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Arts & Entertainment
Movies Opening Friday, June 20
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Jersey Boys (R for perva-
sive
profanity)
Clint
Eastwood directs this adap-
tation of the rags-to-riches,
jukebox musical featuring
Tony Award-winner John
Lloyd Young as Frankie
Valli in the role he originat-
ed on Broadway, as well as
Erich Bergen, Vincent Piaz-
za and Michael Lomenda as
the other members of the
Four Seasons. Cast includes
Christopher Walken, Freya
Tingley and Francesca East-
wood (daughter of Clint and
Frances Farmer).
Think Like a Man Too
(PG-13 for profanity, drug
use, crude humor, sexual
references and partial nudi-
ty) The principal cast
returns for an eventful
sequel, set in Vegas, where
the couples convene for
bawdy bachelor and bache-
lorette parties which almost
derail Candace (Regina
Hall) and Michael’s (Ter-
rence J) wedding plans.
Ensemble includes Kevin
Hart,
Gabriel
Union,
Michael Ealy, Dennis Hays-
bert, Meagan Good, Taraji
P. Henson, Wendi McLen-
don-Covey and Kelsey
Grammer.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Code Black (Unrated)
Adrenaline-fueled docu-
mentary
offering
unprecedented observation
of the life-and-death situa-
tions handled by doctors on
a daily basis inside L.A.
County Hospital’s C-Booth,
America’s busiest Emer-
gency Room.
Think Like a Man Too
Exhibition
(Unrated)
Character-driven drama, set
in the Chelsea section of
London, revolving around a
cash-strapped couple of
middle-aged artists (Liam
Gillick and Viv Albertine)
whose careers and relation-
ship are jeopardized when
they have to put their
Code Black
house/studio on the real
estate market. With Tom
Hiddleston, Harry Kershaw
and Mary Roscoe.
Fonzy (Unrated) Baby-
daddy comedy, set in Paris,
about a forty-something for-
mer sperm donor (Jose
Garcia) with a pregnant girl-
friend (Audrey Fleurot)
who suddenly finds out he’s
the father of 533 children
born decades earlier via arti-
ficial insemination. Support
cast includes Lucien Jean-
Baptiste, Gerard Hernandez
and Laurent Mouton. (In
French with subtitles)
The Last Sentence
(Unrated) Historical biopic
about Torgny Segerstedt
(Jesper Christensen), the
Swedish journalist who put
his life in jeopardy in the
1930s to warn the world
repeatedly about the threat
posed by the imminent rise
of Adolf Hitler. Featuring
Pernilla August, Ulla Skoog
and Bjorn Granath. (In
Swedish with subtitles)
Miss Lovely (Unrated)
Bollywood docudrama, set
in Mumbai in the Eighties,
chronicling the downfall of
a couple of sleazy, sibling
film producers (Anil George
and Nawazuddin Siddiqui)
after one decides to turn his
porn star girlfriend (Nihari-
ka Singh) into a legitimate
actress. With Menaka Lal-
wani and Zeena Bhatia. (In
Hindi with subtitles)
Norte, the End of Histo-
ry (Unrated) Mistaken
identity drama about a
woman Angeli Bayani)
forced to fend for the family
while trying to clear her
falsely-accused husband
(Archie Alemania) who’s
been framed for a double
murder committed by an
embittered law student (Sid
Lucero). Support cast
includes Soliman Cruz,
Miles Canapi and Hazel
Orencio. (In English and
Filipino with subtitles)
Northern Light (Unrat-
ed) Diminished dreams
documentary, set in North-
ern Michigan, examines the
plight of three working-
class families affected by
the economic recession as
they prepare to compete in
their icebound hometown’s
annual snowmobile race.
Third Person (R for pro-
fanity, nudity and sexuality)
A trio of romance dramas
each set in a different city
and revolving around a cou-
ple in crisis. (1) A
recently-separated writer
(Liam Neeson) leaves his
wife (Kim Basinger) for a
rendezvous in Paris with a
mistress (Olivia Wilde) hid-
ing a big secret. (2) A NYC
socialite (Mila Kunis) sus-
pected of attempted murder
fights her ex-husband
(James Franco) for custody
of the son supposedly she
tried to kill. (3) An Ameri-
can (Adrien Brody) in
Rome on business falls for a
gypsy (Moran Atlas) who
says her sister has been kid-
napped for ransom. (In
English and Italian with
subtitles)
Venus in Fur (Unrated)
Roman Polanski screen
adaptation of the David Ives
play of the same name about
a director (Mathieu Amal-
ric) who finds himself
seduced by an aspiring star-
let (Emmanuelle Seigner)
auditioning for the lead role
in his highly-erotic, upcom-
ing production. (In French
and German with subtitles)
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