Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — Dec. 7, 2012
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Playing for Keeps (PG-
13 for profanity, sexual
situations and an intense
image) Romantic comedy
revolving around a retired
pro athlete (Gerard Butler)
with a checkered past who’s
effort to woo back his ex-
wife (Jessica Biel) by
coaching their son’s (Noah
Lomax) soccer team goes
awry when some of his
players’ moms start flirting
with him. With Catherine
Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman,
Dennis Quaid and Judy
Greer.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The Art of Flight (PG-13
for profanity) Snowboard-
ing
documentary
showcasing the death-defy-
ing exploits of Travis Rice
and other daredevils as they
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risk avalanches and acci-
dents while exploring
uncharted mountains all
around the world.
Delhi Safari (PG for vio-
lence, menacing action,
suggestive content, crude
humor and mature themes)
Bollywood-produced, ani-
mated adventure about a
protective mother leopard
(Vanessa Williams), her cub
(Tara Strong), a monkey
(Carlos Alazraqui), a parrot
(Tom Kenny) and a bear
(Brad Garrett) forced to flee
the forest for help when real
estate developers leave their
natural habitat on the verge
of destruction. Voice cast
includes Jane Lynch, Jason
Alexander and Cary Elwes.
(In Hindi and English with
subtitles)
Bad Kids Go to Hell (R
for profanity, sexuality, vio-
lence and drug use) Dark
comedy about a half-dozen
students at an elite prep
school who start falling vic-
tim to horrible accidents
while serving detention.
Starring Judd Nelson, Ben
Browder, Ali Faulkner and
Chanel Ryan.
Tchoupitoulas (Unrated)
Dusk to dawn documentary
chronicling a day-in-the-life
of three boys who join a
rowdy parade of New
Orleans revelers.
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Tucker) and an Alzheimer’s
patient (Hal Holbrook).
With Cary Elwes, Joanna
Cassidy and Rick Gonza-
lez.
memorials erected in their
honor.
Happy New Year (Unrat-
ed) PTSD drama about a
self-destructive Iraq War
veteran (Michael Cuomo)
who finds himself plagued
by guilt and desperation
upon return to the U.S. after
a tour of duty overseas. Cast
includes J.D. Williams, Will
Rogers and Jose Yenque.
In Our Nature (Unrated)
Close quarters drama about
the tensions which surface
when a guy (Zach Guilford)
takes his girlfriend (Jenna
Malone) to his family’s
summer home for a quiet
weekend getaway only to
have his long-estranged
father (John Slattery) show
up unexpectedly with his
trophy girlfriend (Gabrielle
Union).
Delhi Safari
The Fitzgerald Family
Christmas
(Unrated)
Edward Burns wrote, direct-
ed and co-stars in this
dysfunctional family drama
about the emotional strain
experienced by seven sib-
lings when their long-lost
father (Malachy McCourt)
returns home for the holi-
days after having walked
out on them and their mom
(Anita Gillette) a couple of
decades earlier. With Con-
nie Britton, Heather Burns,
Noah Emmerich and Kerry
Bishe’.
Flying Lessons (R for
profanity and sexuality)
Prodigal Daughter drama
about a young woman
(Maggie Grace) who returns
home for the first time in
years to repair relationships
with her alcoholic mother
(Christine Lahti), an ex-
boyfriend
(Jonathan
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Tchoupitoulas
Buffalo Girls (Unrated)
Child abuse documentary
taking an intimate peek into
the boxing careers of 8 year-
old Stam Sor Con Lek and
Pet Chor Chanachai, female
prizefighters who support
their families while pursu-
ing Thailand’s Flyweight
title. (In Thai with subtitles)
Cheerful Weather for
the Wedding (Unrated)
Cold feet comedy about a
bride-to-be (Felicity Jones)
worried that she’s about to
marry the wrong man who
keeps both her fiance
(James Norton) and her ex
(Luke Treadaway) in sus-
pense on her wedding day.
With
Ellie
Kendrick,
Mackenzie Crook and Eliz-
abeth McGovern.
The Art of Flight
Deadfall (R for profanity,
sexuality and graphic vio-
lence) Crime caper about a
brother (Eric Bana) and sis-
ter (Olivia Wilde) who
decide to go their separate
ways in the wake of a casi-
no
heist
gone
bad.
Ensemble cast includes
Sissy Spacek, Kate Mara,
Kris Kristofferson and Treat
Williams.
Heleno (R for profanity,
sexuality and drug use) Bit-
tersweet biopic about the
tragic life of Heleno de Fre-
itas (Rodrigo Santoro), one
of Brazil’s all-time great
soccer players. (In Por-
tuguese with subtitles)
Honor Flight (Unrated)
Greatest Generation docu-
mentary about a Midwest
community that raised
$250,000 to fly its surviving
WWII veterans to Washing-
ton, DC to visit the war
Hyde Park on Hudson
(R for brief sexuality) Tale
of illicit love, set over the
course of a wild weekend in
1939, chronicling President
Franklin Delano Roo-
sevelt’s (Bill Murray)
incestuous affair with his
cousin Margaret (Laura Lin-
ney)
while
he
was
simultaneously entertaining
the King (Samuel West) and
Queen (Olivia Colman) of
England during a Royal
visit to the States.
Lay the Favorite (R for
sexuality, nudity, drug use
and pervasive profanity)
Screen adaptation of Beth
Raymer’ memoir of the
same name about a small-
town stripper (Rebecca
Hall) who moves to Las
Vegas where she becomes
the protégé of a professional
gambler (Bruce Willis),
much to the chagrin of his
jealous wife (Catherine