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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN—Reboot. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifan, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, and Sally Field. Directed by Marc Webb ((500) Days of Summer). Reviewed this issue. Aurora, Delevan Drive In, Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Sunset Drive-In, Transit Drive-In

KATY PERRY: PART OF MEFlix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

SAVAGES—Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson as pot growers trying to get their girlfriend back from the Mexican gang that kidnapped her. Co-starring Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, Shea Whigham, John Travolta, Demián Bichir, and Salma Hayek. Directed by Oliver Stone (Natural Born Killers). Reviewed this issuea>. Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In

TO ROME WITH LOVE—Woody Allen goes to Italy for his latest ensemble comedy. He co-stars with Roberto Benigni, Judy Davis, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Penélope Cruz, and Ellen Page. Reviewed this issue. Amherst, Eastern Hills, Regal Quaker

YOUR SISTER’S SISTER—Post-mumblecore drama starring Mark Duplass as a Seattle slacker who deals with his brother’s death over a weekend in an island cabin with his brother’s ex (Emily Blunt) and her lesbian sister (Rosemarie DeWitt). Directed by Lynn Shelton (Humpday). North Park

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BORDERLINE (1950)—Action comedy starring Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor as government agents, each working for different agencies and neither aware that the other is also a Fed as they investigate drug smuggling on the Mexican border. Co-starring Raymond Burr. Directed by William A. Seiter (If I Had a Million). Fri & Sat 9pm; Tue 7:30pm. The Screening Room

THE GOONIES (1985) and BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)—Retro double feature. Tue 9pm. Transit Drive-in

THE G-STRING MURDERS (aka Lady of Burlesque, 1943)—From the novel by Gypsy Rose Lee, a comic mystery in which the performers at a burlesque house trying to find out who the murderer in their midst is. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O’Shea, Iris Adrian and Victoria Faust. Directed by William A. Wellman. Fri & Sat 7:15pm; Thu 7:30pm. The Screening Room

OCEANS 11 (1960)—The original. It isn’t a very good movie, by any definition, but that will hardly matter to aficionados of Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack, for whom making this was an excuse to hang around Las Vegas while getting paid for their time. With Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Cesar Romero, Joey Bishop, Akim Tamiroff, Henry Silva, Norman Fell, Red Skelton, George Raft, Hoot Gibson, Pinky Lee, Shirley MacLaine, and Red Norvo. Directed by Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the Western Front). Thu July 5 7pm. Riviera Theatre

PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (1985)—Squeaky Wheel presents a free outdoor screening of the movie that made both Tim Burton and Pee-wee Herman household names. Wed 9pm. Canalside Buffalo Waterfront

21—Fact-based drama about MIT students who put their math skills to work at the blackjack tables of Las Vegas. Starring Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, and Laurence Fishburne. Directed by Robert Luketic (Monster-in-Law). Thurs July 12 7pm. Riviera Theatre