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-
Fun Size
lence, profanity, sexuality,
nudity and drug use)
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.
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
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
rescue his baby daughter
from the clutches of the
same hooded gang that had
murdered his wife (Amy
Shiels). With Jake Wilson
and Wunmi Mosaku.
6’10”-tall center to become
the first, one-armed, NCAA
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 Joshua Bell,
Itzhak Perlman and Zubin
Mehta.
The Other Son
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
The Other Son (PG-13
for violence, drug use and
brief profanity) Mistaken
identity drama, set in Israel,
about a Jewish soldier (Jules
Sitruk) and a Palestinian
med student (Mehdi Dehbi)
whose lives are suddenly
turned upside-down after
one discovers genetic proof
that they were switched at
birth. With Pascal Elbe,
Emmanuelle Devos and
Areen Omari. (In Hebrew,
Arabic, French and English
with subtitles)
Silent Hill: Revelation 3-D
heavy drugs use and perva-
sive profanity) English-lan-
guage remake of the 1996
Danish crime thriller of the
same name about a drug
pusher (Richard Coyle)
whose life spirals out of
control over the course of
one very eventful week.
Cast includes Bronson
Webb, Mem Ferda and Paul
Kaye.
nudity and frank dialogue)
Fact-based
drama
recounting the plight of a
paralyzed polio victim
(John Hawkes) who seeks
his parish priest’s (William
H. Macy) approval of his
plans to hire a sex surrogate
(Helen Hunt) to lose his vir-
ginity. With Moon Blood-
good, Adam Arkin and Rhea
Perlman.
The
Revisionaries
(Unrated) Flat Earth Society
documentary chronicling a
Bible-thumping Creation-
ist’s re-election campaign
for chairman of a very influ-
ential Board of Education.
The Zen of Bennett
(Unrated)
Reverential
biopic taking a look at the
creative process of the leg-
endary Tony Bennett with
the help of colleagues like
Lady Gaga, John Mayer and
Andre Bocelli, as the soul-
ful jazz singer turned 85.
The Sessions (R for
graphic sexuality, frontal
Information is
Today’s Currency
Pusher (R for nudity, vio-
lence, graphic sexuality,
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