Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — September 7, 2012
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Bait 3-D (R for profanity,
graphic violence and grisly
images) Disaster flick about
a group of residents of a
beachfront community who
find themselves surrounded
by a swarm of great white
sharks after a tsunami
leaves them trapped inside a
submerged grocery store.
Cast
includes
Xavier
Samuel, Julian McMahon
and Phoebe Tonkin.
The Words (PG-13 for
smoking and brief profani-
ty) Blind ambition is the
theme of this emotional
drama about a best-selling
author (Bradley Cooper)
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
Baby Peggy (Unrated)
Bittersweet retrospective
chronicling the rise and fall
of Diana Serra Cary, now
93, a Silent Era matinee idol
who made millions back in
the Twenties as one of Hol-
lywood’s first child stars
only to suffer a nervous
The Words
who pays a price for achiev-
ing literary success by pla-
giarizing the work of
another writer. Ensemble
cast includes Zoe Saldana,
Dennis Quaid, J.K. Sim-
mons, Olivia Wilde and
Jeremy Irons.
INDEPENDENT
& FOREIGN FILMS
breakdown after her parents
frittered away her entire for-
tune.
Bachelorette (R for sexu-
ality, drug use and pervasive
profanity) Raunchy comedy
about three members of a
clique of mean girls
(Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher
and Lizzy Caplan) asked to
serve as bridesmaids at the
wedding of a former class-
mate (Rebel Wilson) they
used to tease mercilessly
back in high school. With
James Marsden, Adam
Scott and Kyle Bornheimer.
Branded (R for profanity
and sexuality) Futuristic
sci-fi thriller about one
man’s (Ed Stoppard) valiant
fight to expose the truth
behind a mammoth corpo-
rate conspiracy to keep
humanity
disillusioned,
dependent and passive via
mind control. With Leelee
Sobieski, Jeffrey Tambor
and Max von Sydow.
Brawler (R for profanity,
sexuality, drug use and
graphic violence) Sibling
rivalry saga about a couple
of brothers who agree to set-
tle their differences in the
ring in a death match at an
underground fight club after
one (Nathan Grubbs) catch-
es the other (Marc Senter)
cheating with his wife (Pell
James). Supporting cast
includes Michael Bowen,
Bryan Batt and Megan Hen-
ning.
The Cold Light of Day
(PG-13 for profanity and
sexuality) Political potboil-
er about a San Francisco
businessman (Henry Cavill)
whose family is abducted
while vacationing in Spain
by kidnappers demanding
he hand over a briefcase he
knows nothing about. With
Bruce Willis, Sigourney
Weaver and Roschdy Zem.
(In English and Spanish
with subtitles)
We honor the many
accomplishments of
African Americans.
Desperate Endeavors
(PG-13 for sexual refer-
ences) Overcoming-the-
odds drama, set in 1973,
following an Indian immi-
grant’s (Ismail Bashey)
dogged pursuit of the Amer-
ican Dream in New York
City. Featuring Gulshan
Grover, Lavrenti Lopes and
Deborah Green.
Detropia (Unrated) Dire
documentary from Oscar-
nominated
co-directors
Heidi Ewing and Rachel
Grady (for Jesus Camp)
painting a simultaneously
surrealistic and sobering
picture of Detroit suggest-
ing that the host of woes
visited upon the Motor City
might be coming soon to a
town near you.
For Ellen (Unrated) Cus-
tody drama revolving
around an alcoholic, aspir-
ing musician (Paul Dano),
locked in a bitter divorce
battle, who embarks on a
long-distance drive to con-
front his estranged wife
(Margarita Levieva) over
his visitation rights regard-
ing their 6 year-old daughter
(Shaylena Mandigo). With
Jon Heder, Jenna Malone
and Dakota Johnson.
The Eye of the Storm
(Unrated) Assisted suicide
flashback flick, set in Syd-
ney, surrounding the last
days of a terminally-ill,
family matriarch (Charlotte
Rampling) determined to
die on her own terms rather
than face relocation to a
nursing home. Featuring
Bait 3-D
Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis
and Helen Morse.
Hello, I Must Be Going
(R for profanity and sexual-
ity) Romantic dramedy
about a depressed divorcee
(Melanie Lynskey) who
moves in with her parents
(Blythe Danner and John
Rubenstein) in suburban
Connecticut where she’s
Emily Head, Laura Had-
dock, Tamla Kari and Jessi-
ca Knappett.
Keep the Lights on
(Unrated)
Homoerotic
drama about the tensions
which develop between a
gay filmmaker (Thure Lind-
hart) and a lawyer still in the
closet (Zachary Booth)
when their fling unexpect-
Branded
soon revitalized by an affair
with an awkward teen
(Johnathan Abbott) half her
age. Support cast includes
Julie White, Andrea Bor-
deaux and Sara Chase.
The Inbetweeners (R for
coarse humor, graphic sexu-
ality, frontal nudity, profani-
ty and drug and alcohol
abuse) Teensploitation com-
edy based on the British TV
series of the same name
examining
the
rowdy
exploits of a quartet of high
school grads (Simon Bird,
James Buckley, Blake Har-
rison and Joe Thomas)
vacationing in Crete. With
edly blossoms into love.
Ensemble includes Julianne
Nicholson, Paprika Steen
and
Souleymanne
Sy
Savane.
Serving Up Richard
(Unrated) Cannibal-themed
horror flick about a married
couple (Susan Priver and
Jude Ciccolella) with a taste
for human flesh who get
more than they bargained
for when they set they start
salivating over a guy (Ross
McCall) answering their
classified ad for a used car.
With Brian Burke, Adam
Kulbersh and Darby Stanch-
field.
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