Arts & Entertainment
kam’s kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Aug. 1
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Calvary (R for profanity,
sexual references, drug use
and brief violence) Psycho-
logical drama, set in a tiny
seaside town in Ireland,
about a Catholic cleric
(Brendan Gleeson) who
finds his life threatened dur-
ing confession by an
anonymous parishioner who
was raped as a child by a
pedophile priest. With M.
Emmet
Walsh,
Chris
O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly and
Domnhall Gleeson (Bren-
dan’s son).
Get on Up (PG-13 for
sexuality, drug use, profani-
ty and violence) Chad
Boseman portrays James
Brown in the biopic chroni-
cling the Godfather of
Soul’s rise from abject
poverty to the heights of
superstardom. Supporting
cast includes Keith Robin-
son, Jill Scott, Viola Davis
and Octavia Spencer.
Guardians of the Galaxy
(PG-13 for profanity, action
and intense violence) 10th
installment in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe series
about an American pilot
(Chriss Pratt) who grudg-
ingly teams with a ragtag
outfit of extraterrestrial mis-
fits in order to defend the
universe against a diabolical
villain (Lee Pace) with a
twisted religious agenda.
Ensemble cast includes
Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel,
Zoe Saldana, Djimon Houn-
sou, Glenn Close, John C.
Reilly and Benicio Del
Toro.
What If (PG-13 for pro-
fanity, sexuality and partial
nudity) Romantic dramedy
revolving around a med
school dropout (Daniel
Radcliffe) who develops
feelings for his BFF (Zoe
Kazan) despite the fact that
she lives with her longtime
boyfriend (Rafe Spall).
With Megan Park, Adam
Driver and Mackenzie
Davis.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Guardians of the Galaxy
4 Minute Mile (PG-13 for
mature themes, violence,
drinking, drugs, smoking
and profanity) Overcoming-
the-odds drama about the
unlikely friendship forged
between an at-risk teen
Finding Fela!
(Kelly Blatz) and the reclu-
sive, retired track coach
(Richard Jenkins) who
agrees to train him. With
Analeigh Tipton, Kim
Basinger, Cam Gigandet
and Rhys Coiro.
crush on the cutest girl
(Selena Gomez) at school.
With Elisabeth Shue, Mary-
Louise
Parker,
Dylan
McDermott, Gary Busey,
Justin Bieber and Heather
Graham.
The Almost Man (Unrat-
ed) Changed circumstances
satire about a sophomoric,
35 year-old slacker (Henrik
Rafaelsen) suddenly forced
to mature when he gets his
girlfriend (Janne Heltberg
Haarseth) pregnant. Sup-
Cabin Fever: Patient
Zero (Unrated) Third
installment in the horror
franchise revolves around a
bachelor party aboard a
Caribbean cruise which is
ruined when revelers start
becoming infected with a
Finding Fela! (Unrated)
Oscar-winner Alex Gibney
(for Taxi to the Dark Side)
directed this reverential ret-
rospective recounting the
career of Fela Kuti (1938-
1997), the Nigerian pop
music icon who passed
away prematurely after con-
tracting the AIDS virus.
Louder than Words (PG-
13 for mature themes,
smoking and brief profani-
ty) Fact-based drama about
a grieving couple (David
Get on up
porting cast includes Egil
Birkeland, Kim Eidhagen
and Erik Haugstad. (In Nor-
wegian with subtitles)
Around
the
Block
(Unrated) Aussie drama, set
in Sydney, about an aborig-
ine
kid
(Hunter
Page-Lochard) from a bro-
ken home who develops a
love of acting with the help
of his American drama
teacher (Christina Ricci).
Featuring Matt Nable, Jack
Thompson and Daniel Hen-
shall.
Behaving Badly (R for
crude sexuality, graphic
nudity, drug use and perva-
sive profanity) Romantic
comedy about an awkward
teen (Nat Wolff) with a
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flesh-eating virus right after
docking their boat at a
remote island. Ensemble
includes Sean Astin, Currie
Graham, Ryan Donowho,
Brando Eaton and Jillian
Murray.
Child of God (R for nudi-
ty, profanity, violence and
disturbing sexual behavior)
James Franco adapted,
directed and stars in this
crime thriller based on the
Cormac McCarthy best sell-
er of the same name about a
cave-dwelling serial killer
(Scott Haze) terrorizing a
Tennessee mountain com-
munity. Narrated by Wade
Williams and featuring Tim
Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack
and Fallon Goodson.
Duchovny and Hope Davis)
who decide to build a state-
of-the-art
children’s
hospital after the untimely
death of their young daugh-
ter (Olivia Steele-Falconer).
Cast includes Timothy Hut-
ton, Adelaide Kane and
Xander Berkeley.
War Story (Unrated)
PTSD drama about a former
Libyan hostage (Catherine
Keener) decompressing in
Sicily where she divides her
time between an ex-
lover/mentor
(Ben
Kingsley) and a young
Tunisian (Hafsia Herzi) try-
ing to migrate to France.
With Donatella Finocchiaro,
Vincenzo Amato and Guido
Caprino. (In English and
Italian with subtitles)