Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — For Movies Opening Feb. 15
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Beautiful
Creatures
(PG-13 for violence, sexu-
ality and scary images)
Supernatural fantasy, set in
a sleepy South Carolina
town, revolving around the
budding romance between a
high school sophomore
(Alden Ehrenreich) and a
mysterious new classmate
(Lena Duchannes) who’s
identical to the girl of his
dreams. Stellar supporting
cast includes Oscar-winners
Jeremy Irons and Emma
Thompson and nominee
Viola Davis, along with
Emmy Rossum.
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
Escape from Planet
Earth (PG for action and
mild crude humor) Animat-
ed sci-fi adventure, set on a
planet populated by blue
aliens, where a lowly nerd
(Rob Corddry) has to rise to
the occasion after his super-
hero sibling (Brendan Fras-
er) becomes ensnared in the
trap of a diabolical villain
(William Shatner) bent on
world domination. Voice
cast includes Ricky Ger-
vais, Sarah Jessica Parker,
Sofia Vergara, Jane Lynch
and George Lopez.
A Good Day to Die Hard
(R for profanity and vio-
lence) Fifth installment in
the high-octane action fran-
chise finds former, NYPD
detective John McClane
(Bruce Willis) venturing to
Russia where he teams up
with his CIA Agent son (Jai
Courtney) to crack a terror-
ist plot threatening the sta-
bility of the Free World.
With Sebastian Koch, Mary
Elizabeth Winstead and
Cole Hauser.
Safe Haven (PG-13 for
violence, sexuality, threat-
ening behavior and mature
themes) Lasse Hallstrom
directs this adaptation of the
Nicholas Sparks romance
novel of the same name
about a mysterious new-
comer (Julianne Hough) to
a tiny North Carolina town
who reluctantly comes to
trust a widower (Josh
Duhamel) with the dark
secret that’s been haunting
her for years. Featuring
Cobie Smulders, Irene
Ziegler and Red West.
A Good Day to Die Hard
Foreign Film category,
recounting the recall refer-
endum effort spearheaded in
Chile in 1988 by an adver-
tising executive (Gael Gar-
cia Bernal) which led to the
fall of President Pinochet
from power. Co-stars Alfre-
do Castro, Antonia Zegers
and Luis Gnecco. (In Span-
ish with subtitles)
Saving Lincoln (Unrated)
Buddy biopic chronicling
Abraham Lincoln’s (Tom
Amandes) close relation-
ship with Ward Hill Lamon
(Lea Coco), the longtime
bodyguard who was con-
spicuously absent from the
President’s box the night
Honest Abe was assassinat-
ed by John Wilkes Booth
(Jonathan Roumie) at
Ford’s theater. With Pene-
lope Ann Miller as Mary
Todd
Lincoln,
Peter
O’Meara
as
General
Ulysses S. Grant and
Eamon Hunt as Stephen
Douglas.
Shanghai Calling (PG-13
for profanity and sexual ref-
erences) Romantic dramedy
about an ambitious Ameri-
can attorney (Daniel Hen-
ney) who falls in love with a
relocation specialist (Eliza
Coupe) after she finds him a
luxury apartment upon his
transfer to China. With Zhu
Zhu, Geng Le, Alan Ruck &
Bill Paxton. (In English and
Mandarin with subtitles)
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Escape from Planet Earth
The Berlin File (Unrat-
ed) Intricate espionage
thriller about a double-
crossed, North Korean spy
(Jung-woo Ha) who ends up
on the run with his wife
(Gianna Jun) as the focus of
an international manhunt
after an illegal arms trade
gone bad. With Seung-
beom Ryu, Numan Acar
and Werner Daehn. (In
Korean and English with
subtitles)
The Jeffrey Dahmer
Files (Unrated) Docu-dra-
matic biopic revisiting the
events surrounding the
arrest of Jeffrey Dahmer
(Andrew Swant) in the
summer of 1991, ending the
cannibalistic necrophiliac/
rapist/serial killer’s reign of
terror in Milwaukee which
claimed the lives of 17 boys
and young men.
Like Someone in Love
(Unrated) Romance drama,
set in Tokyo, about a prosti-
tute with a heart of gold
(Rin Takanashi) who devel-
ops a love connection with
a widower (Tadashi Okuno)
over the course of a couple
of days. With Ryo Kase and
Denden. (In Japanese with
subtitles)
Saving Lincoln
No (Unrated) Historical
drama, nominated for an
Academy Award in the Best
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