THE MOVIE "Marvel's <a href="/topics/The_Avengers_%28musician%29">The Avengers</a>" 
 THE DEAL Despite breaking box-office records with its $200 million, three-day opening, the <a href="/topics/Disney_Channel">Disney</a> blockbuster hasn't been super-popular with one group: online pirates. For the week ending May 6, "<a href="/topics/The_Avengers_%28musician%29">The Avengers</a>" was only the third-most-downloaded movie via BitTorrent, coming in behind the <a href="/topics/Reese_Witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</a> vehicle "This Means War" and the <a href="/topics/Jonah_Hill">Jonah Hill</a> comedy "21 Jump Street," according to the blog TorrentFreak. One possible explanation: Viewers may still prefer to watch some big-screen movies on the big screen. According to TorrentFreak, "The challenge for the movie industry is to make legal offerings more appealing than pirated counterparts." 
 THE MOVIE "<a href="/topics/The_Beatles">The Beatles</a>: The Lost Concert" 
 THE DEAL Nationwide screenings of this 92-minute documentary about the Fab Four's first-ever U.S. concert, originally set for next Thursday and May 22, have been postponed, according to the New York-based distributor, <a href="/topics/Screenvision">Screenvision</a>. The film purportedly contains restored footage of the band's 12-song, half-hour set at the Washington Coliseum on Feb. 11, 1964, which <a href="/topics/Screenvision">Screenvision</a> says has not been seen "in over four decades." A Beatles box set available through <a href="/topics/Itunes">iTunes</a>, however, also claims to offer the concert footage "from beginning to end." Screenvision blamed the postponed screenings on "last-minute issues which are being resolved by the documentary's producers" and expressed hope for a release later this summer. 
 THE MOVIE "The Perfect Family" 
 THE DEAL Anne Renton's comedy, starring Kathleen <a href="/topics/Kathleen_Turner">Turner</a> as a suburban mom whose chances for the Catholic Woman of the Year award are being spoiled by her nonconformist family, is playing only in Manhattan -- except, that is, for a short local run starting tonight. Turner has received good reviews, as has <a href="/topics/Emily_Deschanel">Emily Deschanel</a> (Fox's "<a href="/topics/Bones_%28TV_Series%29">Bones</a>") as an inconveniently gay daughter. <a href="/topics/Jason_Ritter">Jason Ritter</a> also stars. 
 INFO Tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Plaza Cinema &amp; Media Arts Center, 20 Terry St., Patchogue. Tickets are $10. 631-848-7288; plazamac.org.

THE MOVIE "Marvel's The Avengers" THE DEAL Despite breaking box-office records with its $200 million, three-day opening, the Disney blockbuster hasn't been super-popular with one group: online pirates. For the week ending May 6, "The Avengers" was only the third-most-downloaded movie via BitTorrent, coming in behind the Reese Witherspoon vehicle "This Means War" and the Jonah Hill comedy "21 Jump Street," according to the blog TorrentFreak. One possible explanation: Viewers may still prefer to watch some big-screen movies on the big screen. According to TorrentFreak, "The challenge for the movie industry is to make legal offerings more appealing than pirated counterparts." THE MOVIE "The Beatles: The Lost Concert" THE DEAL Nationwide screenings of this 92-minute documentary about the Fab Four's first-ever U.S. concert, originally set for next Thursday and May 22, have been postponed, according to the New York-based distributor, Screenvision. The film purportedly contains restored footage of the band's 12-song, half-hour set at the Washington Coliseum on Feb. 11, 1964, which Screenvision says has not been seen "in over four decades." A Beatles box set available through iTunes, however, also claims to offer the concert footage "from beginning to end." Screenvision blamed the postponed screenings on "last-minute issues which are being resolved by the documentary's producers" and expressed hope for a release later this summer. THE MOVIE "The Perfect Family" THE DEAL Anne Renton's comedy, starring Kathleen Turner as a suburban mom whose chances for the Catholic Woman of the Year award are being spoiled by her nonconformist family, is playing only in Manhattan -- except, that is, for a short local run starting tonight. Turner has received good reviews, as has Emily Deschanel (Fox's "Bones") as an inconveniently gay daughter. Jason Ritter also stars. INFO Tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center, 20 Terry St., Patchogue. Tickets are $10. 631-848-7288; plazamac.org.

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