Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Feb. 21
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
3 Days to Kill (PG-13 for sensuality, pro-
fanity and intense violence) McG directs
this espionage thriller by Luc Besson about
an ailing spy (Kevin Costner) who grudg-
ingly agrees to crack a terrorist plot when
he’d rather retire to spend some quality time
with his teenage daughter (Hailee Steinfeld)
and estranged wife (Connie Nielsen). Cast
includes Amber Heard, Eriq Ebouaney and
Richard Sammel.
Pompeii (PG-13 for intense violence, dis-
aster scenes and brief sexuality) Romance
drama, set in 79 A.D. against the backdrop
of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, revolv-
ing
around
the
efforts
of
a
slave-turned-gladiator (Kit Harrington) to
rescue his soul mate (Emily Browning)
before she is forced by her wealthy father
(Jared Harris) into an arranged marriage to
a crooked politician (Kiefer Sutherland).
With Rebecca Eady, Carrie-Anne Moss,
Sasha Roiz and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agba-
je.
pears in a flash of bright light only to return
to town just as mysteriously two years later
right before the start of a string of grisly
murders. With Graham Skipper, Vanessa
Leigh and Susan T. Travers.
Barefoot (PG-13 for violence, sexuality,
partial nudity and brief profanity) Romantic
dramedy about a family’s Black Sheep
(Scott Speedman) who brings his charming,
free-spirited girlfriend (Evan Rachel Wood)
home to prove that he’s turned a new leaf.
Co-starring Kate Burton (Richard’s daugh-
ter), Rex Baker and Ashleigh Borman.
Bethlehem (Unrated) Middle East drama
about an Israeli Secret Service agent (Tsahi
Halevi) who induces a Palestinian teenager
(Shadi Mar’i) to snitch on his terrorist
brother (Tarik Kopty). With Hitham Omari,
Michal Shtamler and George Iskandar (In
Hebrew and Arabic with subtitles)
Black Out (Unrated) Shades of The
Hangover in this Dutch crime comedy about
a groom-to-be (Raymond Thiry) who
becomes the prime suspect in a murder case
when he wakes up with amnesia on the eve
of his wedding lying in bed next to a corpse.
Cast includes Kim van Kooten, Bas Keijzer
and Renee Fokker. (In Dutch for subtitles)
Child’s Pose (Unrated) Crime drama
about a wealthy socialite’s (Luminita Gheo-
rghiu) attempt to manipulate the legal
system to prevent her son (Bogdan Dumi-
trache) from being brought to justice after
he’s arrested for manslaughter. With Vlad
Ivanov, Florin Zamfirescu and Natasa Raab.
(In Romanian with subtitles)
Holy Ghost People
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN
FILMS
Almost Human (Unrated) Sci-fi horror
flick about a guy (Josh Ethier) who disap-
Pompeii
with subtitles)
Holy Ghost People (R for violence, pro-
fanity and drug use) Psychological thriller,
set in the Appalachian Mountains, about a
19 year-old (Emma Greenwell) who enlists
the assistance of an ex-Marine (Brendan
McCarthy) to save her sister (Buffy Charlet)
who has come under the spell of the charis-
matic cult leader (Joe Egender) of a
snake-handling, Pentecostal congregation.
With Roger Aaron Brown, Cameron
Richardson and Don Harvey.
In Secret (R for sexuality and violent
images) Romance drama, set in Paris in the
1860s, about a young woman (Elizabeth
Olsen) forced by her domineering aunt (Jes-
sica Lange) into a loveless marriage with
her own cousin (Tom Felton), who embarks
on an illicit affair with a friend (Oscar
Isaac) of her husband. With Mackenzie
Crook, Matt Devere and Lily Laight.
Highway (Unrated) Bollywood abduc-
tion drama about an engaged couple
(Randeep Hooda and Alai Bhatt) who sud-
denly find themselves kidnapped four days
before their wedding. (In Hindi and Nepali
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