Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
M OVIE
R EVIEWS
by Kam
Williams
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Big Miracle (PG for mild epithets) Drew
Barrymore and John Krasinski co-star in
this romance drama about the resurrected
relationship of a reporter and his environ-
mentalist ex-girlfriend in the wake of their
joining forces to save a family of gray
whales trapped under the ice near the Arctic
Circle. Supporting cast includes Ted Dan-
son, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Vines-
sa Shaw and Tim Blake Nelson.
Chronicle (PG-13 for profanity, mature
themes, sexuality, teen drinking and intense
violence) Sci-fi thriller about three well-
meaning, high school buddies (Michael B.
Jordan, Dane DeHaan and Alex Russell)
who find themselves drawn to the dark side
after developing such superpowers as invul-
nerability, mental telepathy and the ability
to fly. With Michael Kelly, Ashley Hinshaw
and Anna Wood.
The Woman in Black (PG-13 for vio-
lence, disturbing images and mature
themes) Eerie ghost tale about a London
lawyer (Daniel Radcliffe) who travels out of
town to settle an estate only to find his
recently-deceased client’s (Alisa Khazano-
va) house haunted by a disembodied spirit
(Liz White) bent on revenge. With Janet
McTeer, Ciaran Hinds and Sophie Stuckey.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN
FILMS
Bad Fever (Unrated) Thought-provoking
meditation on the compulsion for compan-
ionship revolving around a mean-spirited
hussy (Eleonoro Hendricks) with a video
camera who cruelly exploits an awkward
loner (Kentucker Audley) by filming his
desperate efforts to win her heart. With Alli-
son Baar, Hayward Buchanan and Scott
Parisi.
The Woman in Black
Chronicle
about a closing country inn’s only two
employees’ (Sarah Paxton and Pat Healy)
ill-advised attempt to prove a persistent
rumor that the desolate place is haunted.
With Kelly McGillis, Lena Dunham and
George Riddle.
Kill List (Unrated) Grisly crime caper
about a hit man (Neil Maskell) who unwit-
tingly agrees to perform assassinations for a
cult which he has no idea worships him as
the anti-Christ. With MyAnna Buring,
Harry Simpson and Struan Rodger.
W.E. (Unrated) Madonna wrote and
directed this flashback flick revisiting the
forbidden romance of divorcee Wallis
Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and King
Edward VIII (James D’Arcy) as reflected
upon six decades later through the eyes of
an American Southerner (Abbie Cornish)
stuck in an abusive marriage. With Katie
McGrath, Oscar Isaac and Richard Coyle.
Windfall (Unrated) Eco-expose’ uncover-
ing the ugly underbelly of the green move-
ment as discovered by the naïve natives of a
town in upstate New York scammed by a
The Innkeepers (R for profanity and
bloody images) Harrowing horror flick
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