Arts & Entertainment
kam’s kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Oct. 3
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Annabelle (R for terror
and disturbing violence)
Harrowing prequel to The
Conjuring revolving around
a husband (Ward Horton)
who comes to regret buying
a cursed antique doll for his
pregnant wife (Annabelle
Wallis) and unborn daugh-
ter. With Alfre Woodard,
Eric Ladin and Brian
Howe.
Gone Girl (R for profani-
ty, a scene of gruesome
violence, graphic sexuality
and frontal nudity) Screen
adaptation of the Gillian
Flynn best-seller of the
same name about a man
(Ben Affleck) who becomes
the prime suspect in the
mysterious disappearance
of the wife (Roasmund
Pike) that vanished on their
5th
anniversary.
Cast
includes Tyler Perry, Neil
Patrick Harris and Sela
Ward.
The Good Lie (PG-13 for
mature themes, violence,
drug use and brief profani-
ty)
Fact-based
drama
recounting the tireless
efforts of a headstrong
employment
counselor
(Reese Witherspoon) on
behalf of several Lost Boys,
Sudanese refugees from eth-
nic cleansing seeking to
resettle in Kansas. With
Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany,
Emmanuel Jal and Kuoth
Gone Girl
Wiel.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Bang Bang! (Unrated)
Bollywood remake of
Knight and Day (2010), the
Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz
action comedy about a
woman (Katrina Kaif) head-
ed to a wedding who ends
up on the run from a team of
assassins after unwittingly
befriending the handsome
spy (Hrithik Roshan) she
meets at the airport. Support
cast includes Danny Den-
zongpa, Jaaved Jaffrey and
Jimmy Shergill. (In Hindi
with subtitles)
The Blue Room (Unrat-
ed) Crime thriller set in a
country hotel where a mar-
ried Frenchman (Mathieu
Amalric) finds himself
trapped in a passionate
affair with a very desperate
mistress (Stephanie Cleau).
With Lea Drucker, Laurent
Poitrenaux and Serge
Bozon. (In French with sub-
titles)
The Decent One (Unrat-
ed)
Revisionist
documentary
promoting
Hitler
henchman/Nazi
Gestapo chief Heinrich
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Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Himmler as a sensitive fam-
ily man as revealed by his
letters, diary, photo albums
and home movies. (In Eng-
lish and German with
subtitles)
Drive Hard (Unrated)
Action comedy about a
retired
racecar
driver
(Thomas Jane) who finds
himself pressed into service
at gunpoint as the getaway
driver for a crook (John
Cusack) pulling off a multi-
million-dollar
heist.
Featuring Zoe Ventoura,
Christopher Morris
Yesse Spence.
and
Fishing without Nets (R
for profanity, violence, drug
use and sexual images)
High seas drama about a
Somali pirate (Abdikani
Muktar) who changes his
mind about participating in
a hijacking conspiracy
while in the midst of hold-
ing a French oil tanker for
ransom. With Eric Gordon,
Abdiwali Farrah and Idil
Ibrahim. (In Somali with
subtitles)
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
(Unrated)
Reverential
biopic about gangsta rapper
and sworn Jay-Z adversary
Nas. Featuring appearances
by Alicia Keys, Busta
Rhymes, Q-Tip, Swizz
Beatz and Fab 5 Freddy.
The Rise and Rise of Bit-
coin (Unrated) International
banking is the subject of this
documentary chronicling
the burgeoning popularity
of the crypto-currency
called Bitcoin.