Arts & Entertainment
OPENING THIS WEEK: For Movies Opening March 30
By Kam Williams
Special To The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Mirror Mirror (PG for action and mild crude humor)
Overhaul of beloved classic fairytale has exiled Snow
White (Lily Collins) returning to the kingdom to wrest both
the throne and a handsome prince (Armie Hammer) from
the clutches of the evil queen (Julia Roberts) with the help
of seven dwarfs. With Nathan Lane, Mare Winningham and
Michael Lerner.
“Clash,” finds demigod Perseus (Sam Worthington)
embarking on a perilous descent into the underworld for an
epic showdown with the Titans in order to save humanity
and to rescue his father, Zeus (Liam Neeson). Cast includes,
Ralph Fiennes, Edgar Ramirez and Bill Nighy.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS
The Beat Hotel (Unrated) “Cool, Daddy-o!” documen-
tary revisiting the dive located in the Latin Quarter in Paris
which became the haunt and home of literary American
expatriates in the late Fifties, beatniks like Allen Ginsberg,
Greg Corso and William Burroughs.
Bully (R for profanity) Award-winning filmmaker Lee
Hirsch (Amandla!) directed this escalating wedgies expose’
following the diverging fates of five students pushed to the
brink of suicide by their classmates’ merciless bullying.
Four Lovers (Unrated) Bawdy sex romp revolving
around the complications which ensue for two couples after
they decide to swap partners. Principal cast includes
Roschdy Zem, Elodie Bouchez, Marina Fois and Nicolas
Duvauchelle. (In French and English with subtitles)
God Save My Shoes (Unrated) Fashion documentary
examining the psychological, cultural, erotic and emotional
aspects of women’s fixation with their footwear. (In French
and English with subtitles)
Goon (R for drug use, graphic sexuality, brutal violence
and pervasive profanity) Seann “Stiffler” Scott stars in this
overcoming-the-odds hockey comedy about a halfwit
bouncer who leads a ragtag, semi-pro team of misfits to
glory on the ice. With Eugene Levy, Jay Baruchel and Ali-
son Pill.
Wrath of the Titans (PG-13 for action and intense vio-
lence) Fantasy sequel, set a decade after the conclusion of
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I Kissed a Vampire (Unrated) Gory, Goth musical about
a teenager Lucas Grabeel) who develops fangs and an insa-
tiable lust for blood after being bitten in the neck by an
exchange student (Tahlena Chikami) from Transylvania.
With Drew Seeley, Adrian Slade and Chris Coppola.
Intruders (R for terror, violence, sexuality, nudity and
profanity) Haunted house horror flick about a father’s
(Clive Owen) desperate effort to protect his daughter (Ella
Purnell) from the faceless monster that visits their home
every night. Cast includes Carice van Houten, Daniel Bruhl
and Kerry Fox. (In English
and Spanish with subtitles)
The Island President
(PG for violence, smoking
and mature themes) Climate
change documentary chron-
icling the effort of Maldives
President
Mohamed
Nasheed to save his low-
lying island nation from
being sinking into the Indi-
an Ocean as a consequence
of global warming.
Turn Me on, Dammit!
(Unrated) Coming-of-age
comedy about the sexual
awakenings of a 15 year-old
girl (Helene Bergsholm) with raging hormones who fanta-
sizes not only about the classmate (Matias Myren) she has
a crush on but about practically every guy she encounters.
With Malin Bjorhovde, Henriette Steenstrup and Beat
Stofrin. (In Norwegian with subtitles)
Womb (Unrated) Deliberately-paced romance drama
about a grieving woman (Eva Green) confronting an ethical
dilemma after allowing herself to become impregnated with
a clone of her dearly-departed childhood sweetheart (Matt
Smith) after a tragic accident. Featuring Lesley Manville,
Peter Wight and Hannah Murray.