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Opening This Week:

JUST WRIGHT—Romantic comedy starring Queen Latifah as a physical therapist hired to rehabilitate basketball star Common after a knee injury. Co-starring Paula Patton, James Pickens Jr., Phylicia Rashad, and Pam Grier. Directed by Sanaa Hamri (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2). Reviewed this issue. Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, McKinley, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Transit

MID-AUGUST LUNCH—Italian comedy about a middle aged man who gets in over his head when he agrees to mind three elderly women during a holiday weekend. Starring Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti and Gianni Di Gregorio, who also directed. Reviewed this issue. Amherst

ROBIN HOOD—Director Ridley Scott’s take on the Bandit of Sherwood Forest. Starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, and Danny Huston. Reviewed this issue. Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Sunset Drive-In, Transit Drive-In

THE SECRET OF KELLS—Oscar-nominated animated film set in medieval Ireland, where a boy living in a monastery tries to save a sacred book. With the voices of Brendan Gleeson, Liam Hourican, Mick Lally, Evan McGuire, and Christen Mooney. Directed by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey. Reviewed this issue. Eastern Hills

ETC:

THE ART OF THE STEAL—Documentary examining the struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, an enormous private collection of Post-Impressionist and early Modern art valued at more than $25 billion. Directed by Don Argott (Rock School). Sat 8pm; Tue 7:30pm. Fredonia Opera House, 9 Church St. Fredonia (716-679-0891) www.fredopera.org

BFLO PNK 1.0—First screening of Elmer Ploetz’s in-progress documentary about Buffalo’s punk rock era circa 1977-85. Sat. 7 pm. Squeaky Wheel, 712 Main St (884-7172) www.squeaky.org

WE LOVE YOUArtvoice columnist Michael Niman will host this documentary about the Rainbow Family of Living Light, an unstructured group of tens of thousands of people who met every year in an American forest to form a temporary, self-sustaining city. Thurs. May 20 7pm. Hallwalls, 341 Delaware Ave. (854-1694) www.hallwalls.org