed this issue. Flix, Maple Ridge, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Sunset Drive-In, Transit Drive-In

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI—Documentary about the man acknowledged to be the world’s greatest sushi chef, who runs a restaurant in a shabby basement in a Tokyo subway station. Directed by Reviewed this issue. Eastern Hills

THE PIRATES: BAND OF MISFITS—Stop-motion animated feature from England’s Aardman Studios, creators of Wallace and Gromit. With the voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek and Lenny Henry. Directed by Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt (Chicken Run). Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Sunset Drive-In, Transit Drive-In

THE RAVEN—Edgar Allen Poe helps the Baltimore police track a serial killer who is basing his murders on Poe’s stories. Starring John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve and Brendan Gleeson. Directed by James McTeigue (Ninja Assassin). Reviewed this issue. Flix, Maple Ridge, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

SAFE—Jason Statham as a cage fighter who runs afoul of the Russian Mafia. With Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon and Robert John Burke. Directed by Boaz Yakin (Uptown Girls). Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

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BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)—Michael J. Fox as an 1980s teen who takes a time machine to the 1950s to fix his parents’ marriage. This weeklong booking is a benefit for the Michael J. Fox Foundation in commemoration of Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Four Seasons

LA BOHEME—From the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain. Starring Ramon Vargas and Fiorenza Cedolins. Conducted by Víctor Pablo Pérez and directed by Giancarlo del Monaco. Sun 11am Eastern Hills

THE BRIGHT STREAM—Live from the Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow, Russia. Ballet to music by Dmitry Shostakovich, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky. Featured dancers include Svetlana Lunkina, Mikhail Lobukhin and Maria Alexandrova. Sun 11am Amherst

CHICO AND RITA—The history of Latin music is viewed through the decades long romance of a Cuban pianist and a singer in this Oscar-nominated animated feature by Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque). Reviewed this issue. Screening Room

THE OFFICER’S WIFE—Documentary about atrocities committed by the Soviet government against Polish citizens in the early years of World War II, based on an unpublished memoir written by Chicago filmmaker Piotr Uzarowicz’s grandmother. Reviewed this issue. Sun 4 pm. Market Arcade