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The week’s openings: Spies, ghosts and The Boys

Dan Webster

TV comes to the big screen this week as, one, we'll have a Wednesday opening and, two, that opening will feature a movie adaptation of a popular HBO series. Otherwise, things will be normal, if busy.

Wednesday's opening is as follows:

"Entourage": The ride ain't over for the boys from Queens - Vince, Eric, Turtle and Johnny — plus their super-agent pal Ari as they move to the big screen and Vince tries to direct his first film. 

Friday's openings:

"Insidious: Chapter 3": This prequel sets up the exorcism-is-needed events that haunted us previously. Confusion is scary, am I right? 

"The Cokeville Miracle": When two disturbed people take a school hostage, tales of the supernatural ensue. Not to be confused with the "Insidious" prequel above.

"Spy": Melissa McCarthy stars as perhaps the most unlikely secret agent since Johnny English. Fun drinking game: Count the tasteless fat jokes.

"Beyond the Mask": Made by the Christian-based Burns Family Studios, this PG-rated historical adventure-romance is set during the American Revolution. Look for, no joke, Ben Franklin.

And at the Magic Lantern:

"The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared": This quote comes from IMDB: "After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey." In a variety of languages with English subtitles.

That's the lot. Go see one. Or even two. And enjoy.