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“American Reunion” Sure, it was fun when everyone was in high school and doing nasty things to pastries. But what happens 10 years later, when everyone is married with children and gone their separate ways? The entire cast of the original trilogy — including Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott and Tara Reid — reunite to find out if you can still be funny after you’ve sprouted a pot belly and love handles. 99 minutes (R)

“The Avengers” This is the one you’ve been waiting for — and the one that carries the future of Marvel Films with it. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) team up to prevent the planet from being conquered by the evil Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Writer-director Joss Whedon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) gets to play in the biggest sandbox of his career thus far. PG-13

“Battleship” American soldiers (including Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna) battle alien invaders. 131 minutes (PG-13)

“Bully” A documentary about bullying in American schools follows five children and their families. Directed by Lee Hirsch. 94 minutes (R)

“The Cabin in the Woods” The thing we keep hearing about this horror picture — in which five friends stumble onto something really scary in the eponymous location — is that the less you know in advance, the better. Directed by Drew Goddard (“Lost”) and written by Joss Whedon (“The Avengers”), so you know you’re in for something weird. We mean that as a compliment. 95 minutes (R)

“Chimpanzee,” Tim Allen narrates this child-friendly documentary that follows the progress of a young chimp who gets separated from his family. 75 minutes (G)

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“Damsels in Distress” Whit Stillman returns from taking off the first decade of the new millennium, casting the awkwardly charming Greta Gerwig as a college coed with a peculiar worldview. She and her roommates invite a newcomer (Analeigh Tipton) into their midst, offering advice on campus life, on frat boy numskulls, on what to wear. 99 minutes (PG-13)

“Dark Shadows” Tim Burton brings his unique sensibilities to bear on this revival of the cult TV soap opera about a centuries-old vampire named Barnabas (Johnny Depp), who experiences culture clash when he awakes in 1970s America. Think “Beetlejuice” with fangs. (PG-13)

“The Deep Blue Sea” Terence Davies’ adaptation of the 1952 Terrence Rattigan play is a meditation on self-destruction and desire, with Rachel Weisz as the London magistrate’s wife who tosses her life away for a lover she knows doesn’t love her back. 98 minutes (R)

“The Dictator” Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat,” “Bruno”) unleashes his latest politically incorrect satire of American culture and mores, playing an oppressive ruler from a foreign country doing his best to stamp out democracy. 83 minutes (R)

“Elles” A well-off Parisian journalist writing an article about the lives of two students who moonlight as prostitutes is drawn deep into their world. With Juliette Binoche, Anais Demoustier and Joanna Kulig. Written by Malgoska Szumowska and Tine Byrckel. Directed by Szumowska. In French and Polish, with English subtitles. 96 minutes (NC-17)

“The Five-Year Engagement,” Jason Segel and Emily Blunt play a longtime couple who can’t quite bring themselves to tie the knot in the new comedy from director Nicholas Stoller (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”). 124 minutes (R)

“Footnote” The rivalry between father-and-son Talmudic scholars spins into a moral and ethical whirlwind when one is honored with a huge prize, in this brilliant tragicomedy from Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar. 103 minutes (PG-13)

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“The Hunger Games” That stampeding sound you hear is the roar of throngs of fans of Suzanne Collins’ novel rushing to the theater. This is the first in a planned trilogy of films starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, a competitor in a last-man-standing competition in a near-future. Unlike “John Carter,” which appealed primarily to boys, or “Twilight,” which skews heavily female, “The Hunger Games” is the rare kind of pop-culture phenomenon everyone wants to see. Start lining up now. (PG-13)

“John Carter” A former military captain is mysteriously transported to Mars, where he becomes involved in a conflict among planet’s inhabitants. With Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton and Mark Strong. Written by Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon. 131 minutes (PG-13)

“The Kid With A Bike” A fiercely determined 11-year-old goes looking for the father who abandoned him — and finds a guardian angel of sorts in the form of a village hairdresser, in Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s bracing, resonant film. 87 minutes (NR)

“The Lucky One” Zac Efron is an Iraq war veteran who finds a photo in the bombed-out rubble — a photo of a radiant woman — and decides to track her down when he returns stateside. Fate, destiny and sage cliches whorl together in this glossy, sun-dappled adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks romance. With Taylor Schilling as the girl in the photo. 101 minutes (PG-13)

“Marley” A beautiful if sometimes jumbled documentary about the reggae superstar Bob Marley, from his childhood in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica, to his influence in pop music, even 30 years after his death. 145 minutes (PG-13)

“Mirror Mirror” An exiled princess enlists the help of a group of diminutive bandits to take back her usurped throne from an evil queen in this retelling of the Snow White fairy tale. With Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer and Sean Bean. Written by Melisa Wallack and Jason Keller. Directed by Tarsem Singh. 106 minutes (PG)

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“The Pirates! Band of Misfits,” Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Piven provide the voices for the latest animated adventure by the “Chicken Run” crew, about a high-seas scalawag competing for the “Pirate of the Year” award. 88 minutes (PG)

“The Raven,” Who — or what — killed Edgar Allan Poe? This speculative gothic horror film — starring John Cusack as the tormented author of macabre tales and directed by James McTeigue (“V for Vendetta”) — lays out one possible, if not entirely plausible, answer. 111 minutes (R)

“Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” A visionary sheik will spare no expense in making his dream of bringing salmon fishing to the desert a reality. With Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor and Amr Waked. Written by Simon Beaufoy. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. 107 minutes (PG-13)

“The Secret World of Arrietty” This captivating animation from Japan’s Studio Ghibli is based on “The Borrowers,” Mary Norton’s children’s fantasy about micro-beings who live beneath the floorboards. As lovingly written as it is beautifully rendered. 95 minutes (G).
“The Three Stooges” Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso are Larry, Moe and Curly in this big-screen revival of the antics of the slap-happy idiots. Directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly. (PG)

"The Three Stooges" Three infants left on a nun’s doorstep grow up to be knuckleheads who get embroiled in a strange murder plot and also stumble into a reality TV show. With Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Chris Diamantopoulos and Jane Lynch. Written by Mike Cerrone, Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. Directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. (1:32) PG.

“The Vow” Rachel McAdams is a perky, artsy spouse who flies through a car window and then awakens from her coma with no memory of the man she loves. That would by Channing Tatum, who cries man tears and does everything in his power to make his amnesiac wife remember who he is. 104 minutes (PG-13)

“What to Expect When You’re Expecting” Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks and Anna Kendrick are the expectant mothers in the latest rom-com reworking of a best-selling non-fiction book. 110 minutes (PG-13)

— Compiled from wire reports

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