Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, June 27
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
Begin Again (R for pro-
fanity) Musical tale of
female empowerment about
a struggling singer/song-
writer (Keira Knightley)
who dumps her philander-
ing, pop star boyfriend
(Adam Levine) in order to
pursue her own career with
the help of an alcoholic, dis-
graced record exec (Mark
Ruffalo). Supporting cast
includes Catherine Keener,
Hailee Steinfeld, Mos Def,
Ceelo Green and James
Corden.
Transformers: Age of
Extinction (PG-13 for pro-
fanity, intense violence and
brief sexual innuendo)
Fourth installment of the
sci-fi franchise finds a
mechanic (Mark Wahlberg)
and his daughter (Nicola
Peltz) attracting the atten-
tion
of
scientists,
transformers, a power-hun-
gry businessman (Stanley
Tucci) and a paranoid gov-
ernment bureaucrat (Kelsey
Grammer) after they discov-
er the deactivated leader
(Peter Cullen) of the Auto-
bots. With John Goodman,
T.J. Miller, Sophia Myles
and Ken Watanabe.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
La Bare (R for pervasive
profanity, incessant sexuali-
ty and brief graphic nudity)
Homoerotic documentary
offering a revealing peek
inside the most popular
male strip club in the world,
La Bare Dallas, located in
Texas. Director Joe Man-
Transformers: Age of Extinction
ganiello does double duty as
narrator,
interviewing
dancers Nick Soto, Lance
Winters and others.
Bound by Flesh (Unrat-
ed) Leslie Zemeckis (Bob’s
wife) directs this heart-
breaking
documentary
about Daisy and Violet
Hilton, conjoined twins who
made a fortune as a circus
sideshow act, only to end up
broke after being fleeced by
crooked managers.
Drones (Unrated) Charac-
ter-driven drama about the
ethical dilemma faced by
two soldiers’ (Matt O’Leary
and Eloise Mumford) ques-
tioning the order to slay a
suspected terrorist (Mah-
moud Khalil) from miles
away with the push of a but-
ton. With Mae Aswell,
Vivan Dugre’ and Drea Gar-
cia.
Jackpot
(Unrated)
Action-filled farce about the
lives of four factory workers
that come apart at the seams
in the wake of winning over
a million dollars in the lot-
tery. Co-starring Kyrre
Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Hen-
rik Mestad and Arthur
Berning. (In Norwegian and
Swedish with subtitles)
The Pleasures of Being
Out of Step (Unrated) Rev-
erential
profile
retrospective, narrated by
Andre Braugher, profiling
the career of the legendary
jazz journalist and civil lib-
ertarian Nat Hentoff.
See MOVIES on page 10
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