Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — Aug. 24
BIG BUDGET FILMS
The Apparition (PG-13
for terror, frightening
images and sensuality)
Haunted house horror flick
about a young couple (Ash-
ley Greene and Sebastian
Stan) who enlist the help of
an expert in the supernatu-
ral (Tom Felton) to rid their
home of a ghost that arrived
in the wake of an experi-
ment in parapsychology
gone amuck. Cast includes
Julianna Guill, Rick Gomez
and Anna Clark.
Hit and Run (R for sexu-
ality, violence, drug use,
graphic nudity and perva-
sive profanity) Romantic
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road comedy about a get-
away driver (Dax Shepard)
in the Witness Protection
Program who risks blowing
his cover to drive his girl-
friend (Kristen Bell) cross-
country while being chased
by both the Feds and the
gang he’s scheduled to testi-
fy
against.
Featuring
Bradley Cooper, Tom
‘Samsara’
Arnold, David Koechner
and Kristin Chenoweth.
Premium Rush (PG-13
for violence and profanity)
Peripatetic action thriller
about a Manhattan bike
messenger (Joseph Gordon-
Levitt) being chased all over
New York City after picking
up an envelope at Columbia
University
containing
incriminating
evidence
about a corrupt cop
(Michael Shannon). With
Dania Ramirez, Jamie
Chung and Aasif Mandvi.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Death by China (Unrat-
ed) Outsourcing expose’
explaining why America
has been in economic
decline since the Peoples’
Republic joined the World
Trade Organization in 2001
at the behest of Congress
and multinational corpora-
tions.
‘Hermano’
General Education (PG-
13 for sexuality and a drug
reference) Teen comedy
about a high school senior
(Chris Sheffield) who has to
hide from his parents
(Janeane Garofalo and
Larry Miller) that he still
has to complete a science
course over the summer in
order to graduate and enter
college in the fall on a ten-
nis scholarship. With Bobby
Campo,Elaine Hendrix and
Maiara Walsh.
Hermano
(Unrated)
Overcoming-the-odds saga
about a couple of siblings
(Fernando Moreno and Eliu
Armas) from the slums of
Caracas who make the most
of the opportunity of a life-
time when they are offered a
tryout with their home-
town’s pro soccer team.
Featuring Beto Benites,
Gonzalo
Cubero
and
Marcela Giron. (In Spanish
with subtitles)
Knight Knight (Unrated)
Medieval comedy about a
couple of knights in training
(Tom Eykelhof and David
Wayman) who embark on a
zany adventure in search of
cash and comfortable under-
wear.
With
Jonathan
Hansler, Christina Bucher
and Mingus Johnston.
Somewhere
Between
(Unrated) Roots documen-
tary about the struggle of
four teenagers to make
sense of their lives after
being adopted in China and
raised in the U.S. from
infancy.
Little White Lies (Unrat-
ed) Ensemble dramedy
about a Parisian restaurateur
(Francois Cluzet) whose
annual summer getaway to
Bordeaux with his wife
(Valerie Bonneton) and
friends turns confessional
after one of the guests (Jean
Dujardin) is left near death
by an auto accident. Cast
includes Marion Cotillard,
Benoit Magimel and Gilles
Lellouche. (In French with
subtitles)
Samsara (PG-13 for sex-
uality
and
disturbing
images) Non-narrative med-
itation exploring assorted
wonders of the world from
the mundane to the miracu-
lous while delving into the
unfathomable depths of
humanity’s spirituality.
The Revenant (R for
graphic violence, pervasive
profanity, drug use, sexuali-
ty and graphic nudity) Hor-
ror comedy about a
recently-deceased Iraq War
vet (David Anders) who
comes back to life as a
bloodthirsty zombie. With
Annie Abbott,
Senyo
Amoaku
and
Amy
Correa.Teddy Bear (Unrat-
ed) Asian bride drama about
a lonely, 38 year-old body-
builder (Kim Kold) desper-
ate for true love who travels
from Copenhagen to Thai-
land to find the girl of his
dreams
(Lamaiporn
Hougaard). With David
Winters, Elsebeth Steentoft
and Barbara Zatler. (In Dan-
ish, Thai and English with
subtitles)
The Victim (R for profan-
ity, drug use, graphic sexu-
ality
and
gruesome
violence)
Psychological
thriller about a woman (Jen-
nifer Blanc) who comes to
rely on help from a hermit
(Michael Biehn) she meets
in the middle of the woods
while being chased by the
perpetrators (Ryan Honey
and Denny Kirkwood) of a
murder she’s just witnessed.
With Danielle Harris, Tanya
Newbould and Dana Dau-
rey.
Wild Horse, Wild Ride
(PG for profanity) Equine
whisperer
documentary
chronicling the efforts of
entrants in an annual buck-
ing bronco competition to
tame wild mustangs in a
hundred days or less.
Dania
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choose just one.
KW: Dante Lee, author of
“Black Business Secrets,”
asks: What was the best
business decision you ever
made, and what was the
worst?
DR: Oh wow! I couldn’t
answer what was the worst
right now. I’d have to go
through my entire life. I’m
sure I made a lot of mis-
takes. [Laughs] But my best
business decision was to
become an actress.
KW: When you look in
the mirror, what do you see?
DR: A strong woman.
KW: If you could have
one wish instantly granted,
what would that be for?
DR: That I could disap-
pear whenever I wanted to.
KW: The Kerry Washing-
ton question: If you were an
animal, what animal would
you be?
DR: Wow! Maybe a
jaguar.
KW: The Ling-Ju Yen
question: What is your earli-
est childhood memory?
DR: Singing carols at
Christmas for my family
along with all of my
cousins.
KW: The Melissa Harris-
Perry question: How did
your first big heartbreak
impact who you are as a
person?
DR: The thing about a
heartbreak, especially when
you have a big heart, is that
you’re in a lot of pain and
that shapes you. But I think
that if you can get over it,
you can get over anything.
KW: The Judyth Piazza
question: What key quality
do you believe all success-
ful people share?
DR: Confidence.
KW: The Nancy Lovell
Question: Why do you love
doing what you do?
DR: Because I have a gift,
and I want to share it with
the world in the best possi-
ble way I can do it.
KW: Attorney Bernadette
Beekman asks: What is your
favorite charity?
DR: My father has Parkin-
son’s disease, so I’m hoping
to start working with
Michael J. Fox’s charity.
But I’m not a part of it yet.
KW: The Laz Alonso
question: How can your
fans help you?
DR: By supporting me.
KW: The Tavis Smiley
question: How do you want
to be remembered?
DR: As someone who per-
severed and never gave up,
and as someone who was
full of love and who loved
life.
KW: Thanks again for the
interview, Dania, and best
of luck with the film.
DR: Thank you so much,
Kam. Bye.
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