Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Jan. 9
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Inherent Vice (R for pro-
fanity, violence, sexuality
and graphic nudity) Five-
time Oscar-nominee Paul
Thomas Anderson (There
Will Be Blood, Boogie
Nights and Magnolia) wrote
and directed this adaptation
of the Thomas Pynchon best-
seller of the same name
about a private eye’s
(Joaquin Phoenix) attempt to
solve the mysterious disap-
pearance of an ex-girlfriend
(Katherine Waterston) and
her billionaire boyfriend
(Eric Roberts). Ensemble
cast includes Owen Wilson,
Reese Witherspoon, Josh
Brolin, Maya Rudolph,
Benicio del Toro and Jena
Malone.
Selma (PG-13 for vio-
lence, disturbing images,
and brief profanity) Civil
Rights Era saga, directed by
Ava DuVernay, chronicling
the historic march led by Dr.
Martin Luther King (David
Oyelowo) credited with
pressuring Congress to pass
the Voting Rights Act of
1965. With Carmen Ejogo,
Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tom
Wilkinson, Tim Roth, Mar-
tin Sheen, Giovanni Ribisi,
Common and Oprah.
Taken 3 (PG-13 for brief
profanity and intense vio-
lence) Third installment in
the frenetic franchise finds
retired CIA agent Bryan
Mills (Liam Neeson) on the
Black November
run from the authorities
while trying to clear his
name after being unfairly
accused of murdering his
wife (Famke Janssen). Co-
starring Maggie Grace,
Forest Whitaker, Jonny
Weston and Dougray Scott.
The
World
Made
Straight (R for violence,
drug use, sexual references
and profanity) Adaptation
of the Ron Rash novel of the
same name, set in the Sev-
enties, about a troubled
young man (Jeremy Irvine)
eager to escape a rural
Appalachian community
stained by the legacy of a
Civil War massacre. With
Haley Joel Osment, Minka
Kelly and Steve Earle.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Beloved Sisters (Unrated)
Incestuous romance drama
about a couple of aristocrat-
ic
siblings
(Hannah
Herzsprung and Henriette
Confurius) who opt to share
when they both fall in love
with poet, philosopher and
playwright
Friedrich
Schiller (Florian Stetter).
With Claudia Messner,
Ronald Zehrfeld and Maja
Selma
Maranow. (In German and
French with subtitles)
Black November (Unrat-
ed) Eco-thriller about a
Nigerian community that
takes on corrupt politicians
and a multinational oil cor-
poration in order to protect
itself from spills and over-
drilling. With Mickey
Rourke, Wyclef Jean, Anne
Heche, Kim Basinger and
Akon.
Dark Summer (Unrated)
Haunted house horror flick
about a home alone teenager
(Keir Gilchrist) who finds
himself spooked by a
plethora of paranormal phe-
nomena while grounded for
cyber-stalking a classmate
(Grace Phipps) he has a
crush on. With Maestro Har-
rell, Peter Stormare and
Stella Maeve.
It’s All So Quiet (Unrat-
ed) Poignant character
study about a closeted
farmer’s (Jeroen Willens)
struggle with his sexual
identity and the meaning of
life while caring for his
bedridden father (Henri
Garcin). Cast includes Wim
Opbrouck, Martijn Lake-
meier and Lies Visschedijk.
(In Dutch with subtitles)
Farewell Herr Schwarz
(Unrated) Winner of the
Best Documentary Prize at
the Haifa International Film
Festival, this cinematic
journey about the Holocaust
and buried family secrets
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