Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Nov.15, 2013
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
The Best Man Holiday
(R for profanity, sexuality
and brief nudity) Christ-
mas-themed sequel, set 15
years after the original,
finds college pals reuniting
to reminisce, find romance
and revive rivalries. Ensem-
ble
includes
Morris
Chestnut, Nia Long, Ter-
rence Howard, Sanaa
Lathan and Taye Diggs.
The Book Thief (PG-13
for violence and mature
themes) Adaptation of the
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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)
Charlie Countryman (R
for sexuality, nudity, drug
use, pervasive profanity and
brutal
violence)
Shia
LaBeouf portrays the title
character of this romantic
comedy about a tourist trav-
eling to Bucharest who falls
in love with the wife (Evan
Rachel Wood) of a ruthless
Romanian mobster (Mads
Mikkelsen). Narrated by
John Hurt and featuring
Rupert Grint, Melissa Leo
and Vincent D’Onofrio. (In
English and Romanian with
subtitles)
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The Best Man Holiday
12-12-12 (R for sexuality,
nudity, profanity and vio-
lence) Satanic possession
horror flick about a demon-
ic baby born on 12-12-12
(Double 6-6-6, get it?) who
proceeds to murder every-
one in his midst. With Sara
Malakul Lane, Samantha
Stewart and Jesus Guevara.
Dear Mr. Watterson
(Unrated) Reverential retro-
spective chronicling the
career of Calvin & Hobbes
comic strip creator Bill Wat-
terson.
Includes
commentary by Seth Green,
Berkeley Breathed and Bill
Amend.
Faust (Unrated) Adapta-
tion of Goethe’s classic play
about a man (Johannes Zeil-
er) who comes to regret
selling his soul to the devil
(Anton Adassinsky) for
boundless knowledge and
worldly pleasures. With
Isolda Dychauk, George
Friedrich
and
Hanna
Schygulla. (In German with
subtitles)
Final: The Rapture (PG-
13 for violence) Faith-based
drama featuring a quartet of
parallel tales revolving
around Judgment Day. Star-
ring Jah Shams, Mary Grace
and Masashi Nagadoi. (In
English, Japanese and Span-
ish with subtitles)
trade in circus lions. Featur-
ing Bob Barker, Jorja Fox
and David Kopp.
Nebraska (R for profani-
ty) Road trip drama about a
father (Bruce Dern) and son
(Will Forte) who travel
from Billings, Mont. to Lin-
coln, Neb., to claim the
prize money in a million-
dollar sweepstakes. With
Stacy Keach, June Squibb
The
Great
Fallacy
(Unrated) Political expose’
highlighting the present
plight of Puerto Rico and
simultaneously proposing
solutions to alleviate the
beleaguered island’s host of
financial and social woes.
(In Spanish with subtitles)
Lion Ark (Unrated) Ani-
mal cruelty documentary
uncovering Bolivia’s illegal
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Final: The Rapture
Lion Ark
and Bob Odenkirk.
Sunlight Jr. (Unrated)
Matt Dillon and Naomi
Watts co-star in this baby
maybe drama about a Flori-
da couple whose struggle to
survive on minimum wage
jobs is compounded by an
unplanned pregnancy. Sup-
port cast includes Norman
Reedus, Tess Harper and
Yvonne Gougelet.