OPENING THIS WEEK:

BABY MAMA—Former “Saturday Night Live” writer Michael McCullers wrote and directed this comedy starring Tina Fey as a businesswoman who hires white trash chick Amy Poehler to be a surrogate mother. Sure to join the ranks of other great “SNL” movies like, um, give me a minute .... Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker

DECEPTION—Suspense thriller starring Ewan McGregor as an accountant introduced to an underground sex club by sleazy lawyer Hugh Jackman, a membership he comes to regret. Well, duh. Directed by Marcel Langenegger Flix, Market Arcade, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Transit

HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY—Dude! Starring John Cho, Kal Penn, Rob Corddry, and Neil Patrick Harris. Directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Flix, Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

MEET BILL—Comedy starring Aaron Eckhart as a loser rebelling at his comfortable but demeaning and pointless life. Co-starring Logan Lerman, Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Alba, and Craig Bierko, Directed by Bernie Goldmann and Melisa Wallack. Reviewed this issue. Eastern Hills

PARANOID PARK—In the final film of Gus Van Sant’s trilogy about disaffected young lives begun with Elephant and Last Days, a skateboarder (Gabe Nevins) can’t cope with life after being involved in an accidental death. Reviewed this issue. North Park

UNSETTLED—Documentary about young Israelis preparing to leave the Gaza Strip during the withdrawal of 2005. Directed by Adam Hootnick. Reviewed this issue. Market Arcade.

ETC:

THE BUCKET LIST—Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as a pair of terminal cancer patients who decide to experience all they can while they still can. With Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, and Rob Morrow. Directed by Rob Reiner (Rumor Has It). Sat 8pm; Tue 7:30pm. Fredonia Opera House, 9 Church St. Fredonia (716-679-0891) www.fredopera.org

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (England, 1971)—Stanley Kubrick’s satire about media manipulation starring Malcolm McDowell as the leader of a band of thugs who is subjected to “re-programming” to cure him of his violent tendencies. Thirty years after it was made, it continues to be enjoyed by a lot of people for entirely the wrong reasons. Fri 9 pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza Business Center, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst (837-0376)

THE ORPHANAGE—A woman gets more than she bargained for when she tries to re-open the orphanage where she was raised in this Spanish ghost story. Starring Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo and Roger Príncep. Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona. Tues 7:30om, Fri May 2 8pm. Reg Lenna Civic Center, 116 East Third Street, Jamestown (484-7070)

THERE WILL BE BLOOD—Daniel Day-Lewis’s Oscar-winning performance as an obsessed oil baron looking to exploit a new strike during the California oil boom of the early 20th century. With Paul Dano, Kevin J. O’Connor and Dillon Freasier. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia). Sat Apr 26 8pm. Reg Lenna Civic Center, 116 East Third Street, Jamestown (484-7070)

THINGS TO COME (Great Britain, 1936)—Classic adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel speculating what might happen in the next century, and how life might be after such events. Starring Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke and Margaretta Scott. Directed by William Cameron Menzies. Fri 7:15 pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza Business Center, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst (837-0376)