Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: For Movies Opening June 7
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
The Internship (PG-13
for profanity, sexuality, par-
tying and crude humor)
Vince Vaughn and Owen
Wilson co-star in this buddy
comedy as a couple of
downsized salesmen des-
perate to reinvent them-
selves in the Digital Age
who find themselves com-
peting against some tech-
savvy, young geeks for jobs
at Google. With John Good-
man, Rose Byrne and Max
Minghella.
The Purge (R for profan-
ity and disturbing violence)
Futuristic sci-fi thriller set
in the U.S. where all crimi-
nal activity, including mur-
der, is legal for one day a
year. Plot revolves around a
man’s (Ethan Hawke)
attempt to protect his family
from harm when an intruder
breaks into their well-forti-
fied gated community dur-
ing
the
period
of
state-sanctioned slaughter.
With Lena Headey, Ade-
laide Kane and Max Burk-
holder.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Dirty Wars (Unrated)
Investigative
journalist
Jeremy Scahill narrates this
expose uncovering the hid-
den truth behind America’s
neverending covert War on
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Terror being conducted all
over the world by a secret
army that supposedly does-
n’t exist. Includes commen-
tary by Matthew Hoh,
Andrew Exum and Abdul
Ghafoor.
in-your-face style of inter-
viewing his controversial
guests. Featuring appear-
ances by Glenn Beck, Her-
main Cain, Pat Buchanan,
Gloria Allred and Alan Der-
showitz.
Hey Bartender (Unrated)
Bifurcated documentary
featuring portraits of a
wounded ex-Marine and a
jaded white-collar worker
trying to make it in a new
career serving wine and
spirits at an upscale Man-
hattan establishment.
cast includes Emma Bates,
Reed Diamond and Spencer
Treat Clark.
Rapture-Palooza (R for
profanity, drug use and
crude sexuality) Post-apoc-
alyptic horror comedy about
a suburban Seattle couple
(Anna Kendrick and John
Francis Daley) left to deal
with plagues and an
amorous Anti-Christ (Craig
Robinson) after billions of
other souls ascend to Heav-
en during the Rapture.
Ensemble includes Ken
Jeong, Rob Corddry, Ana
Gasteyer, Thomas Lennon
and Rob Huebel.
Syrup (R for profanity,
sexual references and brief
drug use) Screen adaptation
of Max Barry’s dark novel
of the same name about a
slacker (Shiloh Fernandez)
who has to trust a cutthroat
marketing
executive
(Amber Heard) if his mil-
lion-dollar idea is to have
any hope of succeeding.
Hey Bartender
Evocateur: The Morton
Downey, Jr. Movie (R for
profanity and nudity) Rau-
cous documentary high-
lighting the exploits of the
late, TV talk show host who
cultivated legions of loyal
fans with a confrontational,
Much Ado about Noth-
ing (PG-13 for sexuality
and drug use) Screen adap-
tation of Shakespeare’s
classic, battle-of-the-sexes
comedy about two couples,
one (Amy Acker and Alexis
Denisof), at war, the other
(Fran Kranz and Jillian
Morgese), in love. Support
Tiger Eyes (PG-13 for a
violent incident, mature
themes and underage alco-
hol consumption) Coming-
of-age drama based on the
Rapture-Palooza
Judy Blume best-seller
about a grieving teenager
(Willa Holland) trying to
cope with the murder of her
father who finds a shoulder
to cry on in the Native-
American (Tatanka Means)
she meets after her mother
(Amy Jo Johnson) moves
the family to Los Alamos,
New Mexico. With Elise
Eberle, Cynthia Stevenson
and Russell Means.
James Gandolfini, Danny
Trejo and Marianne Jean-
Baptiste.
Violet & Daisy (Unrated)
Crime drama about a pair of
mild-mannered,
teenage
assassins (Saoirse Ronan
and Alexis Bledel) who
knock off New York City
mobsters when not obsess-
ing about their favorite pop
singer (Cody Horn). With
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’
Yet (Unrated) Otherworldly
drama revolving around a
deceased playwright (Denis
Podalydes) who somehow
casts and stages one of his
celebrated works from
beyond the grave. (In
French with subtitles)
Wish You Were Here (R
for profanity, sexuality, vio-
lence and drug use) Missing
persons drama about four
Australian friends enjoying
a vacation in Southeast Asia
until one member (Antony
Starr) of their party disap-
pears mysteriously.
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