OPENING THIS WEEK:

BRIDE WARS—Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway as best friends who become enemies when their schedule their weddings for the same day. With Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, and John Pankow. Directed by Gary Winick (13 Going on 30). Flix, Maple Ridge, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

GRAN TORINO—Clint Eastwood returns to acting as an unbending Korean War veteran who resents the Asian immigrants who have taken over the neighborhood where he lives. Eastwood also directed. Co-starring Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, and John Carroll Lynch. Reviewed this issue. Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

NOT EASILY BROKEN—Inspirational drama starring Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson as a couple whose marital difficulties are exposed after an auto accident. Directed by Bill Duke (Sister Act 2). Regal Transit, Market Arcade, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker

THE UNBORN—Michael Bay produced this horror film (for once, not a remake of a seventies movie) starring Odette Yustman as a young woman whose family is cursed by a demon looking for a new body to possess. Co-starring Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, James Remar, and Jane Alexander. Directed by David S. Goyer (Blade: Trinity). Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, McKinley, Regal Hollywood, Regal Transit

ETC:

THE EXILES (1961)—Rediscovered semi-documentary charting a night in the lives of a group of Native Americans living in a slum neighborhood of Los Angeles. Directed by Kent MacKenzie. Tues-Thurs 7pm. Hamburg Palace Theatre, 31 Buffalo St, Hamburg (649-2295) www.hamburgpalace.com

FLYING DEUCES (1939)— Laurel and Hardy join the foreign Legion in one of the best of their feature films. With Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner and, of course, James Finlayson. Directed by Edward Sutherland (Tillie’s Punctured Romance). Fri-Sat 7:30pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza in Century Mall, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst (837-0376) www.screeningroom.net

SHOCK (1946)—Vincent Price hadn’t yet established a reputation as a horror icon when he starred in this noirish thriller as a psychiatrist who accidentally kills his wife and is forced to discredit a witness as mentally unstable. Directed by the reliable B-movie veteran Alfred L. Werker (He Walked by Night). Fri-Sat 9pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza in Century Mall, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst (837-0376) www.screeningroom.net

VAMPYR (Denmark, 1932)—One of the most unusual vampire films ever made, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s unclassifiable movie plays with image and sound in ways that few mainstream directors would dare to. Presented as part of the Buffalo Film Seminar. Tues 7 pm, Market Arcade Film and Arts Center, 639 Main St. (855-3022).