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Arts & Entertainment Opening This Week — Feb. 1 BIG BUDGET FILMS Bullet to the Head (R for profanity, nudity, drug use, graphic violence and bloody images) Grisly revenge thriller, set in New Orleans, about a hit man (Sly Stallone) and a detective (Sung Kang) who form an unlikely K AM ’ S C APSULES Movie Reviews by Kam Williams alliance to track down the killers of their respective partners. Featuring Chris- tian Slater, Jason Momoa and Jon Seda. Warm Bodies (PG-13 for violence and profanity) Romeo and Juliet re-imag- ined as a romantic horror comedy set in a devastated, post-apocalyptic America and revolving around a zombie (Nicholas Hoult) who falls in love with the girlfriend (Teresa Palmer) of one of his victims. With John Malkovich, Rob Corddry and Cory Hardrict. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Bullet to the Head Page 6 The Portland Skanner January 30, 2013 The Gatekeepers (PG-13 for violence and disturbing images) Oscar-nominated Best Documentary chroni- cling the exploits of Shin Bet, Israel’s national securi- ty agency entrusted with the country’s closely held top secrets. Includes archival footage, computer anima- tion and in-depth interviews with all six surviving former Warm Bodies heads of the organization. (In English and Hebrew with subtitles) Girls against Boys (R for nudity, sexuality, profanity and violence) Battle-of-the- sexes slasher flick about a college coed (Danielle Panabaker) who embarks with a girlfriend (Nicole LaLiberte) on a retaliatory, man-hating killing spree after a series of dates gone bad. With Liam Aiken, Andrew Howard and Michael Stahl-David. See MOVIES on page 8
