Friday’s openings: Movies both dumb and otherwise

Note: This is an updated post to reflect changes in the Magic Lantern's lineup.

Initial reports suggest that the weekend will be fairly quiet, especially after a week featuring the opening of two of the fall's biggest releases, "Interstellar" and "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)."

But that doesn't mean that we won't experience diversity in theme or genre. We have comedy, emotional turmoil, romance and political commentary, sometimes all at once (sometimes even intentionally).

Friday's openings include:

"Dumb and Dumber To": Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise the roles they played in the 1994 original (but not in the animated series or in the 2003 follow-up "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd"). Note: Entrance requires your taking an IQ test.

"Whiplash": A student drummer (Miles Teller) wants to be good so badly he's willing to endure the harassment of his teacher (J.K. Simmons). Someone's gonna get — wait for it — a beatdown.

"Beyond the Lights": A Beyonce wannabe finds that the price of stardom might be a tad high, especially if she is forced to forgo the guy with studly abs. Ah, the price of fame.

"Rosewater": While covering protests in Iran, a journalist (Gael Garcia Bernal) finds himself detained and tortured. Written and directed by "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart. So … this is a comedy?

And at the Magic Lantern (a pickup of "Laggies" and, potentially, a run of the senior romance "Elsa & Fred"):

"The Kill Team": A one-night special 7 p.m. screening on Tuesday will feature this documentary about a U.S. soldier who gets caught between war crimes and his own sense of personal morality.

 "Awake: The Life of Yogananda": This documentary tells the story of the author of "Autobiography of a Yogi," the man who helped popularize Hindu spirituality outside Asia. My ommmmmmmmm my.