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
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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
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