Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — For Movies Opening March 22
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
Admission (PG-13 for
profanity and some sexuali-
ty) Tina Fey and Paul Rudd
co-star in this adaptation of
Jean Hanff Korelitz’s best
seller of the same name
about a straitlaced Prince-
ton admissions officer
tempted to bend the rules
for an applicant (Nat Wolff)
after a friend she hasn’t seen
in years suggests that he
might be the son she surren-
dered for adoption as a
baby. With Michael Sheen,
Lily Tomlin and Gloria
Reuben.
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
and Dylan McDermott.
The Sapphires (PG-13
for violence, profanity, sex-
uality, smoking and mature
themes) Musical dramedy,
set in 1968, recounting the
true story of a singing quar-
tet comprised of Australian
aborigines (Deborah Mail-
sexuality) Romantic come-
dy about a frustrated young
woman (Sara Rue) trapped
at home caring for her
unappreciative
brother
(Jonathan Chase) and wid-
owed father (Elliott Gould)
until she gets a new lease on
life after volunteering to cat
sit for a guy (Johann Urb)
she has a secret crush on.
Support cast includes
Sophie Monk, Scott Wilson
and Catherine Hicks.
Eden (R for profanity,
drug use, sexuality and dis-
turbing violence) Jamie
Chung plays the title char-
acter in this fact-based
drama recreating the har-
Love and Honor (PG-13
for profanity, sexuality,
drug use and brief violence)
Romance drama about a
heartbroken soldier (Liam
Hemsworth) who goes
AWOL in Vietnam and
returns to the States to win
back his girlfriend (Teresa
Palmer)
after
getting
dumped. With Aimee Tee-
garden, Chris Lowell,
Wyatt Russell and Austin
Stowell.
MURPH: The Protector
(PG for mature themes and
mild epithets) American
hero biopic about Lt.
Michael Murphy, the late
Navy Seal posthumously
awarded the prestigious
Medal of Honor for sacri-
ficing his life for his bud-
dies in 2005.
The Sapphires
The Croods (PG for
scenes of peril) Animated
adventure about a family of
prehistoric cave dwellers
that embarks on a perilous
trek in search of a better life
after
encountering
a
stranger (Ryan Reynolds)
who has discovered fire.
man, Jessica Mauboy, Shari
Sebbens and Miranda
Tapsell) who ventured to
Vietnam to entertain the
troops. With Chris O’Dowd,
Tory Kittles and Eka
Darville.
rowing ordeal of a Korean-
American teenager forced
into prostitution in Las
Vegas after being kidnapped
in New Mexico. With Beau
Bridges, Scott Mechlowicz
and Matt O’Leary.
INDEPENDENT &
Gimme the Loot (Unrat-
ed) Vandalism drama about
a couple of graffiti artists
(Ty Hickson and Tashiana
Washington) who hatch an
elaborate plan to spray
paint their latest master-
piece on the New York
Mets’ home run apple. With
Joshua Rivera and Zoe
Lescaze.
Olympus Has Fallen
Voice cast includes Nicolas
Cage, Emma Stone, Cloris
Leachman and Catherine
Keener.
Olympus Has Fallen (R
for graphic violence and
pervasive profanity) Gerard
Butler stars in this political
thriller as a disgraced Secret
Service agent who gets a
shot at redemption after the
president (Aaron Eckhart) is
kidnapped and held hostage
inside the White House.
With Morgan Freeman,
Melissa Leo, Angela Bassett
FOREIGN FILMS
My Brother the Devil
(Unrated) Cross-cultural
drama chronicling the chal-
lenges faced by a couple of
troubled Arab brothers
(Fady Elsayed and James
Floyd) hanging out on the
tough streets of London dur-
ing their turbulent teen
years. With Said Tagh-
maoui, Arnold Oceng and
Anthony Welsh.
Dorfman in Love (R for
My Brother the Devil
New World (Unrated)
Action thriller about a
police detective (Jeong-jae
Lee) in fear of being
exposed after infiltrating the
upper reaches of a ruthless
crime syndicate. Cast
includes Min-sik Choi,
Jeong-min Hwang and Ji-
hyo Song. (In Korean with
subtitles)
Silver Circle (PG-13 for
violence, drug use, sensuali-
ty and brief profanity) Ani-
mated political potboiler
about a band of freedom
fighters who have vowed to
wrest control of the Ameri-
can economy back from the
corrupt bureaucrats in
charge of the Federal
Reserve Bank. With voice-
work by Greg Shea, Robert
Dunn, Hyonsoo Moon and
De’Lon Grant.
Starbuck (R for profani-
ty, sexuality and drug use)
Baby-daddy comedy about
a 42 year-old sperm bank
donor (Patrick Huard) who
suddenly finds himself the
defendant in a class action
paternity suit filed by 142 of
the 533 children he fathered
over a decade earlier. Cast
includes Julie LeBreton,
Antoine Bertrand and
Dominic Philie. (In French
and Spanish with subtitles)
You Don’t Need Feet to
Dance (Unrated) NYC doc-
umentary about an African
immigrant who doesn’t let
the loss of the use of his legs
to polio prevent him from
earning a living, doing char-
ity work, or performing
with a musical group in
which he sings, plays drums
and dances on his hands.
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Hunky Dory (Unrated)
Musical drama, set in
Wales in 1976, about a high
school teacher (Minnie
Driver) who mounts a rock
& roll production of The
Tempest in order to shake
her apathetic students out
of the doldrums. Featuring
Aneurin Barnard, Danielle
Branch and Robert Pugh.
InAPPropriate Comedy
(R for pervasive profanity,
crude humor, graphic sexu-
ality and drug use) Political-
ly-incorrect
comedy
examining a computer
tablet’s store of offensive
apps.
Ensemble
cast
includes Lindsay Lohan,
Rob Schneider, Michelle
Rodriguez and Adrien
Brody.
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