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Arts & Entertainment
Weekly Previews: Movies Opening May 18, 2012
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Battleship (PG-13 for profanity and
intense violence) Screen adaptation of the
Hasbro board game features an internation-
al fleet of ships which comes to the defense
of the planet in the wake of an invasion by
an alien armada. Starring Liam Neeson,
Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Brook-
lyn Decker and Rihanna.
The Dictator (R for profanity, violent
images, crude humor, graphic sexuality and
brief male nudity) Sacha Baron Cohen plays
the title role in this political mockumentary
chronicling the reign of a ruthless Middle
East tyrant who’ll stop at nothing to prevent
democracy from catching hold in his coun-
try. With Megan Fox, Ana Faris, John C.
Reilly, J.B. Smoove and Sir Ben Kingsley.
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INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS
American Animal (Unrated) Dark come-
dy about a terminally-ill young man (Jimmy
D’Elia) who loses his sanity when he learns
that his slacker roommate and constant
companion (Brenda Fletcher) has just found
a job. Support cast includes Mircea Monroe
and Angela Sarafyan.
Beyond the Black Rainbow (R for pro-
fanity, drug use, disturbing images, sexual-
ity and graphic violence) Futuristic sci-fi
fantasy about a heavily-sedated, mute
woman’s (Eva Allan) attempt to escape a
mind-control compound being run by a
deranged doctor (Michael Rogers). With
Scott Hylands, Marilyn Norry and Rondel
Reynoldson.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting
What to Expect When You’re Expect-
ing (PG-13 for profanity, mature themes,
crude humor and sexuality) Ensemble com-
edy examining the trials and tribulations of
five couples anticipating the imminent
arrival of a bouncing bundle of joy. Princi-
pal cast includes Jennifer Lopez, Cameron
Diaz, Anna Kendrick, Dennis Quaid and
Elizabeth Banks.
The Color Wheel (Unrated) Dysfunc-
tional family comedy about the sibling
rivalry which surfaces during a road trip
when a just-jilted, young woman (Carlen
Altman) enlists the assistance of her obnox-
ious brother (Alex Ross Perry) to move her
belongings after a bad break-up with her
college professor boyfriend (Bob Bying-
ton). With Kate Lyn Sheil, Anna Bak-Kva-
pil and Ry Russo-Young.
Battleship
The Dictator
resorts to desperate measures to protect her
inheritance when she learns that her ailing,
Sugar Daddy hubby (Andrey Smirnov) has
decided to leave his entire estate to his
daughter (Yelena Lyadova) from his first
marriage. With Aleksey Rozin. (In Russian
with subtitles)
regimen of pelvic massages for his stressed
out patients. With Rupert Everett, Gemma
Jones and Ashley Jensen.
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
(Unrated) Bittersweet biopic about the
brother of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu, a Lieutenant Colonel who died
leading the 1976 raid in Entebbe, Uganda
which resulted in the successful rescue of
103 hijacked airplane passengers being held
hostage by Palestinian terrorists.
Hysteria (R for sexuality) Romantic com-
edy, set in Victorian London, recounting the
sexploits of Dr. Mortimer Granville (Hugh
Dancy), the inventor of the vibrator, who
landed in a love triangle with a colleague’s
(Jonathan Pruce) daughters (Felicity Jones
and Maggie Gyllenhaal) after prescribing a
Lovely Molly (R for nudity, graphic sex-
uality, drug use, profanity, disturbing vio-
lence and grisly images) Haunted house
horror flick about a newlywed (Gretchen
Lodge) who finds herself spooked by ghosts
after being left alone by her truck driver
husband (Johnny Lewis) in the home she
inherited from her late father. Support cast
includes Alexandra Holden, Ken Arnold
and Dan Franko.
Mansome (Unrated) Testosterone-level
documentary, directed by Morgan Spurlock,
taking a penetrating look at what it means to
be a man in today’s less macho age marked
by manscaping and metrosexuality. With
commentary by Judd Apatow, Jason Bate-
man, Paul Rudd and Zach Galifianakis.
Elena (Unrated) Revenge drama about a
trophy wife (Nadezhda Markina) who
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