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Opening Friday: Jonah Hill faces off with … Jonah Hill, and more

Here’s a look at this week’s new movies:

Alone Yet Not Alone: A German-American immigrant family faces hardship during the French and Indian War in this faith-based drama. At Village Square. (103 min.) PG-13; violence.

Chinese Puzzle: When an Englishwoman (Kelly Reilly) takes her kids and moves to New York to live with her American boyfriend (Peter Hermann), their father, a French novelist (Romain Duris), follows them in this romantic comedy. In French with English subtitles. At Village Square. (117 min.) R; sexual content, nudity and language.

How to Train Your Dragon 2: Five years after Hiccup the viking (voiced by Jay Baruchel) befriended the injured dragon Toothless, the peace between the two species is threatened in this animated sequel that also features the voices of Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler and Jonah Hill. At multiple locations. (101 min.) PG; adventure action and some mild rude humor.

Night Moves: Three radical environmentalists (Jesse Eisenberg, Peter Sarsgaard, Dakota Fanning) set out to blow up a hydroelectric dam in this drama from co-writer and director Kelly Reichardt (“Meek’s Cutoff”). At Suncoast. (112 min.) R; some language and nudity.

22 Jump Street: Officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) go undercover as college students to once again investigate a dangerous synthetic drug in this comedy sequel. At multiple locations. (112 min.) R; language throughout, sexual content, drug material, brief nudity and some violence.

Words and Pictures: A prep school English teacher (Clive Owen) woos the new art teacher (Juliette Binoche) in this romantic comedy. At multiple locations. (116 min.) PG-13; sexual material including nude sketches, language and some mature thematic material.

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