Arts & Entertainment
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BIG BUDGET FILMS
21 and Over (R for drug
use, alcohol abuse, graphic
sexuality, frontal nudity,
coarse humor and pervasive
profanity) Raunchy teen-
sploit revolving around a
straight-A college student
(Justin Chon) taken out by
his best friends (Skylar
Astin and Miles Teller) for a
wild night of debauchery
and overindulgence on the
eve of an important med
school interview. Cast
includes Sarah Wright,
Jonathan Keltz and Francois
Chau.
Jack the Giant Slayer
(PG-13 for frightening
images, brief profanity and
intense violence) Bryan
Singer (The Usual Sus-
pects) directs this action
fantasy about an ancient war
which resumes when a
young farmhand (Nicholas
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four, forgotten Civil War
heroes: a gay colonel
(Matthew Ludwinski), a
nerdy, fugitive slave (Bar-
ron A. Myers), an aging,
Chinese launderer (Scooter
MacRae) and a one-armed
prostitute (Mara Kassin).
With Tim Cusack, Emily
Mitchell and Christopher
Lukas.
The Condemned (Unrat-
ed) Suspense thriller revolv-
ing around a dying doctor’s
daughter (Cristina Rodlo)
who travels to the town
where he ran a free cancer
Day of the Falcon
Hoult) accidentally opens a
portal to a world inhabited
by giants. With Bill Nighy,
Stanley Tucci, Eleanor
Tomlinson, Ewan McGre-
gor and Ian McShane.
The Last Exorcism: Part
II (PG-13 for terror, vio-
lence and brief profanity)
Horror sequel finds the
heroine (Ashley Bell) who
survived an agonizing
ordeal in the original again
possessed by demonic
forces. Ensemble includes
Andrew Sensenig, Muse
Watson and David Jensen.
Stoker (R for sexuality
and disturbing violence)
Psychological thriller about
a young woman (Mia
Wasikowska) who becomes
increasingly suspicious of
the motives of the uncle
(Matthew Goode) she never
knew existed when he
comes to live with her and
her emotionally-unstable
mother (Nicole Kidman)
after the untimely death of
her father (Dermot Mul-
roney) in an auto accident.
With Jacki Weaver, Harmo-
ny Korine and David
Alford.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The Battle of Pussy Wil-
low Creek (Unrated) Civil
War mockumentary about
clinic in order to restore his
reputation.
Co-starring
Dolores Pedro, Axel Ander-
son and Rene Monclova. (In
Spanish with subtitles)
Day of the Falcon
(Unrated) Costume drama,
set in the Thirties, chroni-
cling the fortunes of a Mid-
dle Eastern prince (Antonio
Banderas) torn between tra-
dition and modernity at the
dawn of the Arab oil boom.
Ensemble cast includes
Mark Strong, Freida Pinto
and Eriq Ebouaney.
A Place at the Table (PG
for mature themes and mild
epithets) Poverty documen-
tary about the 50 million
people living in the U.S.
who have no idea where
their next meal is coming
from. Featuring actor Jeff
Bridges, activist Raj Patel
and celebrity chef Tom Col-
icchio.
A Fierce Green Future
(Unrated) Eco-documentary
recounting the environmen-
tal movement’s evolution
from the Sixties to the pres-
ent. Co-narrated by Meryl
Streep, Van Jones, Robert
Redford, Ashley Judd and
Isabel Allende.
War Witch (Unrated)
Coming-of-age
drama,
nominated for an Oscar in
the Best Foreign Film cate-
gory, about the ordeal of a
12 year-old girl (Rachel
Mwanza) forced to shoot
her parents and join the
rebel forces in her sub-
Saharan nation’s civil war.
With Serge Kanyinda,
Mizinga Mwinga and Ralph
Prosper. (In French and
Lingala with subtitles)
The Frankenstein Theo-
ry (Unrated) Found-footage
horror about a camera
crew’s ill-fated expedition
to the Arctic Circle in search
of proof that Mary Shelley’s
classic novel “Franken-
stein” was inspired by an
actual, scientific experiment
gone bad. Starring Kris
Lemche, Joe Egender, Tim-
othy V. Murphy and Eric
Zuckerman.
Genius on Hold (PG for
mature themes, brief pro-
fanity and smoking) Father-
son documentary about the
diverging life paths taken by
Walter Shaw and Walter
Shaw, Jr., the former, a pro-
lific inventor who died pen-
niless, the latter, a common
jewel thief who picked his
profession because his dad
had been ripped-off.
Hava Nagila: The Movie
(Unrated) Musical docu-
mentary celebrating the his-
tory of the festive, Jewish
folk song. Featuring com-
mentary by Harry Bela-
fonte, Glen Campbell,
Connie Francis and Leonard
Nimoy.
Here I Learned to Love
(Unrated) Holocaust docu-
mentary in which two Jew-
ish siblings, now in their
seventies, embark on a jour-
ney retracing their roots
from Israel to Europe where
they had been saved as tod-
dlers from extermination by
the Nazis. (In Hebrew with
subtitles)
A Place at the Table
stone as a tough as nails cop
who catches criminals by
taking the law into his own
hands. With Ben Drew,
Hayley Atwell and Alan
Ford.
The Unspeakable Act
(Unrated) Dysfunctional
family drama about a 17
year-old (Tallie Medel)
frustrated by the fact that
her big brother (Sky
Hirschkron) doesn’t share
her incestuous inclination.
Support cast includes Aun-
drea Fares, Kati Schwartz
and Caroline Luft.
War Witch
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Leviathan
(Unrated)
Deep sea documentary cap-
turing the dangers encoun-
tered on a daily basis by the
hardy crew of a New Bed-
ford fishing trawler plying
its trade in the Atlantic
Ocean off the coast of Mas-
sachusetts.
Phantom (R for violence)
Ed Harris stars in this Cold
War thriller as the captain of
a Soviet submarine on a
covert mission cloaked in
mystery who finds himself
forced to contend with
rogue KGB agents deter-
mined to commandeer the
vessel’s arsenal of nuclear
weapons. Cast includes
David Duchovny, William
Fichtner and Lance Henrik-
sen.
The Sweeney (R for sexu-
ality, graphic violence and
pervasive profanity) Big
screen adaptation of the
BBC-TV show from the
Seventies stars Ray Win-
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