Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week: For Movies Opening March 9
By Kam Williams
Special To The Skanner News
Big Budget Films
Friends with Kids (R for profanity and
sexuality) No strings comedy about best
friends (Adam Scott and Jennifer Westfeldt)
who decide to have a child together while
maintaining a Platonic relationship and dat-
ing others. Ensemble cast includes Kristen
Wiig, Megan Fox, Edward Burns, Maya
Rudolph and Jon Hamm.
John Carter (PG-13 for violence and
intense action sequences) Screen adaptation
of “A Princess of Mars,” Edgar Rice Bur-
roughs’ sci-fi novel about a Civil War
Confederate veteran (Taylor Kitsch) who is
magically transported to Mars where he res-
cues a desperate damsel in distress (Lynn
Collins) while on the run from a horde of
12-foot tall green creatures. With Samantha
Morton, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden
Church and Ciaran Hinds.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (PG-13
for violence, sexuality and brief profanity)
Lasse Hallstrom directed this unlikely-bud-
dies comedy about a British scientist (Ewan
McGregor) summoned to Yemen by a filthy
rich oil sheik (A Waked) determined to turn
his dream of fly-fishing in the desert into
reality. Cast includes Emily Blunt, Kristin
Scott Thomas and Tom Mison.
Silent House (R for disturbing violence)
Claustrophobic remake of the 2010
Uruguayan horror flick about a young
woman (Elizabeth Olsen) terrorized by
supernatural forces while trapped inside of
‘John Carter,’ a screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ sci-fi novel ‘A Princess of Mars.’
her parent’s secluded summer home. With
Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Haley
Murphy and Julia Taylor Ross.
A Thousand Words (PG-13 for profanity,
sexuality and drug-related humor) Revenge
comedy about a lying literary agent (Eddie
Murphy) forced to stop talking when a New
Age guru (Cliff Curtis) puts a curse on him.
Featuring Kerry Washington, John Wither-
spoon and Allison Janney.
Independent & Foreign
Films
‘Sound of Noise,’ a Swedish crime comedy about a tone-deaf cop’s attempt to
track down the gang of musical anarchists.
Apart (R for violence, profanity and
bloody images) Romance thriller about a
couple of star-crossed lovers (Olesya Rulin
and Josh Danziger) who share a psycholog-
ical disorder which proves fatal for their
friends the deeper they fall in love. With
Bruce McGill, Joey Lauren Adams and
Michael Bowen.
Attenberg (Unrated) Bittersweet Greek
drama about an inexperienced, 23 year-old
(Ariane Labed) who belatedly begins to
explore her sexuality with the help of a girl-
friend (Evangelia Randou) while caring for
her terminally-ill father (Vangelis
Mourikis). (In Greek with subtitles)
The Decoy Bride (Unrated) Unintended
consequences comedy, set on a remote
Scottish island, about a British bloke (David
Tennant) who develops feelings for the
look-a-like (Katie Macdonald) he hires to
impersonate his famous, Hollywood actress
fiancée (Alice Eve) so they can tie the knot
in peace without being hounded by the
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paparazzi. With Dylan Moran, Michael Urie
and Sally Phillips. (In English and Gaelic
with subtitles)
Footnote (PG for mature themes, smok-
ing, mild epithets and brief nudity) Israeli
drama about a father (Shlomo Bar-Aba) and
son (Lior Ashkenazi), both Talmudic schol-
ars at Hebrew University in Jerusalem,
whose healthy rivalry turns ugly when the
elder wins the nation’s highest prize for
scholarship. With Yuval Scharf, Aliza
Rosen and Alma Zack. (In Hebrew with
subtitles)
Good for Nothing (R for violence and
sexual references) Erectile dysfunction
Western about a wanted man (Cohen Hol-
loway) who kidnaps a beautiful British
woman (Inge Rademeyer) only to go limp
when he tries to have his way with her. Sup-
port cast includes Jon Pheloung, Richard
Thompson and Allen Hemberger.
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