Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Capsules: Movies Opening Friday, Oct. 31
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Nightcrawler (R for vio-
lence, profanity and graphic
images) Jake Gyllenhaal
stars in the title role of this
character-driven thriller as a
freelance journalist caught
in a cutthroat competition
covering the crime beat in
Los Angeles. With Rene
Russo, Bill Paxton and Ann
Cusack (Sister of John and
Joan).
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
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ed) Horror sequel featuring
another 26 short comedies
by 26 different directors,
each titled for a different
letter of the alphabet, from
A is for Amateur to Z is for
Zygote. Cast includes Mar-
tina Garcia, Tristan Risk,
Beatrice Dalle and Andy
Nyman.
(In
English,
Hebrew, Japanese, French
and Portuguese)
All You Need Is Love
(Unrated) Sigourney Weav-
er narrates this inspirational
documentary chronicling
the daily lives, dreams and
plight of Burmese children
attending the Good Morn-
sian with subtitles)
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
ing School in Mae Sot,
Thailand in defiance of the
dictates of their own coun-
try’s repressive regime.
Before I Go to Sleep (R
for profanity and graphic
violence) Screen adaptation
of the S.J. Watson best seller
of the same name revolving
around an amnesiac (Nicole
Kidman) whose husband
(Colin Firth) has to remind
her every morning that her
memory gets erased every
time she falls asleep. With
Mark Strong, Anne-Marie
Duff and Adam Levy.
Bitter Honey (Unrated)
Female empowerment doc-
umentary exposing the
betrayal and violence visit-
ed upon abused Balinese
women stuck in polyga-
mous marriages. (In Indone-
Braddock (Unrated) Cin-
ematic tribute to a tiny town
in Pennsylvania of histori-
cal significance as it tries to
reinvent itself in order to
remain relevant in the 21st
Century.
God the Father (R for
violence) Mafia documen-
tary in which former
Colombo crime family
mobster Michael Franzese
recounts finding his faith
and being born again after
learning that his own father
had taken out a contract on
him.
The Hazda: Last of the
First (Unrated) Anthropo-
logical examination one of
the world’s last remaining
tribe of hunter-gatherers,
the Hazda, who have lived
in Africa’s Rift valley for
the past 50,000 years. Nar-
rated by Alfre Woodard, and
featuring commentary by
primatologist Jane Goodall
and geneticist Spencer
Wells.
Hit by Lightning (Unrat-
ed) Romantic comedy about
an aspiring writer (Jon
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True Son
Cryer) who gets more than
he bargained for when the
passionate lover (Stephanie
Szostak) he meets online
suddenly announces she’s
married and pressures him
to murder her rabbi hubby
(Jed Rees). With Will Sasso,
Alexis Maitland and Sean
Tucker.
Horns (R for sexuality,
profanity, rape, disturbing
violence, drug use and
graphic nudity) Daniel
“Harry Potter” Radcliffe
stars in this horror fantasy
as the prime suspect in his
girlfriend’s (Juno Temple)
murder who wakes up with
horns growing out of his
head after a night of heavy
drinking. Featuring Max
Minghella, Joe Anderson
and Kelli Garner.
Magical
Universe
(Unrated)
Retrospective
revisiting the final decade in
the career of Al Carbee
(1914-2005), an eccentric,
Barbie-obsessed artist who
worked with dolls as his
medium.
Missionary (R for vio-
lence, profanity and sexual-
ity) Romance drama about a
struggling
single-mom
(Dawn
Olivieri)
who
embarks on a passionate
affair with a Mormon
(Mitch Ryan) only to watch
him go berserk when she
reconciles
with
her
estranged husband (Kip Par-
due). Support cast includes
Connor Christie, Randy
Molnar and Dushawn
Moses.
True Son (Unrated) Polit-
ical documentary chroni-
cling 22 year-old Stanford
grad Michael Tubbs’ cam-
paign for a seat on Stockton,
California’s City Council.