Opening This Week

G-FORCE—Jerry Bruckheimer produced this Disney feature about a group of super hero guinea pigs. Starring Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis and the voices of Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Penélope Cruz and Steve Buscemi. Directed by Hoyt Yeatman. Delevan Drive In, Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, McKinley, Regal Hollywood, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Sunset Drive-In, Transit Drive-In, Regal Elmwood

ORPHAN—Thriller about a bereaved parents who adopt a nine-year-old that turns out to be less innocent than she first appears. Starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, and Margo Martindale. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax). Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Sunset Drive-In, Transit Drive-In

TETRO— Francis Ford Coppola directed and independently released this feature starring Buffalo native Vincent Gallo as a once-promising poet who moves to Argentina to escape a troubled past. Co-starring Maribel Verdú, Alden Ehrenreich, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Carmen Maura. Eastern Hills

THE UGLY TRUTH—Romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl as a TV producer whose abrasive new star (Gerard Butler) bets her he can solve her romantic problems. With Bree Turner, Eric Winter, Cheryl Hines and John Michael Higgins. Directed by Robert Luketic (Monster-in-Law). Reviewed this issue. Flix, Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

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DEMENTIA 13 (1963)— It’s just a coincidence that this, Francis Ford Coppola’s first full feature film, is playing the same week that his newest film opens in Buffalo. It’s a low-budget but effective Psycho-inspired shocker about a women scheming to get a cut of her late husband’s ancestral estate. Starring William Campbell, Luana Anders, and Patrick Magee. Fri midnight. Palace Theater, 31 Buffalo St., Hamburg (649–2295)

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)—Paul Newman and Robert Redford’s first on-screen teaming was in this iconic western loosely based on the real-life train robbers who fled to South America in the early years of the 20th century. Co-starring Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Jeff Corey, George Furth, Cloris Leachman and Kenneth Mars. Directed by George Roy Hill (The Sting). The film will be preceded by a performance on the theater’s Wurlitzer organ. Thurs July 23 7pm Riviera Theater, 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda (692-2413)

HOW TO STEAL A MILLION (1967)—Caper comedy set in Paris with Audrey Hepburn trying to cover up her father’s art forgeries by stealing them from the museum where there are on display. With Peter O’Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith and Charles Boyer. Directed by William Wyler (Roman Holiday). Fri 8pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza in Century Mall, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst (837-0376) www.screeningroom.net

THE HUSTLER (1961, Robert Rossen)—Riveting melodrama set in a vivid, seedy world of pool halls, flophouses, cons and losers. Paul Newman is Fast Eddie Felson, a pool shark with the talent but not the character to become a champion. The excellent supporting cast includes Piper Laurie as his alcoholic girlfriend, Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats, and George C. Scott as a promoter. The film will be preceded by a performance on the theater’s Wurlitzer organ. Thurs July 30 7pm Riviera Theater, 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda (692-2413)

MY LIFE IN RUINS—A middle-aged tour guide finds love on a bus trip around Greece. Starring Nia Vardalos, Alexis Georgoulis, Richard Dreyfuss, Harland Williams, and Rachel Dratch. Directed by Daniel Petrie (Miss Congeniality). Sat 8pm; Tue 7:30pm. Fredonia Opera House, 9 Church St. Fredonia (716-679-0891) www.fredopera.org

OUTDOOR ANIMATION FESTIVAL—Squeaky Wheel’s sixth edition of its family-friendly outdoor screenings of low- and hi-tech animations from around the world. Free and open to the public. Saturday at duck in Allentown’s Days Park (in case of rain, the screening moves to Squeaky Wheel’s Micro-Cinema at 712 Main St.) 884-7172 www.squeaky.org

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)—Dig out your fishnet stockings and bustiers and get ready to do the Time Warp again with Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Meat Loaf and Magenta. Sat midnight. Palace Theater, 31 Buffalo St., Hamburg (649–2295)