Arts & Entertainment
Movies Opening November 2
Maryland town in the wake
of an ecological disaster.
Featuring Kristen Connelly,
Jane McNeill, Christopher
Denham and Michael
Beasley.
Bones Brigade (Unrated)
Skateboarding retrospective
Weaver, Malcolm McDow-
ell, Marilu Henner and Wal-
lace Shawn.
This Must Be the Place
(Unrated) Sean Penn stars
in this revenge flick as a
retired rock star living off
his royalties in Ireland who
crisscrosses the American
heartland to track down the
Nazi war criminal (Heinz
Lieven) that had tortured
his recently-deceased father
at Auschwitz. With Frances
McDormand, Judd Hirsch
and David Byrne. (In Eng-
lish and Hebrew with subti-
tles)
Café de Flore (Unrated)
Double-stranded meditation
on love, one, set in present-
day Montreal, the other, in
Paris in the Sixties. The for-
mer revolves around a DJ
(Kevin Parent) torn between
a
girlfriend
(Evelyne
Brochu) and his ex-wife
(Helene Florent), while the
latter is about an overpro-
tective
single-mom’s
(Vanessa Paradis) devotion
to a son with Down Syn-
drome (Marin Gerrier).
With Alice Dubois, Michel
Dumont and Linda Smith.
(In French with subtitles)
The Details (R for pro-
fanity, sexuality, drug use
and brief violence) Macabre
comedy about an estranged
couple already in crisis
(Elizabeth Banks and Tobey
Maguire) whose troubles
only escalate when a family
of raccoons invades their
backyard. Supporting cast
includes Ray Liotta, Kerry
recounting the Eighties
exploits of a half-dozen Cal-
ifornia teens who trans-
formed the sport from a
horizontal to an omni-direc-
tional endeavor. With Stacy
Peralta, Tony Alva, Ben
Harper and Tony Hawk.
Vamps (PG-13 for vio-
lence, sexuality, profanity
and drug use. Alicia Silver-
stone and Krysten Ritter co-
star in this horror comedy
about a couple of club-
addicted party girls who
have to hide the fact that
they’re vampires while dat-
ing up a storm around Man-
hattan.
Cast
includes
Richard Lewis, Sigourney
Washington and Laura Lin-
ney.
Gregory
Crewdson:
Brief Encounters (Unrat-
ed) Shutterbug biopic
chronicling the career of a
photographer famous for
taking surreal snapshots of
American suburban life.
High Ground (Unrated)
PTSD documentary about a
team of Iraq and Afghan
War veterans who were led
by a blind guide on a per-
ilous trek to the 20,000 foot-
high peak of the Himalayas’
Mount Lobuche in order
heal from the mental and
emotional ravages of com-
bat.
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Flight (R for drug and
alcohol abuse, nudity, sexu-
ality and an intense action
sequence) Denzel Washing-
ton stars in this legal thriller
about a hero pilot who tries
to hide his alcohol addiction
with the help of a defense
attorney (Don Cheadle)
after miraculously crash-
landing a crippled co m -
mercial airliner by flying
the plane upside-down.
With John Goodman, Melis-
sa Leo and Kelly Reilly.
The Man with the Iron
Fists (R for profanity, drug
use, graphic sexuality and
gory violence) Gangsta’
rapper-turned-actor makes
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The Bay (R for profanity,
bloody images and disturb-
ing violence) Oscar-winner
Barry Levinson (Rain Man)
directed this gruesome hor-
ror flick about the chaos
which erupts in a quaint
The Man with the Iron Fists
his scriptwriting and direc-
torial debut while starring in
this martial arts saga, set in
19th C. China, about a hum-
ble blacksmith who invents
an assortment of elaborate
weapons for the defense of
his adopted hometown
when the town is invaded by
Vamps
Jack and Diane (Unrat-
ed) Homoerotic horror flick
about two teenagers (Riley
Keough and Juno Temple)
whose passionate, summer-
long affair in NYC has the
surprising side-effect of
turning one of them into a
werewolf. Supporting cast
includes Kylie Minogue,
Dana DeHaan and Leo Fitz-
patrick.
A Late Quartet (R for
profanity and sexuality)
Ensemble drama, set in
NYC, about the fallout for a
world-renowned
string
quartet after their leader
(Christopher Walken) is
diagnosed with a terrible ill-
ness, and two other mem-
bers’ (Philip Seymour
Hoffman and Catherine
Keener) marriage falls apart
when the husband has an
affair. With Imogen Poots,
Wallace Shawn, Madhur
Jaffrey and Mark Ivanir.
A Man’s Story (Unrated)
Reverential biopic about
black Brit designer Ozwald
Boateng, considered “The
Coolest Man on Earth” in
certain high fashion circles.
North Sea Texas (Unrat-
ed) Coming-of-age drama
in which an introverted
teenager (Ben Van den
Heuvel) finds it increasing-
ly hard to hide the crush he
has on the seemingly-
straight boy next-door
(Nathan Naenen). With Eva
van der Gucht, Thomas
Coumans and Katelijne
Damen. (In Dutch with sub-
titles)
This Must be The Place
an army of assassins search-
ing for a fabled treasure.
With Russell Crowe, Lucy
Liu, Pam Grier, Rick Yune
and Jamie Chung.
Wreck-It Ralph (PG for
crude humor and mild vio-
lence) John C. Reilly plays
the title role in this animated
comedy about a computer
game villain who makes the
most of an opportunity to
play a good guy after escap-
ing to a neighboring video
arcade game. Voice cast
includes Sarah Silverman,
Jane Lynch, Dennis Hays-
bert, Mindy Kaling, Ed
O’Neill and Adam Carolla.
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