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career of avant garde jazz
saxophonist Ornette Cole-
man. Includes appearances
by Don Cherry, Charlie
Haden, Jayne Cortez and
Denardo Coleman.
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Lawless (R for profanity,
sexuality, nudity and graph-
ic violence) Prohibition Era
crime saga revisiting the
real-life exploits of the
bootlegging
Bondurant
brothers (Tom Hardy, Shia
LaBeouf and Jason Clarke),
a ruthless gang who ran a
thriving moonshine opera-
tion in the mountains of
Franklin County, Virginia
where they crossed paths
with a crooked Deputy
Sheriff
(Guy
Pearce)
demanding a cut of the take.
With Jessica Chastain, Gary
Oldman
and
Mia
Wasikowska.
The Possession (PG 13
for violence and disturbing
themes) Evil spirit horror
flick about a couple’s (Kyra
Sedgwick and Jeffrey Dean
Morgan) desperate effort to
defeat the demonic force
unwittingly unleashed on
their family after their
youngest daughter (Natasha
Calis) bought an antique
box at a neighborhood yard
sale. Cast includes Madison
Davenport, Grant Show and
Agam Darshi.
INDEPENDENT &
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
FOREIGN FILMS
The Ambassador (Unrat-
ed) Danish journalist Madds
Brugger poses as a shady
European diplomat in this
shocking
documentary
exposing corrupt govern-
ment officials openly trad-
ing in blood diamonds in the
Central African Republic.
(In Danish, English and
French with subtitles)
‘The Possession’
Breathing (Unrated) Aus-
trian actor-turned-director
Karl Markovics makes his
directorial debut with this
eloquent character study of
an incarcerated teenager’s
(Thomas Schubert) effort to
earn an early parole for
good behavior by working
in the morgue. With Karin
Lischka, Georg Friedrich
and Gerhard Liebmann. (In
German and English with
subtitles)
The Flying Swords of
Dragon Gate (R for vio-
lence) Jet Li stars in this 3-
D remake of Dragon Gate
Inn (1966), a martial arts
adventure about an avari-
cious band of marauders’
search for buried treasure in
the desert while hiding their
true intentions by mas-
querading as ordinary citi-
zens. Featuring Lunmei
Kwai, Xun Zhou, Kun Chen
and Yuchun Li. (In Man-
darin with subtitles)
For a Good Time, Call
(R for profanity, drug use
and graphic sexuality)
Raunchy romantic romp
revolving around a couple
of cash-strapped roommates
(Ari Graynor and Lauren
Miller) who resort to phone
sex to pay the rent on their
pricey Manhattan apart-
ment.
Ensemble
cast
includes Seth Rogen, Mimi
Rogers, Nia Vardalos.
The Day (R for nudity,
graphic violence and perva-
sive profanity) Post-apoca-
lyptic sci-fi thriller about an
intrepid quintet‘s 24-hour
defense of the decimated
planet against a horde of
bloodthirsty predators. Star-
ring Shawn Ashmore, Cory
Hardrict, Ashley Bell,
Michael
Eklund
and
Dominic Monaghan.
‘The Ambassador’
Ornette: Made in Amer-
ica (Unrated) Reverential
biopic chronicling the
‘Ornette: Made in America’
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