Bridge: Virtue is its own reward

If you consistently overbid your values, it stands to reason you should be a better-than-average declarer, since the combination of overbidding your hands and then underplaying them tends to lead to a rapid diminution of your assets.

Movie Times

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Amherst Cinema 28 Amity St. Amherst, 253-2547

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

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

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of the world - an event that is supposedly going to occur in 2012, according to the ancient Mayan calendar and other historical documents.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

Call theaters to verify titles and times, which are subject to change without notice.

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