Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — For Movies Opening Aug. 31
Sonakshi Sinha and Chi-
trangda Singh. (In Hindi
with subtitles)
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 Oogieloves in the
Big Balloon Adventure (G)
Interactive kiddie flick in
which the title characters’
(Malerie Grady, Stephanie
Renz and Misty Miller)
plans to throw a pal (Taras
Los) a surprise birthday
party go awry when their
magical balloons float
away. Ensemble includes
Christopher Lloyd, Toni
Braxton, Cloris Leachman,
Cary Elwes, Jaime Pressly
and Chazz Palminteri.
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.
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
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 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’
The Possession
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
The Ambassador
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)
pricey Manhattan apart-
ment.
Ensemble
cast
includes Seth Rogen, Mimi
Rogers, Nia Vardalos and
Justin Long.
ing situations and mature
themes) Orlando Bloom
plays the title character in
this psychological thriller
about a recent med school
grad who develops an
unhealthy obsession with a
pretty
patient
(Riley
Keough) with a kidney
infection. Supporting cast
includes Taraji P. Henson
(great-great
niece
of
Matthew), Troy Garrity (son
of Jane Fonda and Tom
Hayden), Sorel Carradine
(daughter of Keith), Jean St.
James (mother of Martin
Starr) and Michael Pena.
Joker (Unrated) Fantasy
adventure about escapees
from an insane asylum who
established their own king-
dom when their mental hos-
pital was accidentally left
off the map in the 1947 par-
tition of India and Pakistan.
Starring Akshay Kumar,
Little Birds (R for vio-
lence, sexuality, nudity,
rape, drug and alcohol use,
and pervasive profanity)
Coming-of-age road drama
about a couple of teenagers
(Juno Temple and Kay
Panabaker) who make a
break from their humdrum
hometown after meeting
some cute older boys (Chris
Coy, Carlos Pena and Kyle
Gallner) from L.A. Cast
includes Kate Bosworth,
Leslie Mann and Neal
McDonough.
Ornette: Made in Amer-
ica (Unrated) Reverential
biopic chronicling the
career of avant garde jazz
saxophonist Ornette Cole-
man. Includes appearances
by Don Cherry, Charlie
Haden, Jayne Cortez and
Denardo Coleman.
The Tall Man (R for vio-
lence, profanity and terror)
High attrition-rate horror
flick about a rust belt ghost
town where the town nurse
(Jessica Biel) remains skep-
tical about rumors of disap-
pearing children until her
own son (Jakob Davies)
vanishes into thin air in the
middle of the night. With
William B. Davis, Stephen
McHattie and Jodelle Fer-
land.
Ornette: Made in America
The Good Doctor (PG-13
for crude sexuality, disturb-
INDEPENDENT &
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)
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 Day (R for nudity,
graphic violence and perva-
sive profanity) Post-apoca-
lyptic sci-fi thriller about an
intrepid quintet‘s 24-hour
August 29, 2012
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