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Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: For Movies Opening May 3 BIG BUDGET FILMS Iron Man 3 (PG-13 for intense violence and brief sensuality) Lat- est installment of the Marvel Comics franchise finds the bril- liant billionaire-turned-intrepid superhero (Robert Downey, Jr.) teaming with a precocious, prepu- bescent sidekick (Ty Simpkins) to take on a new nemesis, Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), the maniacal madman behind a recent string of terrorist bombings. Cast includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Jon Favreau. INDEPENDENT & FOR- EIGN FILMS Aroused (Unrated) Revealing documentary featuring revealing interviews with 16 of the world’s most successful, female porn stars as they shed their clothes in K AM ’ S C APSULES Movie Reviews by Kam Williams later. The Happy House (Unrated) Horror comedy about a Brooklyn couple in crisis (Khan Baykal and Aya Cash) vacationing at a coun- try bed & breakfast to work on their relationship who find them- selves cooped up in an old mansion with a motley crew of colorful characters including a demented serial killer with a .44 Magnum. Featuring Marceline Hugot, Mike Houston and Oliver loss of his wife. Support cast includes Kim Bodnia, Paprika Steen and Bodil Jorgensen. Unmade in China (Unrated) Big Brother documentary high- lighting the frustrations felt by American film director Gil Kof- man while trying to shoot an action thriller on location in Com- munist China under the watchful eye of incessantly-interfering gov- ernment censors. What Maisie Knew (R for pro- fanity) Dysfunctional family drama about an unfortunate little girl (Onata Aprile) caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her selfish, immature par- ents (Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan). With Alexander Skars- gard, Emma Holzer and Joanna Vanderham. Iron Man Desperate Acts of Magic preparation for a fancy photo shoot. Cast includes Misty Stone, Ash Hollywood, Asphyxia Noir, Belladonna, Kayden Kross, Lisa Ann, Katsuni, Lexi Belle and Brooklyn Lee. Desperate Acts of Magic (Unrated) Romantic comedy about a bored computer program- mer/aspiring magician (Joe Tyler Gold) and a pickpocket/street per- former (Valerie Dillman) who fall in love after they meet as entrants in the annual Brotherhood of Magicians Competition. With Jonathan Levit, Sacha Alexander and John Getz. Generation Umm… (Unrated) Tawdry tale of sex, drugs and denial chronicling a day in the life of an escort service chauffeur (Keanu Reeves) as he shuttles a couple of self-destructive call girls (Adelaide Clemens and Bojana Novakovic) around Man- hattan. Supporting cast includes Daniel Sunjata, Sarita Choudhury and Jake Hoffman. Greetings from Tim Buckley (Unrated) Followed footsteps drama about the launch of Jeff Buckley’s (Penn Badgley) musi- cal career after a performance of his late father Tim’s folk songs at a 1991 tribute concert, only to meet his own untimely demise in a drowning accident a few years Henzler. The Iceman (R for sexuality, gruesome violence and pervasive profanity) Grisly biopic recount- ing the real-life exploits of elusive Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon), the sociopathic hit man who murdered hundreds for the mob over several decades before his apprehension in 1986. With James Franco, Winona Ryder, David Schwimmer, Ray Liotta, Chris Evans and Stephen Dorff. Kiss of the Damned (R for nudity, profanity, drug use, gory violence and graphic sexuality) Erotic thriller about a handsome scriptwriter (Milo Ventimiglia) and beautiful vampire (Josephine de La Baume) whose star-crossed love affair becomes imperiled when her troublemaking sister (Roxane Mesquida) makes an unexpected visit. With Anna Mouglalis, Michael Rapaport and Riley Keough. Love Is All You Need (R for nudity, profanity and brief sexual- ity) Romance drama set at a wedding in Italy where the recent- ly-abandoned, cancer-survivor mother (Trine Dyrholm) of the Danish bride (Molly Blixt Egelind) falls for the British groom’s (Sebastian Jessen) father (Pierce Brosnan), a lonely widow- er in need of help getting over the May 1, 2013 The Portland Skanner Page 7
