Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Capsules: For Movies Opening Jan. 10
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
Her (R for profanity, sex-
uality and brief nudity)
Oscar-nominee Spike Jonze
(for “Being John Malko-
vich”)
directed
this
romance drama revolving
around a lonely letter writer
(Joaquin Phoenix) who falls
in love with the voice (Scar-
lett Johansson) on his com-
puter’s operating system.
With Amy Adams, Rooney
Mara, Bill Hader and Olivia
Wilde.
The Legend of Hercules
(PG-13 for sensuality and
intense violence) Mytholog-
ical saga, set in ancient
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Greece, revolving around a
demigod (Kellan Lutz) torn
between pursuing true love
and fulfilling his destiny by
toppling a tyrannical king
(Scott Adkins). With Gaia
Weiss, Roxanne McKee,
Liam Garrigan and Luke
Newberry.
The Legend of Hercules
Lone Survivor (R for
graphic violence and perva-
sive profanity) Adaptation
of Marcus Luttrell’s (Mark
Wahlberg) memoir recount-
ing his harrowing ordeal as
a member of a team of
Navy SEALs ambushed by
the Taliban while on a mis-
sion in the mountains of
Afghanistan. With Eric
Bana, Ben Foster and Emile
Hirsch.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The Adventurer: The
Curse of the Midas Box
(PG for violence, adventure,
peril and brief smoking)
Fantasy adventure about an
intrepid teenager (Aneurin
Barnard) who follows clues
on a perilous trek inside a
hidden realm after the mem-
bers of his family mysteri-
ously disappear. With Ioan
Gruffudd, Michael Sheen,
Sam Neill, Lena Headey
and Keeley Hawes.
Banshee Chapter (R for
violence, profanity, drug
use, brief nudity and dis-
turbing images) Found-
footage suspense thriller,
purportedly based on actual
events, about an investiga-
tive journalist’s (Katia Win-
ter) search for a missing
friend (Michael McMillian)
rumored to have ingested a
chemical being tested on
civilians by the CIA. With
Ted Levine, Monique Can-
delaria and Chad Brummett.
Black Coffee (PG for
mild epithets, sexual refer-
ences and mature themes)
Romantic comedy revolv-
ing around a recently-fired
and just-dumped dude (Dar-
rin Dewitt Henson) who
subsequently meets his soul
mate (Gabrielle Dennis)
only to have her ex-husband
(Lamman Rucker) and his
ex-girlfriend (Erica Hub-
bard)
resurface.
Cast
includes Tiffany Hines,
Christian Keyes and Brely
Evans.
Cold Comes the Night (R
for profanity and violence)
Seeing-eye thriller about a
blind career criminal (Bryan
Cranston) who forces the
owner (Alice Eve) of a
seedy motel and her daugh-
ter (Ursula Parker) to help
him retrieve a stash of cash
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stolen by a crooked cop
(Logan Marshall-Green).
With Leo Fitzpatrick, Erin
Cummings and Robin Tay-
lor.
Dumbbells
(Unrated)
Kitchen sink comedy about
a former college basketball
star (Brian Drolet) who
forges an unlikely friend-
ship with a guy (Hoyt
Richards) trying to shoot a
reality show in the gym
where he works. Ensemble
cast includes Jaleel “Steve
Urkel” White, Tom Arnold,
Mircea Monroe, Jay Mohr
and Fabio.
Dumbbells
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