Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — Oct 26
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Chasing Mavericks (PG
for mature themes and per-
ilous action sequences)
Overcoming-the-odds
sports saga recounting the
real-life adventures of an
aspiring teen surfer (Jonny
Weston) who enlists the
assistance of a local legend
(Gerard Butler) to train for
one of the biggest waves on
the face of the Earth. With
Elisabeth Shue, Abigail
Spencer and Scott East-
wood (son of Clint).
Cloud Atlas (R for vio-
lence, profanity, sexuality,
nudity and drug use)
Fun Size
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Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
Ensemble drama based on
David Mitchell’s sci-fi
novel of the same name
illustrating how people’s
actions have long-term con-
sequences which reverber-
ate across time and space
like a ripple on a pond. A-
list cast features Oscar-win-
ners Tom Hanks, Halle
Berry, Susan Sarandon and
Jim Broadbent, as well as,
Hugh Grant, Keith David,
James D’Arcy and Hugo
Weaving.
Fun Size (PG-13 for pro-
fanity, partying, crude
humor and suggestive mate-
rial) Road comedy revolv-
ing around a disobedient
teen’s (Victoria Justice)
frantic search for the miss-
ing little brother (Albert
Nicoli) she irresponsibly
allowed to go trick-or-treat-
ing alone so she could
attend a Halloween party
being thrown by the boy of
her
dreams
(Thomas
McDonnell). With Chelsea
Handler, Johnny Knoxville
and Jane Levy.
Silent Hill: Revelation 3-
D (R for gory violence, dis-
turbing
images,
brief
profanity and momentary
nudity) Horror sequel finds
the sleepwalking heroine
(Adelaide Clemens) again
plunged into an alternate
dimension after being
plagued by nightmares on
the eve of her 18th birthday.
With Carrie-Anne Moss,
Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean
and Malcolm McDowell.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The Black Tulip (Unrated)
Afghan drama about a pro-
Western family which ends
up targeted by the Taliban
after opening a coffeehouse
where women are treated as
equals and are welcome to
read
feminist
poetry
onstage. Starring Haji Gul
Aser, Sonia Nassery Cole
and Walid Amini. (In Dari,
Pashtu and English with
subtitles)
Citadel (Unrated) Primal
horror flick about an agora-
phobic father (Aneurin
Barnard) who enlists the
assistance of a vigilante
priest (James Cosmo) to res-
cue his baby daughter from
the clutches of the same
hooded gang that had mur-
dered his wife (Amy
Shiels). With Jake Wilson
and Wunmi Mosaku.
The Loneliest Planet
(Unrated) Romance drama
about the strains placed on
the relationship of an
engaged American couple
(Gael Garcia Bernal and
Hani Furstenberg) back-
packing across Eastern
Europe after their guide
(Bidzina Gujabidze) proves
to be more heroic at a
moment of crisis than the
hapless hubby-to-be.
Long Shot: The Kevin
Laue Story (Unrated) Hoop
dreams
documentary
recounting the efforts of a
6’10”-tall center to become
the first, one-armed, NCAA
Silent Hill: Revelation 3-D
college basketball player.
Orchestra of Exiles
(Unrated) Holocaust docu-
mentary recounting the
heroic exploits of Polish
violinist Bronislaw Huber-
man who rescued some of
the world’s greatest musi-
cians from the Nazis en
route to creating the Israeli
Philharmonic. Featuring
commentary by Itzhak Perl-
man and Zubin Mehta.
The Other Son
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