ALSO OPENING

In mobbed-up ’80s Brooklyn, three lifelong friends (Freddie Prinze Jr., Scott Caan, Jerry Ferrara) ponder love, loss and loyalty as one heads to law school, one starts work at the post office and one falls in with a neighborhood hood (Alec Baldwin). At Village Square. (99 min.) R; violence, pervasive profanity, sexual content.

CAPTIVITY

Boy meets girl — in a torture dungeon where a top model (Elisha Cuthbert) awakens, after downing a spiked appletini at a charity event, to discover she’s being held prisoner by a wacko who’s also abducted a pretty boy (Daniel Gillies) for some gruesome games. Roland Joffe (“The Killing Fields”) directs. At multiple locations. (88 min.) R; strong violence, torture, pervasive terror, grisly images, profanity, sexual material.

GOLDEN DOOR

In early 20th-century Sicily, an illiterate widower (Vincenzo Amato) embarks on an arduous journey to America, encountering a mysterious Englishwoman (Charlotte Gainsbourg) who’s also hoping to find a new life in the New World. In English and Italian with English subtitles. At Village Square. (120 min.) PG-13; brief graphic nudity.

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

Trouble’s brewing as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) begins his fifth year at Hogwarts, where an authoritarian bureaucrat (“Vera Drake” Oscar nominee Imelda Staunton) seizes power — and doubts Harry’s claims that the villainous Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) really has returned. Emma Watson and Rupert Grint return as Harry’s pals, along with series stalwarts Gary Oldman, Michael Gambon, Robbie Coltrane and Alan Rickman. At multiple locations. (138 min.) PG-13; fantasy violence, frightening images.

SHORTCUT TO HAPPINESS

What began cinematic life six years ago as “The Devil and Daniel Webster” finally arrives under a new title, updating Stephen Vincent Benet’s Faust-inspired tale of an ambitious writer who sells his soul for fame and fortune — and lives (or does he?) to regret it. Alec Baldwin writes, directs and stars as down-and-out Jabez Stone. Jennifer Love Hewitt plays the devil, while Anthony Hopkins does battle as Daniel Webster. At multiple locations. (105 min.) PG-13; profanity, sexual content.

— By CAROL CLING