Movie Capsules

2012:Academic researcher Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) leads a group of people in a harrowing fight to survive the end of the world - an event that is supposedly going to occur in 2012, according to the ancient Mayan calendar and other historical documents.

Movie Times

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Amherst Cinema 28 Amity St. Amherst 253-2547

Coco Before Chanel (PG-13) Fri.-Tues. 2:15, 4:30, 7:15, 9:30; Sat.-Sun. also 11:45 a.m.

An Education (PG-13) Fri.-Tues. 2:30, 4:45, 7:30, 9:45; Sat.-Sun also 12. Baby-friendly show Tues. 2:30

New on DVD

Bruno: The latest mock-documentary satire from comic provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen was mostly a misfire. Taken from Cohen's TV program "Da Ali G Show," Bruno is a gay, Austrian host of a fashion show. As the film opens, he makes a mess of a runway and is "schwartzlisted" from the industry.

Headliners

Glaswegian pop

Advance Bookings

 · Love's Labour's Lost - Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts presents performance by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Thurs., Dec. 3, 8 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 4, 1 and 8 p.m.; and Sat., Dec. 5, 2 and 8 p.m., War Memorial Auditorium, 310 Appleton St., Holyoke. $20-$45. 540-0200, mifafestival.org

Leap of faith: Comonwealth Opera's professional debut is 'Cosi fan tutte'

In its first production since its transition in June from a nonprofessional to a professional company, Commonwealth Opera will present Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" this weekend at the Academy of Music in Northampton. The shift in the troupe's status has brought changes that will "thrill" audiences, says Eve Summer, assistant executive director of the company and stage director for "Cosi."

Abstract paintings set 'alarm clock for the senses'

Neatly tucked between a popular cinema and a busy coffee shop in downtown Amherst, is a surprising exhibit of new, enigmatic abstract paintings by Belchertown artist Brent Klockars.