Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: For Movies Opening April 18
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Bears (G) John C. Reilly
narrates this nature docu-
mentary, set in the Alaska
wilderness, chronicling a
year in the life of a family of
brown bears with a couple
of young cubs just learning
how to survive the ele-
ments,
including
avalanches, predators and
the bitter cold.
A Haunted House 2 (R
for violence, graphic sexu-
ality, frontal nudity, drug
use, ethnic slurs and perva-
sive profanity) Irreverent
spoof of recent horror flicks
featuring Marlon Wayans as
a newlywed who moves his
bride (Jaime Pressly) and
step-children
(Ashley
Rickards and Steele Steb-
bins) into a dream home
only to be plagued by the
ghost of his ex-girlfriend
(Essence Atkins) as well as
a series of paranormal phe-
nomena. With Cedric the
Entertainer, Gabriel Igle-
sias, Affion Crockett and
Missi Pyle.
Heaven Is for Real (PG
for mature themes) Screen
adaptation of Pastor Todd
Burpo’s (Greg Kinnear) #1
New York Times best-seller
recounting his son’s (Con-
nor Corum) meeting Jesus
Christ (Mike Mohrhardt) up
in Paradise during a near-
death
experience.
Supporting cast includes
Thomas Haden Church,
Kelly Reilly and Lane
Transcendence
Styles.
Transcendence (PG-13
for violence, action, bloody
images, sensuality and brief
profanity) Sci-fi thriller
starring Johnny Depp as a
terminally-ill scientist who
turns into a power-hungry
megalomaniac after upload-
ing the contents of his brain
onto a computer. Ensemble
cast includes Morgan Free-
man, Paul Bettany, Kate
Mara, Rebecca Hall, Cory
Hardrict, Cillian Murphy
and Clifton Collins, Jr.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
13 Sins (R for violence,
profanity
and
bloody
images) Remake of Game
of Death (2006), a horror
flick revolving around a
down on his luck salesman
(Mark Webber) manipulated
to perform a series of
increasingly sinister tasks
for a promised prize of $6.2
million. With Devon Graye,
Rutina Wesley and Ron
Perlman.
Authors Anonymous (PG-
13 for suggestive material)
Ensemble comedy about the
envy which shows its ugly
face in a support group of
aspiring writers when their
Cesar’s Last Fast
most recent member (Kaley
Cuoco)
becomes
an
overnight sensation. Cast
includes Chris Klein, Teri
Polo, Dylan Walsh and Den-
nis Farina.
Bank$tas
(Unrated)
Buddy comedy about a cou-
ple of recent finance grads
(Michael Seater and Joe
Dinicol) who hatch a plan to
prevent their crooked boss
(Alan Thicke) from imple-
menting a bank loan scheme
designed to cheat millions
of college students. With
Grace Lynn Kung, Laura
Vandervoort and Brandon
Firla.
Cesar’s Last Fast (Unrat-
ed) Farm workers’ rights are
the focus of this documen-
tary chronicling the 36-day
water fast which would
prove to be Chicano labor
leader Cesar Chavez’s final
act of protest.
Fading Gigolo (R for pro-
fanity, sexuality and brief
nudity) John Turturro wrote,
directed and stars in the
romantic comedy as a dash-
ing Don Juan who woos
wealthy widows in order to
help out a cash-strapped pal
(Woody
Allen).
Cast
includes Sofia Vergara,
Sharon
Stone,
Liev
Schreiber, Jill Scott, Vanes-
sa Paradis and Aida
Turturro.
The Final Member (R
for graphic nudity, phallic
images, sexual references
and brief profanity) Geni-
talia on ice documentary, set
30 miles from the Arctic
Circle, extolling the effort
of the world’s only museum
dedicated to the display of
penises to add its first
human specimen to its
prized collection.
Half the Road (Unrated)
Female empowerment doc-
umentary exploring the
world of women’s profes-
sional cycling.
Kid Cannabis (Unrated)
Idaho crime caper revisiting
the real-life exploits of an
18 year-old, high school
dropout (Jonathan Daniel
Brown) who quit his job as
a pizza delivery boy to build
a multimillion dollar Mari-
juana empire. Featuring
Ron Perlman, John C.
McGinley, Aaron Yoo and
Kenny Warmald.
A Promise (Unrated)
Romance drama, set in Ger-
many prior to the outbreak
of World War I, revolving
around a woman (Rebecca
Hall) who falls in love with
her husband’s (Alan Rick-
man)
young
protégé
(Richard Madden) and
vows to wait for his return
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before the war separates
them for a half-dozen years.
With Toby Murray, Maggie
Steed and Shannon Tarbet.
Small Time (R for sexual
references) Coming-of-age
drama revolving around a
high school grad (Devon
Bostick) from a broken fam-
ily who frustrates his
mother (Bridget Moynahan)
by deciding to skip college
in favor of working on his
estranged-father’s (Christo-
pher Meloni) used car lot.
With Dean Norris, Garcelle
Beauvais, Amaury Nolasco
and Ken Davitian.
Tasting Menu (PG-13 for
brief profanity) Romantic
comedy about ex-lovers
(Stephen Rea and Claudia
Bassols) who reunite to
keep a reservation made a
year earlier at a restaurant
billed as the best in the
world. With Fionnula Flana-
gan, Jan Cornet and Togo
Igawa. (In English and
Catalan with subtitles)
Vanishing Pearls: The
Oystermen of Pointe a la
Hache (Unrated) David vs.
Goliath
documentary,
detailing a tiny, Louisiana
fishing village’s desperate
struggle for justice since
having their way of life
ruined by the BP oil spill of
2010.
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