Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: For Movies Opening April 4
by Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Afflicted (R for profanity
and gory violence) Horror
flick revolving around a
couple of BFFS (Clif
Prowse and Derek Lee)
whose vacation of a lifetime
far from home morphs into
a neverending nightmare
when one becomes infected
with a mysterious disease
which slowly starts to con-
sume his entire being.
Co-starring Baya Rehaz.
Captain America: The
Winter Soldier (PG-13 for
gunplay, pervasive action
and intense violence) Cold
War Era sequel pits the
Marvel Comics superhero
(Chris Evans) against a new
nemesis, a Russian assassin
(Sebastian Stan) wreaking
havoc around Washington,
DC. Cast includes Scarlett
Johansson, Robert Redford,
Samuel L. Jackson, Antho-
ny Mackie and series
creator Stan Lee.
Dom Hemingway (R for
nudity, sexuality, violence,
drug use and pervasive pro-
fanity) Jude Law plays the
titular character of this
crime comedy as a just-
paroled safe cracker who’s
determined to collect a
bonus from his mob boss
(Demian Bichir) for not
snitching on him while
behind bars. With Richard
E. Grant, Emilia Grant and
Kerry Condon.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
10 Rules for Sleeping
Around (R for crude
humor, sexuality, nudity,
profanity and drug use)
Screwball comedy revolv-
ing around the attempt by an
adventurous couple (Jesse
Bradford and Virginia
Williams) in an open mar-
riage to keep their sex life
fresh and exciting long past
the honeymoon. Supporting
cast includes Chris Mar-
quette,
Bill
Bellamy,
Michael McKean and
Wendi McLendon-Covey.
Alan Partridge (R for
profanity, nudity and brief
violence) Steve Coogan
handles the titular role in
this kidnap drama as a radio
DJ whose help is enlisted by
the police as a negotiator
when a disgruntled col-
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
league (Colm Meany) holds
fellow
staff
members
hostage with a shotgun.
Featuring Felicity Montagu,
Simon Greenall and Darren
Boyd.
Alien Abduction (Unrat-
ed) UFO adventure inspired
by a family’s real-life ordeal
while vacationing on Brown
Mountain in North Caroli-
na’s Pisgah National Forest.
Co-starring Katherin Sigis-
mund, Corey Eid, Jillian
Clare and Riley Polanski.
Being Ginger (Unrated)
Scott Harris directed and
stars in this documentary
about a redhead’s struggle
to regain his confidence as
an adult after being bullied
as kid because of the color
of his hair.
Flex Is Kings (Unrated)
Brooklyn-based documen-
tary featuring flex dancers
and showcasing the under-
ground scene on the mean
streets of East New York
where proponents choreo-
graph their unorthodox
steps.
The Galapagos Affair
(Unrated) Paradise lost doc-
umentary about the rapid
decay of the Galapagos
Islands since being settled
in the Thirties by pleasure
seekers with different defi-
nitions of utopia. Featuring
voiceover commentary by
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