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Kam’s Kapsules: For Movies Opening Nov. 8
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
The Book Thief (PG-13
for violence and mature
themes) Adaptation of the
Mark Zusak novel of the
same name, set in Nazi,
Germany, and revolving
around an abandoned 9
year-old
girl
(Sophie
Nelisse) adopted by foster
parents (Geoffrey Rush and
Emily Watson) hiding a
Jewish
refugee
(Ben
Schnetzer) from the SS.
With Kirsten Block, Nico
Liersch and Sandra Nedel-
eff.(In English and German
with subtitles)
Thor: The Dark World
(PG-13 for suggestive con-
tent and intense violence)
8th installment in the Mar-
vel Cinematic Universe
series finds Thor (Chris
Hemsworth) in an epic bat-
tle with a primeval race of
demonic elves led by a
revenge-minded madman
(Christopher
Eccleston)
Arias, Trevor Bess and
Jason Burkart. (In Mandarin
and English with subtitles)
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
with a grudge to settle.
Ensemble includes Natalie
Portman, Anthony Hopkins,
Idris Elba, Stellan Skars-
gard, Tom Hiddleston,
Renee Russo, Kat Dennings
and Ray Stevenson.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The Armstrong Lie (R
for profanity) Doping
expose’ chronicling the rise
and fall of cycling cheat and
cancer survivor Lance Arm-
stron. Featuring commen-
tary by Frankie Andreu,
Daniel Coyle and Phil
Liggett.
Thor: The Dark World
Go for Sisters
Ass Backwards (Unrat-
ed) Late bloomer comedy
about a couple of lifelong
BFFs (Casey Wilson and
June Diane Raphael) living
in NYC who decide at
around 30 to return to their
hometown to re-enter the
kiddie beauty pageant in
which they tied for last
place as children. With Ali-
cia Silverstone, Jon Cryer
and Bob Odenkirk.
Best Man Down (PG-13
for sexuality, drug use,
mature themes and brief
profanity) Romantic drame-
dy about a bride (Jess
Weixler) and groom (Justin
Long) who are forced to
cancel their honeymoon to
handle funeral arrange-
ments after their Best Man
(Tyler Labine) drops dead
during the wedding. With
Shelley Long, Frances
O’Connor and Addison
Timlin.
Romantic comedy about an
aspiring writer (Justin
Long) who embellishes his
profile to impress a woman
(Evan Rachel Wood) he
meets on an internet dating
website. With
Sienna
Miller, Sam Rockwell,
Brendan Fraser and Peter
Dinklage.
Finding
Mr.
Right
(Unrated) Romantic come-
dy about a millionaire’s
pampered, pregnant mis-
tress (Wei Tang) who flies
from Beijing to Seattle to
have her baby only to find
herself falling in love with a
doctor (Xiubo Wu) moon-
lighting as a limo driver.
Cast includes Dante Lee
Go for Sisters (Unrated)
John Sayles wrote and
directed this missing per-
sons
thriller
about
recovering a parole officer
(LisaGay Hamilton) who
enlists the assistance of an
ex-con (Yolonda Ross) she
knew as a child and a dis-
graced, former LAPD
detective (Edward James
Olmos) when her son
(McKinley Belcher III) goes
missing in Tijuana. With
Isaiah Washington, Harold
Perrineau and Tessa Ferrer.
(In English and Spanish
with subtitles)
People of a Feather
(Unrated) Eco-documentary
examining the threat posed
to the Inuit nation’s as well
as the eider duck’s ways of
life in the Arctic by massive
hydroelectric dams power-
ing much of eastern North
America. (In English and
Inuktitut with subtitles)
How I Live Now (R for
violence, profanity, sexuali-
ty and disturbing images)
Adaptation of the Meg
Rosoff novel of the same
name about an American
teenager (Saoirse Ronan)
spending the summer vaca-
tion with relatives in the
English countryside where
she falls in love with a
cousin (George MacKay)
against the backdrop of the
outbreak of World War III.
People of a Feather
A Case of You (Unrated)
November 6, 2013
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