Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: For Movies Opening July 12
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Grown Ups 2 (PG-13
profanity, crude humor, par-
tial male nudity and sugges-
tive content) Adam Sandler
and the rest of the principal
cast reprise their roles as
childhood pals now reunit-
ing in their hometown for
another round of nostalgia
and middle-age mischief.
Ensemble includes Kevin
James, Chris Rock, David
Spade, Maya Rudolph and
Salma Hayek.
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
Pacific Rim (PG-13 for
pervasive violence and brief
profanity) Sci-fi adventure
about the team of pilot-con-
trolled robots called upon to
save the day when the
Pacific Rim
Earth’s surface is suddenly
invaded by a hostile race of
subterranean
monsters.
Starring Charlie Hunnam,
Idris Elba, Rinko Kinkuchi
and Ron Perlman.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Beneath (Unrated) Har-
rowing horror flick about a
half-dozen high school sen-
iors’ attempt to make it safe-
ly back to shore from the
middle of a lake after their
rowboat is attacked by man-
eating fish. Ensemble
includes Daniel Zovatto,
Bonnie Dennison, Chris
Conroy, Jonny Orsini, Grif-
fin Newman and Mackenzie
Rrosman.
Crystal Fairy (Unrated)
Road trip comedy about a
hedonistic tourist (Michael
Cera) who befriends an
eccentric free spirit (Gaby
Hoffman) while crisscross-
ing Chile in search of a leg-
endary
hallucinogen
derived from a cactus plant.
Co-starring Agustin, Jose
and Juan Silva.
community after being
unfairly accused of expos-
ing himself to one of his stu-
dents
(Annika
Wedderkopp). With Susse
Wold, Lars Ranthe and
Thomas Bo Larsen. (In
Danish, English and Polish
with subtitles)
Dealin’ with Idiots
(Unrated) Jeff Garlin direct-
ed and stars in this social
satire about a famous come-
dian who finds inspiration
for his next movie after
observing the absurd behav-
ior of parents and coaches at
his son’s Little League base-
ball games. Ensemble
includes Gina Gershon, JB
Smoove, Nia Vardalos, Jami
Gertz, Kerri Kenny, Fred
Willard, Timothy Oliphant,
Bob Odenkirk, Christopher
Guest and Richard Kind.
Fruitvale Station (Unrat-
ed) Bittersweet biopic
recounting the serendipitous
events which transpired
during the final hours in the
life of Oscar Grant (Michael
B. Jordan), a young black
man shot in the back on
New Year’s day by a white
police officer while being
detained on an Oakland
train platform. With Octavia
Spencer, Melonie Diaz and
Kevin Durand.
The Hot Flashes (R for
sexuality and drug use)
Midlife crisis comedy about
a basketball team comprised
of menopausal women who
challenge Texas’ reigning
The Hot Flashes
high school girls’ state
champs for the benefit of a
breast cancer charity. Star-
ring Brooke Shields, Wanda
Sykes, Virginia Madsen,
Robin Roberts, Daryl Han-
nah and Eric Roberts.
The Hunt (R for vio-
lence, profanity and graphic
sexuality) Rush to judgment
drama, set in tiny Taastrup,
Denmark, about a kinder-
garten
teacher
(Mads
Mikkelsen) who finds him-
self fired from his job,
dumped by his girlfriend
(Alexandra Rapaport) and
shunned by his tight-knit
Israel: A Home Movie
(Unrated) Reverential retro-
spective painting a poignant
portrait of daily life in Israel
as preserved on Super 8
between the Thirties and the
Seventies by amateur film-
makers capturing every-
thing from recently-arriving
refugees to shell-shocked
soldiers.
Killing Season (R for
graphic violence, torture,
profanity and sexual refer-
ences) Cat-and-mouse sur-
vival saga, set in the
Appalachian hinterlands,
about an American veteran
(Robert De Niro) of the war
in Bosnia who finds himself
targeted by a revenge-mind-
ed, former Serbian soldier
(John Travolta) posing as a
tourist. With Milo Ven-
timiglia, Elizabeth Olin and
Diana Lubenova.
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