Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week: For Movies Opening July 13
By Kam Williams
Special To The Skanner
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BIG BUDGET FILMS
Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG
for rude humor, action and scenes
of peril) Woolly mammoth Manny
(Ray Romano), saber-toothed
tiger Diego (Denis Leary) and
sloth Sid (John Leguizamo)
embark on latest prehistoric, ani-
mated adventure in the wake of a
continental cataclysm triggered by
squirrelly Scrat’s (Chris Wedge)
pursuit of that ever-elusive acorn.
Voice cast includes Queen Latifah,
Jennifer Lopez, Wanda Sykes,
Seann William Scott, Keke Palmer
and Drake.
Red Lights (R for profanity and
violence) Horror thriller about a
couple of professional skeptics
(Sigourney Weaver and Cillian
Murphy) who meet with frustra-
tion while trying to expose as a
charlatan a blind psychic (Robert
De Niro) performing paranormal
feats. With Elizabeth Olsen, Toby
Jones and Joely Richardson.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Alps (Unrated) Assumed identi-
ty drama about a macabre business
specializing in helping clients
cope with grief by offering them
the company of impersonators
bearing an uncanny resemblance
to recently-deceased loved ones.
Starring Stavros Psyllakis, Aris
Servetalis and Johnny Vekris. (In
English and Greek with subtitles)
Ballplayer: Pelotero (Unrated)
Baseball dreams documentary,
narrated by John Leguizamo,
chronicling the efforts of Jean
Carlos Batista and Miguel Angel
Sano, two of the Dominican
Republic’s top prospects, as they
attempt to make it to the major
leagues. (In Spanish with subti-
tles)
Deconstructing Dad (Unrated)
Reverential retrospective directed
by Stanley Warnow about his
father, Raymond Scott (1908-
1994), the prolific composer,
pianist, bandleader, inventor,
recording engineer and electronic
music pioneer, perhaps best
remembered for the catchy
melodies on the score of over a
hundred Looney Tunes cartoons,
including Bugs Bunny, Daffy
Duck and Porky Pig. With appear-
ances by John Williams, Mark
Mothersbaugh and DJ Spooky.
Family Portrait in Black and
White (Unrated) Ukraine docu-
mentary highlighting the effort of
adoptive mom Olga Nenya’s to
raise sixteen biracial children in an
‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’
Eastern European town marked by
racial intolerance where they are
surrounded by skinheads and big-
oted neighbors.
Farewell, My Queen (R for
profanity and brief graphic nudity)
Homoerotic historical drama set at
the outbreak of the French Revo-
lution and revolving around the
lesbian relationship of Marie
Antoinette (Diane Kruger) and a
servant (Lea Seydoux) who
became infatuated with the impe-
rious monarch. Cast includes Vir-
ginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois
and Gregory Gadebois. (In
French, German, Italian and Eng-
lish with subtitles)
Gei Oni (Unrated) Middle East
drama interweaving a novel love
story with a depiction of the first
wave of Jewish European migra-
tion to the Ottoman-ruled Pales-
tine of the 1880s. Starring Tamar
Alkan, Zion Ashkenazi and Lev-
ana Finkelstein. (In Arabic,
Hebrew, Turkish, Russian and
Yiddish with subtitles)
The Imposter (Unrated) Fact-
based docudrama about a con man
(Adam O’Brian) who attempted to
dupe the family of a Texas teenag-
er into believing that he was their
long-lost son, despite his being
French and seven years older than
the missing boy. With Anna
Ruben, Cathy Dresbach and Alan
‘Family Portrait in Black and White’
Teichman.
Trishna (R for sexuality, drug
use, profanity and some violence)
Bittersweet romance drama,
loosely based on Tess of the
D’Urbervilles, about the star-
crossed love affair between the
daughter of a rickshaw driver
(Freida Pinto) and a wealthy Brit
(Riz Ahmed) who has moved to
India to work at his father’s
(Roshan Seth) hotel. Featuring
Anurag Kashyap, Kalki Koechlin
and Harish Khanna.
Union Square (R for profanity
and drug use) Dysfunctional fami-
ly comedy about a young woman
(Tammy Blanchard) who moves to
Manhattan with her fiancé (Mike
Doyle) to escape her tumultuous,
Bronx home life, only to have a
mentally-unstable sister (Mira
Sorvino) darken her doorstep.
With Michael Rispoli, Patti
LuPone and Daphne Rubin-Vega.
Ponies (Unrated) Screen adapta-
tion of Mike Batistick’s award-
winning play, set inside a seamy,
NYC Off-Track Betting parlor,
where a trio of beleaguered
patrons (Kevin Corrigan, John
Ventimiglia and Babs Olusan-
mokun) enjoy exchanging colorful
banter while wagering. Supporting
cast includes Tonye Patano, Joe
Caniano and Meital Dohan
‘Trishna’
July 11, 2012
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