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The Woman in Black

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BIG MIRACLE—Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski team up to save a family of stranded whales. With Ted Danson, Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Root and Kathy Baker. Directed by Ken Kwapis (License to Wed). Flix, Maple Ridge, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Transit, Regal Walden

CHRONICLE—High school friends become superheroes. Starring Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell and Michael B. Jordan. Directed by Josh Trank. Flix, Maple Ridge, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Transit, Regal Walden

THE WOMAN IN BLACK—Daniel Radcliffe as a lawyer investigating a haunted house. Co-starring Janet McTeer and Ciarán Hinds. Directed by James Watkins (Eden Lake). Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden

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FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: THE SACRED STAR OF MILOS— Theatrical sequel to the anime series set in an alternate universe where characters battle for control of a city rumored to contain the secret to metaphysical powers. Screening Room, Screens

THE LADY VANISHES—Heiress Margaret Lockwood and musician Michael Redgrave team up to investigate how Dame May Whitty disappeared from a moving train in this comic mystery that was one of Alfred Hitchcock’s last British films before moving to Hollywood. With Paul Lukas and Cecil Parker. Screening Room

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)—The shocking no-budget verisimilitude of George Romero’s original zombie film is just as effective as it was when it first leaked into drive-ins a quarter century ago, as long as you can see it with an audience not intent on making a joke of it. Screening Room

ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS—A hit at the Buffalo International Film Festival, this French comedy is set at a chocolate factory, where a shy woman (Isabelle Carré) takes a job as a sales rep and enters an uncomfortable romance with the company’s equally bashful owner (Benoît Poelvoorde). Screens

TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)—Ernst Lubitsch’s comedy about a Polish troupe of Shakespearian actors whose skills are called on to retrieve a list of partisans from the Nazis was released just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It’s a masterpiece of sophisticated farce starring Jack Benny (in one of his few good film roles) as the troupe’s vain star and Carole Lombard as his cheating wife. With Robert Stack, Lionel Atwill, and Felix Bressart. Presented by the Buffalo Film Seminars. Market Arcade