Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules— for Movies Opening April 26
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
The Big Wedding (R for
profanity, sexuality and
brief nudity) Hollywood
remake of Mon Frère se
Marie, the French farce
about a long-divorced cou-
ple (Robert De Niro and
Diane Keaton) pressured to
pretend they’re still happily
married at the wedding of
their adopted son (Ben
Barnes) when his conserva-
tive birth mother (Patricia
Rae), a devout Catholic
from Colombia, unexpect-
edly decides to attend.
Ensemble includes Susan
Sarandon, Katherine Heigl,
Robin Williams, Amanda
Seyfried, Topher Grace and
Katherine Heigl. (In English
and Spanish with subtitles)
can reunite with his the love
of his life (Reese Wither-
spoon). With Sam Shepard,
Michael Shannon and Joe
Don Baker.
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action-oriented crime come-
dy chronicling the real-life
exploits of a trio of body-
builders (Dwayne Johnson,
Mark Wahlberg and Antho-
ny Mackie) whose scheme
to kidnap a wealthy busi-
nessman (Tony Shalhoub)
for ransom goes horribly
wrong. Cast includes Dr.
Ken Jeong, Ed Harris, Rebel
Wilson and Rob Corddry.
Pain & Gain
saga about the rebellious
offspring (Zac Efron) of a
struggling farmer (Dennis
Quaid) who’d rather pursue
his dream of becoming a
race car driver than try to
save the family business by
following in his father’s
footsteps. With Heather
Graham, Maika Monroe and
Red West.
Graceland (Unrated) Fil-
ipino crime thriller about a
corrupt politician’s (Men-
ngie Cobarrubias) chauffeur
(Arnold Reyes) forced to
take the law into his own
hands after ruthless mob-
sters kidnap his daughter
(Ella Guevara) for ransom.
With Leon Miguel, Dido De
La Paz and Marife Necesito.
(In Tagalog with subtitles)
birth, one (Satya Bhabha),
born to a lowly beggar, the
other (Siddharth Narayan),
to a prominent family. Fea-
turing Shahana Goswami,
Rajat Kapoor and Ronit
Roy. (In English, Hind and
Urdu)
Mud (PG-13 for violence,
profanity, sexual references,
smoking
and
mature
themes)
Mathew
McConaughey stars in this
fugitive drama set on an
uninhabited island in the
Mississippi River about a
couple of 14 year-olds (Tye
Sheridan
and
Jacob
Lofland) who try to help a
man wanted for murder
elude bounty hunters so he
An Oversimplification of
Her Beauty (Unrated) Ani-
mated romantic comedy
revolving around an opti-
mistic artist’s reaction to
being stood up by an
intriguing young woman he
was hoping to date. Voice
cast includes Terence
Nance, Namik Minter,
Chanelle Pearson and
Shante Cozier.
Paradise: Love (Unrated)
First installment of a trilogy
directed by Ulrich Seidl
revolving around a 50 year-
old, Austrian sex tourist’s
(Magarete Tiesel) trip to
Kenya where she plans to
spend her vacation sleeping
with young African men.
Co-starring Peter Kazungu,
Inge Maux and Dunja
Sowinetz.(In
German,
Swahili and English with
subtitles)
Tai Chi Hero (Unrated)
Historical biopic about mar-
tial arts master Yang Lu
Chan (Yuan Xiaochao) who
founded Tai Chi in the 19th
Century. With Qi Shu, Tony
Leung and Angelababy. (In
Mandarin with subtitles)
Paradise: Love
Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki (PG-13 for vio-
lence) Seafaring adventure
recreating
Norwegian
explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s
(Pal Sverre Hagen) 4,000-
mile voyage via raft across
the Pacific in 1947 proving
it was possible that South
Americans had migrated to
Polynesia in pre-Columbian
times. With Anders Baasmo
Christiansen, Gustaf Skars-
gard
and
Tobias
Sa nt e lmann.
Pain & Gain (R for
graphic nudity, bloody vio-
lence, crude sexuality, drug
use and pervasive profanity)
Michael Bay directed this
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Arthur Newman (Unrat-
ed) Midlife crisis dramedy
about a depressed, recently-
divorced man (Colin Firth)
who fakes his own death
and assumes a new identity
before taking to the road
where he becomes beguiled
by a kleptomaniac (Emily
Blunt) he finds passed out at
a seedy motel. Support cast
features Anne Heche,
Autumn Dial and David
Andrews.
At Any Price (R for pro-
fanity
and
graphic
sexuality) Prodigal Son
King’s Faith (PG-13 for
violence, drug use and
mature themes) Christian-
themed morality play about
the challenges faced by a
former
gang
member
(Crawford Wilson) when his
troubled past comes to
threaten his newfound com-
mitment to faith, family and
a better future. Supporrting
cast includes Lynn Whit-
field, James McDaniel,
Kayla Compton and Kristen
Royal.
Midnight’s
Children
(Unrated) Screen adaptation
of the Salman Rushdie best-
seller, set in Mumbai on
Independence Day in 1947,
following the contrasting
fates of babies switched at
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