Arts & Entertainment
Movies Opening This Week — Dec. 14
BIG BUDGET FILMS
The Hobbit: An Unex-
pected Journey (PG-13 for
epic battle scenes and scary
images) Peter Jackson (The
Lord of the Rings trilogy)
directed this adaptation of
J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy
novel about a human-like
creature with furry feet
(Martin Freeman) who is
prompted by a wizard (Ian
McKellen) to embark on an
epic with 13 dwarfs to wrest
control of a lost kingdom
from the clutches of a fear-
some dragon. With Richard
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Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
Courtroom drama, set in the
Seventies, about the custody
battle waged between the
state and a gay couple (Alan
Cumming and Garret Dil-
lahunt) trying to adopt a boy
with Down syndrome (Isaac
strangers living in a mythi-
cal Rust Belt town nestled
deep in the Appalachian
Mountains. Voice cast
includes Robert Levy,
Nancy Andrews, Chris Sul-
livan, Judith Rafael and
Mary Lou Zelazny.
ing archival footage of
Chief Justice Earl Warren,
Associate Justices Douglas,
Brennan, Black, Fortas,
Harlan, Clark, White and
Stewart, and of plaintiffs
Mildred and Richard Lov-
ing.
Jason Becker: Not Dead
Yet (Unrated) Documentary
demonstrating
the
indomitability of the human
spirit about a once-promis-
ing rock & roll prodigy who
is still making music 22
years after being diagnosed
with Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Save the Date (R for sex-
uality, profanity and brief
drug use) Romantic comedy
about a young woman
(Lizzy Caplan) who turns to
her sister (Alison Brie) for
support when she rushes
into a rebound relationship
right after declining her
boyfriend’s
(Geoffrey
Arend) marriage proposal.
With Mark Webber, Martin
Starr and Melonie Diaz.
Let Fury Have the Hour
(Unrated) Counter-culture
documentary chronicling
how a generation of outspo-
ken
artists
began
challenging the status quo in
reaction to the rise of con-
servatism in the Eighties.
With appearances by come-
dian Lewis Black, rapper
Chuck D., playwright Eve
Ensler
and
novelist
Edwidge Danticat.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Armitage, Ken Stott and
Graham McTavish.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Any Day Now (Unrated)
Leyva) abandoned by his
mother. Cast includes
Frances Fisher, Gregg
Henry and Don Franklin.
Consuming
Spirits
(Unrated) Animated adult
drama revolving around the
exploits of a trio of intimate
The Loving Story (Unrat-
ed)
Civil
rights
docu mentary recounting the
events leading up to the
U.S. Supreme Court’s land-
mark decision in Loving vs.
Virginia, the historic 1967
case declaring interracial
marriage legal under the
14th Amendment’s Equal
Protection Clause. Featur-
Let Fury Have the Hour
Trashed (Unrated) Eco-
documentary, narrated by
Jeremy Irons, examining the
extent of the global pollu-
tion problem.
Yelling to the Sky
(Unrated) Dysfunctional
family drama about a bi-
racial 17 year-old (Zoe
Saving Grace B. Jones
(R for violence and brief
sexuality) Tatum O’Neal
plays the title character in
this psychological thriller,
set in Missouri in the
Fifties, about a couple
(Michael Biehn and Pene-
lope Ann Miller) whose
quiet life turns chaotic when
the husband’s sister comes
to live with them after being
released from a mental asy-
lum. With Piper Laurie,
Liberty Smith and Evie
Thompson.
December 12, 2012
Kravitz) forced to fend for
herself in a rough neighbor-
hood due to an absentee
mother (Yolonda Ross) and
a father (Jason Clarke)
given to violent mood
swings. With Gabourey
Sidibe, Tim Blake Nelson,
Antonique Smith and Adam
Tomei (Marisa’s brother).
The Loving Story
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