OPENING FRIDAY
Bel Ami Meet Georges (Robert Pattinson), a handsome ex-soldier without a cent who attracts the admiration of Paris society’s real powerbrokers: the women. As ladies line up to entertain him in their boudoirs, Georges zips up the social ladder. How far will the heartbreaker go? Rated R. Elena Vladimir and Elena marry later in life, but it’s not blissful. Her son needs money; his daughter keeps her distance. When mortality comes knocking, Vladimir rewrites his will. Let’s see how Elena reacts. In Russian with subtitles. Not rated. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted N.Y. Zoo castaways Alex the lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo ( Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) want their erratic odyssey to end. But that can’t happen until they catch up with the penguins. So it’s hello, Monte Carlo, where they must duck for cover in a traveling circus. Rated PG. Peace, Love & Misunderstanding-when uptight lawyer Diane (Catherine Keener) gets divorced, she flees home to Mama. What
makes that odd? Hippie mom Grace ( Jane Fonda) doesn’t know her grandkids, smokes pot, welcomes naked guests and lets chickens roam the house. Rated R.
Prometheus Buckle up, as Ridley Scott’s explorers take a ride into deep space to uncover the origins of humanity on Earth. Expect visual splendor, greed, betrayal and gory messes. Rated R.
The Wages of Fear Henri Georges-Clouzot’s 1953 thriller toys with the lives of four men who dare to drive precarious loads of nitroglycerine across the gritty South American landscape. See them experience friendship, haste, hate and fright. In French, English, Spanish, German, Italian and Russian with subtitles. Not rated.