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)
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Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
Dennis Quaid, J.K. Sim-
mons, Olivia Wilde and
Jeremy Irons.
INDEPENDENT
& FOREIGN FILMS
Baby Peggy (Unrated)
Bittersweet retrospective
The Words
who pays a price for achiev-
ing literary success by
plagiarizing the work of
another writer. Ensemble
cast includes Zoe Saldana,
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
breakdown after her parents
frittered away her entire
fortune.
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.
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 classmate
(Rebel Wilson) they used to
tease mercilessly back in
high school. With James
Marsden, Adam Scott and
Kyle Bornheimer.
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)
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.
Desperate Endeavors
(PG-13 for sexual refer-
ences)
Overcoming-the-odds
drama, set in 1973, follow-
ing an Indian immigrant’s
(Ismail Bashey) dogged
pursuit of the American
Dream in New York City.
Featuring Gulshan Grover,
Lavrenti Lopes and Debo-
rah Green.
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
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-
Bait 3-D
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.
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