What’s opening in theaters this week

Above, a scene from "Entourage." (Photo credit: Warner Bros.)

Above, a scene from “Entourage.” (Photo credit: Warner Bros.)

Opening Wednesday:

“Entourage” (R): Movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his Hollywood posse, including the talent agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), return for more misadventures in Tinseltown in this big-screen spinoff of the popular HBO series.

Opening Friday:

“Spy” (R): Melissa McCarthy gets out from behind her desk at her CIA analyst job and goes out into the field on a dangerous undercover mission. Jason Statham and Rose Byrne co-star for writer-director Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids”).

“Insidious: Chapter 3” (PG-13): Leigh Whannell (who also wrote and directed), Dermot Mulroney and Lin Shaye star in this prequel to the popular horror franchise, centering on a psychic with the ability to speak with the dead trying to save a teenage girl being terrorized by a demon.


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In stores Tuesday:

“Jupiter Ascending” (DVD/Blu-ray): The latest, visually stunning sci-fi epic by the Wachowskis (“The Matrix”), starring Mila Kunis as an ordinary woman preordained for greatness and Channing Tatum as a dude with the coolest rollerblades in the known universe.

“The Wire: The Complete Series” (Blu-ray): Get reacquainted with McNulty, Avon Barksdale, Stringer Bell and the rest of the crew from HBO’s seminal crime series, remastered into high-definition widescreen. The transfer is so beautiful, the show feels completely new again.

“Focus” (DVD/Blu-ray): Will Smith stars as a con artist who gets played by a woman (Margot Robbie) who knows how to pull off scams better than he does.

“Wolfen” (Blu-ray): The 1981 cult favorite, starring Albert Finney as a cop investigating a series of bloody murders, makes its high-def debut. Could it be … werewolves?

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