Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules — For Movies Opening August 2
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
2 Guns (R for profanity,
brief nudity and pervasive
violence) Espionage thriller
about a DEA Agent (Denzel
Washington) and a Naval
Intelligence Officer (Mark
Wahlberg) tricked into mis-
trusting each other while
infiltrating a drug cartel.
With Paula Patton, James
Marsden, Bill Paxton and
Fred Ward.
The Smurfs 2 (PG for
rude humor and action
sequences)
Animated
sequels
finds
Papa
(Jonathan Winters), Clumsy
(Anton Yelchin), Grouchy
(George Lopez) and Vanity
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
FOREIGN FILMS
The Artist and the
Model (Unrated) Romantic
dramedy, set in Occupied
France during the summer
of 1943, about an elderly
sculptor (Jean Rochefort)
whose zest for life is reignit-
ed by the attractive refugee
(Aida Folch) who agrees to
secretly cheating on him
with a former co-star. With
Nolan Funk, Gus Van Sant
and Amanda Brooks.
Cockneys vs. Zombies
(Unrated) Horror comedy,
set in London, about a gang
of bumbling bank robbers’
struggle to survive an inva-
sion by a horde of man-eat-
ing
ghouls.
Starring
Rasmus Hardiker, Harry
Treadaway and Michelle
Ryan.
Drift (R for profanities
and drug use) Hang ten
drama, set in the Seventies,
chronicling the daring
exploits of a couple of
brothers (Myles Pollard and
Xavier Samuel) who helped
jumpstart the surfing craze
in Australia. With Sam
Worthington and Lesley-
Ann Brandt.
Europa Report (PG-13
for action and scenes of
peril) Sci-fi thriller about a
half-dozen astronauts who
find more than they bar-
gained for when they
embark on an expedition to
Jupiter in search of signs of
intelligent life. Ensemble
includes Embeth Davidtz,
Anamaria Marinca, Isiah
Whitlock, Jr., Karolina
Wydra, Daniel Wu, Chris-
tian Camargo, Sharlto Cop-
ley and Dan Fogler.
Rising from Ashes
Smurf (John Oliver) team-
ing up with a couple of
human pals (Jayma Mays
and Neil Patrick Harris) to
rescue Smurfette (Katy
Perry) from the clutches of
an evil wizard (Hank
Azaria). Voice cast includes
Jimmy Kimmel, Shaquille
O’Neal, Jeff Foxworthy,
Fred Armisen, Christina
Ricci and J.B. Smoove.
INDEPENDENT &
pose naked for him. With
Claudia Cardinale, Chus
Lampreave and Gotz Otto.
(In French, Spanish and
Catalan with subtitles)
The Canyons (Unrated)
Lindsay Lohan stars in this
psychological thriller about
a Hollywood actress whose
jealous, film producer
boyfriend (James Deen)
gets bent out of shape after
discovering that she’s been
2 Guns
cide survivors for the 2012
Olympics.
The Spectacular Now (R
for profanity, sexuality and
underage alcohol abuse)
Screen adaptation of Tim
Tharp’s novel of the same
name about a just-dumped,
party animal (Miles Teller)
with no plans for college
who turns over a new leaf
after making the acquain-
tance of a straight-laced
classmate (Shailene Wood-
ley) with no social life. Sup-
port cast includes Jennifer
Jason Leigh, Brie Larson,
Kyle Chandler and Mary
Elizabeth Winstead.
School (Unrated) Borscht
Belt documentary revisiting
the rise of legendary, Jewish
comedians whose careers
began at resorts in the
Catskill Mountains. Featur-
ing Sid Caesar, Jerry Stiller,
Robert Klein, Mort Sahl,
Jerry Lewis and Jackie
Mason.
When Comedy Went to
The Machine Which
Makes Everything Disap-
pear (Unrated) Bait-and-
switch documentary in
which aspiring actors
answering a casting call are
instead merely interviewed
about what life is like in the
former Soviet bloc nation.
(In Georgian with subtitles)
Rising
from Ashes
(Unrated) Cycling docu-
mentary, narrated by Forest
Whitaker, about biking leg-
end Jock Boyer’s venturing
to Rwanda to help train the
nation’s rag-team of geno-
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