Above, a scene from the “Anchorman: The Legend Continues” trailer. (Photo credit: Paramount Pictures)

Opening Wednesday:
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (PG-13): San Diego TV personality Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) expands his horizons by moving to New York to work at a 24-hour news station. His crew (Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner) come along for the ride. Jim Carrey, Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Kristen Wiig, Sacha Baron Cohen, Amy Poehler and practically every other actor in Hollywood join in the silly fun.

Opening Friday:
AMERICAN HUSTLE (R) The always-unpredictable David O. Russell (“The Silver Linings Playbook,” “The Fighter,” “Three Kings”) travels back to the 1970s for this crime caper inspired by the Abscam scandal about a con man (Christian Bale), his loony wife (Jennifer Lawrence) and his British partner in crime (Amy Adams) who are forced to collaborate with a loose-cannon FBI agent (Bradley Cooper). Their target: a New Jersey politician (Jeremy Renner).
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (R) Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen continue to top themselves with this melancholy, brutally funny story about a perpetually sad folksinger (Oscar Isaac) trying to eke out a living in 1960s bohemian New York City as a musician. Carey Mulligan is his bitter ex-girlfriend and Justin Timberlake plays a happy-go-lucky pop singer.
SAVING MR. BANKS (PG-13): Emma Thompson is P.L. Travers and Tom Hanks is Walt Disney in this comic drama about their tumultuous collaboration on the making of 1964’s classic “Mary Poppins.”
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS (PG): Using 3-D computer-generated animation, this science-based adventure promises the most realistic look to date at what life on Earth was like when dinosaurs ruled the planet.