Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening June 28
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
The Heat (R for violence,
crude humor and pervasive
profanity) Good cop/bad
cop comedy about a strait-
laced FBI agent (Sandra
Bullock) who grudgingly
agrees to work with a foul-
mouthed Boston police
officer (Melissa McCarthy)
with a short fuse in order to
apprehend a ruthless Russ-
ian mobster. With Marlon
Wayans, Michael Rapaport
and Tony Hale.
White House Down (PG-
13 for profanity, violence,
brief sexuality and intense
action) Action thriller about
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umentary revisiting the rise
and fall of Death, the short-
lived, African-American
trio credited with inventing
punk music in 1971 before
flaming out without ever
releasing an album. Featur-
ing siblings Bobby, David
and Dannis Hackney, with
appearances by Alice Coop-
er and Henry Rollins.
The Heat
a cop (Channing Tatum)
recently rejected by the
Secret Service who comes
to the rescue when the Pres-
ident (Jamie Foxx) is
abducted by a paramilitary
group. With Maggie Gyllen-
haal, James Woods and
Richard Jenkins.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
A Band Called Death
(Unrated) Reverential rock-
Byzantium (R for profan-
ity, sexuality and graphic
violence) Vampire thriller
about the deadly conse-
quences which result when
two mysterious strangers
(Saoirse Ronan and Gemma
Arterton), new to a coastal
resort town, are unwittingly
befriended by a couple of
clueless locals (Caleb
Landry Jones and Daniel
Mays). With David Heap,
Warren Brown and Ruby
Snape.
Copperhead (PG-13 for
an unsettling sequence)
Civil War saga about an
upstate New York family
torn apart by the conflict.
Principal cast includes
Francois Arnaud, Lucy
Boynton and Casey Thomas
Brown.
Homegoings (Unrated)
D.O.A. documentary high-
lighting the grace and
beauty of African-American
funerals as explained by
noted, Harlem undertaker
Isaiah Owens.
How to Make Money
Selling Drugs (Unrated)
Tongue-in-cheek documen-
tary offering tips on
entering the narcotics trade
while questioning the wis-
dom of the country’s
draconian drug laws. Street
cred courtesy of 50 Cent,
Eminem and Russell Sim-
mons.
I’m So Excited (R for
crude humor, graphic sexu-
ality and drug use) Pedro
Almodovar wrote and
directed this mile-high
romantic comedy revolving
around the reactions of the
passengers and crew facing
their mortality aboard an
imperiled airplane trying to
make it to Mexico City.
Ensemble cast includes
Antonio Banderas, Pene-
lope Cruz, Cote Soler and
Hugo Silva. (In Spanish
with subtitles)
A Band Called Death
Urie.
Petunia (Unrated) Dys-
functional family dramedy
about a couple of emotion-
ally-stunted brothers (Eddie
Kaye Thomas and Tobias
Segal) whose adult relation-
ships are in crisis as the
consequence of a childhood
spent under the thumb of
psychoanalyst
parents
(Christine Lahti and David
Rasche). With Thora Birch,
Brittany Snow and Michael
Redemption (R for pro-
fanity, brutal violence and
graphic nudity) Jason
Statham stars in this vigi-
lante thriller as a homeless
and alcoholic, disgraced
soldier who assumes a fake
identity to revenge the rape
and murder of a girlfriend
(Victoria Bewick). With
Vicky McClure, Senem
Temiz and Agata Buzek.
Some Girls (Unrated)
Screen adaptation of the
Neil LaBute play about a
groom-to-be (Adam Brody)
who embarks on a cross-
country road trip prior to the
wedding to make amends
with ex-lovers for his past
transgressions. Co-starring
Kristen Bell, Zoe Kazan and
Emily Watson.
Laurence
Anyways
(Unrated) Out-of-the-closet
drama, set in the Nineties,
examining the strain on a
relationship after a guy
(Melvil Poupaud) informs
his girlfriend (Suzanne
Clement) of his plans to
undergo a sex change. Sup-
porting
cast
includes
Nathalie Baye, Monia
Chokri and Susan Almgren.
(In French and English with
subtitles)
White House Down
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