Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Capsules: Movies Opening Friday, Jan. 16
BIG BUDGET FILMS
American Sniper (R for
graphic violence, sexual
references and pervasive
profanity) Clint Eastwood
directed this adaptation of
the best-selling memoir by
Navy Seal Chris Kyle
(Bradley Cooper), the most
successful sniper in the his-
tory of the U.S. military.
With Sienna Miller, Luke
Grimes and Jake McDor-
man.
Blackhat (R for profanity
and violence) Cybercrime
thriller about a furloughed
convict (Chris Hemsworth)
who collaborates with
American and Chinese
authorities to track down the
mysterious hacker attempt-
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The Wedding Ringer (R
for crude humor, pervasive
profanity, coarse sexuality
and brief graphic nudity)
Kevin Hart stars as the title
character in this bromantic
comedy as a faux Best Man
hired by a socially-awkward
groom-to-be (Josh Gad) in
need of a BFF. With Kaley
Giuseppe Makes a
Movie (Unrated) Vanity
documentary chronicling
the making of Garbanzo
Gas by former child actor-
turned-low-budget film-
maker Giuseppe Andrews
in the trailer park where he
was raised.
Human Capital (Unrat-
ed) Ensemble drama, set in
Lombardy, about two fami-
lies whose lives intertwine
following a Christmas Eve
hit-and-run accident that
knocks a waiter off a bicy-
cle and leaves him coma-
tose.
With
Fabrizio
Bentivoglio, Valeria Bruno
Tedeschi, Matilda Gioli and
Fabrizio Gifuni. (In Italian
and English with subtitles)
Nable, Tammie West and
Jacek Koman.
Spare Parts (PG-13 for
profanity and violence)
Overcoming-the-odds saga
inspired by the real-life
exploits of four undocu-
mented aliens (Carlos
PenaVega, David Del Rio,
J.R. Villarreal and Jose
Julian) who, with the help
of their high school teacher
(George Lopez), manage to
compete against a team
from MIT in a national
robotics
competition.
Ensemble includes Marisa
Tomei, Jamie Lee Curtis
and Alexa PenaVega.
mature themes, brief pro-
fanity and a sexual refer-
ence) Julianne Moore
portrays the title character
in this poignant portrait of a
linguistic professor suffer-
ing from Early-Onset
Alzheimer’s. With Alec
Still Alice (PG-13 for
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Little Accidents (Unrat-
ed) Serendipitous drama
about three strangers (Eliza-
beth Banks, Boyd Holbrook
and Jacob Lofland) who
form an unlikely bond in the
wake of the mysterious dis-
appearance of a teenager
(Travis Tope) from a town
already reeling from a coal
mine tragedy. Co-staring
Josh Lucas, Chloe Sevigny
and Beau Wright.
the Wedding Ringer
ing to cripple the interna-
tional banking network.
With Viola Davis, Wei
Tang, John Ortiz and
William Mapother. (In Eng-
lish and Spanish with subti-
tles)
Paddington (PG for mild
action and rude humor)
Family-oriented adventure
about a British family that
befriends a talking bear
from Peru (Ben Whishaw)
who’s on the run from a
cold-hearted taxidermist
(Nicole Kidman) deter-
mined to put him on display
at London’s Natural History
Museum. Cast includes
Sally Hawkins, Jim Broad-
bent, Julie Walters and
Hugh Bonneville.
Cuoco-Sweeting,
Alan
Ritchson, Catherin Chen,
Nicky Whelan, Olivia Thirl-
by and Cloris Leachman.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Escobar: Paradise Lost
(Unrated) Romance thriller,
set in Colombia in the sum-
mer of 1991, about a Cana-
dian surfer dude (Josh
Hutchinson) who is pres-
sured to serve as a hit man
after falling for the niece
(Claudia Traisac) of drug
cartel kingpin Pablo Esco-
bar (Benicio del Toro). Sup-
port cast includes Anne
Giradot, Carlos Bardem and
Brady Corbet.
Match (R for profanity,
drug use and sexual dia-
logue) Hidden agenda
dramedy about a doctoral
student (Carla Gugino)
working on her dissertation
who travels with her hus-
band (Matthew Lillard)
from Seattle to NYC to
interview an eccentric, Juil-
liard professor (Patrick
Stewart). With Rob Yang,
Maduka Steady and Jaime
Tirelli.
Son of a Gun (Unrated)
Cat-and-mouse crime caper,
set in Perth, about a 19 year-
old petty thief (Brenton
Thwaites) who, against his
better judgment, becomes
the protégé of Australia’s
Public Enemy #1 (Ewan
McGregor) after the two
stage a daring jailbreak.
With Alicia Vikander, Matt
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