What’s opening at theaters this week

“Amy” (R): It is the achievement of Asif Kapadia’s accomplished, quietly devastating documentary on the gifted British singer Amy Winehouse that it allows us to live the abbreviated life of this troubled and troubling individual right along with her. Playing a limited run at the Nickelodeon theatre.

“Paper Towns” (PG-13): A young man (Nat Wolff) enlists the help of his friends to find a girl (Cara Delevingne) who has gone missing in this latest adaptation of a novel by John Green (“The Fault in Our Stars”).

“Southpaw” (R): A super-ripped Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a brutal boxing champion who must overcome a tremendous setback in his personal life.

“Pixels” (PG-13): Adam Sandler, Brian Cox, Kevin James and Peter Dinklage defend Earth from an invasion by aliens, who have taken the form of 1980s video games such as Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and Space Invaders. Is it wrong that we’re rooting for the extra-terrestrials to win?

This story was originally published July 22, 2015 at 6:55 PM.