Friday’s openings: For kids, teens and other humans

Though I've been out of touch for a couple of weeks (some would say far longer), I do have the skinny on the week's movie openings. Friday's openings are as follows:

"Pixels" (3-D and regular): When aliens attack the Earth, only a team of old-school video-game diehards stands in their way. Though directed by Chris Columbus, three words are key: Starring Adam Sandler.

"Paper Towns": Written by John Green ("The Fault in Our Stars"), this young-adult flick follows a teen boy's search for the lost girl next door. Lessons no doubt learned all around.

"Infinitely Polar Bear": Mark Ruffalo stars as a manic-depressive father who tries to win back his estranged wife by taking care of their two spirited daughters. Daddy daycare?

"Testament of Youth": Based on Vera Brittain's autobiography, which recounts a woman's struggle to forge an independent career in England during and after World War I.

"Southpaw": Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a veteran boxer, suffering from a calamitous loss, who tries for a comeback. Calling Rocky Balboa.

And at the Magic Lantern (besides picking up a second run of "Me & Earl and the Dying Girl").

"The Wolfpack": A documentary focusing on a set of brothers, raised in isolation, who learned about the wide world through movies. Are you … talking to me?

So go. See a movie. And … enjoy.