Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: For Movies Opening June 14
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
Man of Steel (PG-13 for
profanity, sci-fi violence
and
intense
action
sequences) Henry Cavill
stars as Clark Kent in this
reboot of the Superman
series about an alien raised
from infancy by adoptive
parents (Kevin Costner and
Diane Lane) in Kansas
where, as a young man, he’s
called upon to save Earth
from
extraterrestrial
invaders from his home
planet, Krypton. With Amy
Adams as Lois Lane, Lau-
rence Fishburne as Perry
White, Rebecca Buller as
Jenny Olsen, and Russell
Crowe as Jor-El.
This Is the End (R for
crude humor, coarse sexual-
ity, graphic nudity, drug use,
violence and pervasive pro-
against the proposed law
making homosexuality a
capital crime in his
country.
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
fanity) Ensemble comedy
about celebrities forced to
face their mortality when
the apocalypse arrives while
they’re partying at James
Franco’s house. With Jonah
Hill, Seth Rogen, Paul
Rudd, Michael Cera, Rihan-
na, Emma Watson, Kevin
Hart, Craig Robinson,
Mindy Kaling, Channing
Tatum and Jason Segel.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
20 Feet from Stardom
This Is the End
20 Feet from Stardom
(PG-13 for profanity and
sexuality) Backup singers
belatedly get their due in
this overdue documentary
paying tribute to some of
the best in the business,
including Merry Clayton,
Lisa Fischer, Darlene Love,
Claudia Lennear, Tata Vega
and Lynn Mabry. With
appearances
by
Bette
Midler, Mick Jagger and
Sheryl Crow.
Aliyah (Unrated) Dramat-
ic thriller, set in Paris, about
a 27 year-old drug dealer
(Pio Marmai) who’s consid-
ering making a fresh start
working in a relative’s
restaurant in Tel Aviv in
order to escape his burden-
some, deadbeat brother
(Cedric Kahn) and a love
life complicated by an ex
(Sarah Lepicard) and a new
girlfriend (Adele Haenel).
With Guillaume Gouix,
David Geselson and Olivier
Desautel. (In French with
subtitles)
The Bling Ring (R for
profanity, sexual references,
drug use and underage alco-
hol consumption) Sofia
Coppola co-wrote and
directed this true tale about
a gang of computer-savvy
teenagers who embark on a
crime spree burglarizing the
homes of Hollywood stars
by using the internet to
monitor the celebrities’
whereabouts.
Featuring
Emma
Watson,
Katie
Chang, Leslie Mann and
Israel Broussard.
Call Me Kuchu (Unrat-
ed) Chilling, equal rights
documentary chronicling
the aborted efforts of mur-
der victim David Kato
(1964-2011), Uganda’s first
openly gay citizen, to lobby
Far Out Isn’t Far
Enough (Unrated) Rever-
ential biopic about the life
and times of prolific chil-
dren’s book author and
illustrator Tomi Ungerer, a
subversive artist committed
to challenging the status
quo. (In English and French
with subtitles)
assembled by the emperor
(Andrew Lau) to eliminate
his political opponents.
With Ethan Juan, Shawn
Yue and Xiaoming Huang.
(In Mandarin with subtitles)
Hatchet III (Unrated)
High body-count horror
sequel finds the revenge-
minded heroine (Danielle
Harris) attempting to break
the curse of the seemingly-
invincible sociopath (Kane
Hodder) who has been ter-
Call Me Kuchu
The Guillotines (R for
graphic violence) Qing
Dynasty drama revolving
around the daring exploits
of a top secret squad of five,
sword-wielding assassins
rorizing
her
haunted
Louisiana
swamp
for
decades. Cast includes Car-
oline Williams, Derek
Mears and Zach Galligan.
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