OPENERS

THE BROTHERS SOLOMON

The hapless, romantically challenged title characters (Will Arnett, Will Forte), who've spent their formative years in the Arctic, try to find their dream mates so they can fulfill their dying father's wish -- for a grandchild. At multiple locations. (91 minutes) R; profanity, sexual content.

HATCHET

A spooky Louisiana swamp tour turns deadly for a motley crew of vacationers (including Joel Moore and Deon Richmond) in this tribute to horror hits of yore -- with plenty of gore, giggles and girls (not necessarily in that order) -- featuring genre faves Robert Englund (alias "Nightmare on Elm Street's" Freddy Krueger), Kane Hodder (the "Friday the 13th" series' erstwhile Jason Voorhees) and Tony Todd ("Candyman's" title terror). At multiple locations. (93 minutes) R; for strong bloody horror violence, sexual content, nudity, profanity.

MOLIERE

The future master of French drawing-room farce, young 17th-century playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Romain Duris of "L'Auberge Espagnol"), longs to be taken seriously as a dramatist -- until a series of farcical adventures convince him that his future lies in laughter. In French with English subtitles. At Village Square. (120 minutes) PG-13; sexual content.

SHOOT 'EM UP

A henpecked hitman (Paul Giamatti), assigned to assassinate a pregnant woman, inadvertently runs afoul of a brooding stranger (Clive Owen), launching a running battle that takes in everyone from a motherly hooker (Monica Belluci) to an ailing presidential candidate (Daniel Pilon). At multiple locations. (87 minutes) R; violence, profanity, sexual content.

THEM

Somewhere near the Romanian capital of Bucharest, the shadowy title entities target a teacher (Olivia Bonamy) and her writer husband (Michael Cohen) -- in this French thriller from filmmakers David Moreau and Xavier Palud. In French with English subtitles. At Village Square. (77 minutes) R; violence, terror.

2 DAYS IN PARIS

After a disastrous holiday in Venice, a French photographer (Julie Delpy) and her boyfriend, an American interior designer (Adam Goldberg, Delpy's real-life ex), endure even more misadventures en route back home to New York in a rueful romantic romp Delpy wrote, directed, edited, produced and scored. In English and French with English subtitles. At Village Square. (96 minutes) R; sexual content, nudity, profanity.

-- By CAROL CLING