Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Capsules: For Movies Opening Jan. 31
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Labor Day (PG-13 for sexuali-
ty, mature themes and brief vio-
lence) Jason Reitman wrote and
directed this adaptation of the
Joyce Maynard best seller of the
same name about a depressed sin-
gle-mom (Kate Winslet) who,
along with her son (Gattlin Grif-
fith), ends up kidnapped by the
escaped con (Josh Brolin) she
unwittingly offers a ride. Cast
includes Tobey Maguire, James
Van Der Beek and Maika Monroe.
That Awkward Moment (R for
sexuality and pervasive profanity)
Romantic comedy revolving
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INDEPENDENT & FOR-
EIGN FILMS
12 O’Clock Boys (Unrated)
Crime does pay documentary pro-
filing a biker gang of troubled
a tour of a college campus. With
Taissa Farmiga, Tom Skerritt and
Spencer Lofranco.
Best Night Ever (R for profani-
ty, graphic nudity, drug use, crude
humor and pervasive profanity)
Parody of the road trip genre
about a bride-to-be (Desiree Hall)
who gets more than she bargained
for when she ventures to Vegas
with her bridesmaids for a bawdy
bachelorette party. Co-starring
Samantha
Colburn,
Eddie
Ritchard, Crista Flanagan and
Jenny Lin.
Breaking the Frame (Unrated)
Reverential retrospective chroni-
cling the career of iconoclastic,
visual artist Carolee Schneemann,
best known for her explorations of
eroticism and gender.
Brightest
Star
(Unrated)
Romantic dramedy about a jilted
college grad (Chris Lowell) who
tries to make himself over to win
back his uptight ex (Rose McIver),
only to meet a free-spirited
bohemian (Jessica Szohr) who
likes him just as he is. Support cast
includes Allison Janney, Clark
Gregg and Peter Jacobson.
That Awkward Moment
around three confirmed bachelors
(Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan and
Miles Teller) who make a pact to
remain single only to have the
promise tested when two of them
fall in love. With Imogen Poots,
Mackenzie Davis and Jessica
Lucas.
teens inexplicably given free rein
by the police to terrorize the citi-
zens of Baltimore.
At Middleton (R for sexuality
and drug use) Romantic romp
revolving around the antics of a
couple strangers (Andy Garcia and
Vera Farmiga) who meet and fall
in love while their kids are taking
Charlie Victor Romeo (Unrat-
ed) Aviation disaster post mortem
deconstructing the final moments
of a half dozen, doomed commer-
cial airliners via a combination of
animation and black box tran-
scripts.
Jobriath A.D. (Unrated) “It’s
better to flame out than to fade
away” biopic recounting the brief
career of Bruce Wayne Campbell
12 O’Clock Boys
(1946-1983), aka Jobriath, the first
openly-gay rock star, and the first
to die of AIDS.
Love Is in the Air (Unrated)
Transatlantic comedy about a
lawyer (Nicolas Bedos) who
makes the most of a second shot at
romance with his ex-girlfriend
(Ludivine Sagnier) when he finds
himself seated next to her on a
flight from New York to Paris.
With Jonathan Cohen, Arnaud
Ducret and Brigitte Catillon. (In
French and English subtitles)
Peter Brook: The Tightrope
(Unrated) Life’s a stage biopic,
shot with five hidden cameras,
highlighting legendary theater
director Peter Brook’s creative
process.
Somewhere Slow (Unrated)
Road flick about a fugitive from
justice (Jessalyn Gilsig) who is
befriended by a teen drifter (Gra-
ham Patrick Martin) she meets
while on the run after a botched
convenience store robbery. With
Robert Forster, Lindsay Crouse
and David Constabile.
Tim’s Vermeer (PG-13 for pro-
fanity) History of art documen-
tary, directed by Raymond Joseph
Teller (mute half of Penn &
Teller), tracing inventor Tim Jeni-
son’s attempt to decipher how
17th C. Dutch Master Johannes
Vermeer managed to paint so real-
istically over a century before the
invention of photography.
The Wait (R for sexuality, pro-
fanity, drug use and brief nudity)
Paranormal thriller about a pair of
grieving sisters (Jena Malone and
Chloe Sevigny) who disagree
about whether or not to bury their
recently-deceased mother after
receiving an enigmatic phone call
from a psychic assuring them that
she’s about to be resurrected. With
Luke Grimes, Devon Gearhart and
Michael O’Keefe.
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