Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, May 1
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Avengers: Age of Ultron
(PG-13 for suggestive com-
ments and intense violence,
action and scenes of
destruction)
Eleventh
installment in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe fran-
chise finds Iron Man
(Robert Downey, Jr.), Thor
(Chris Hemsworth), Captain
America (Chris Evans),
Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner),
Black Widow (Scarlett
Johansson) and the Hulk
(Mark Ruffalo) joining
forces to prevent a diaboli-
cal villain with a God
complex (James Spader)
from wiping humanity off
the face of the planet. With
Samuel L. Jackson, Eliza-
beth Olsen, Idris Elba,
Hayley Atwell, Don Chea-
dle, Paul Bettany, Anthony
Mackie and Linda Cardelli-
ni.
Far from the Madding
Crowd (PG-13 for violence
and some sexuality) Third
screen
adaptation
of
Thomas Hardy’s classic
novel, set in Victorian Eng-
land, revolving around a trio
of suitors, a shepherd
(Matthias Schoenaerts), a
sergeant (Tom Sturridge)
and a wealthy bachelor
(Michael Sheen), vying for
the affections of a fetching,
headstrong farmer (Carey
Mulligan). With Juno Tem-
ple, Jessica Barden and
Eloise Oliver.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The 100 Year-Old Man
Who Climbed out the
Window and Disappeared
(R for profanity and vio-
lence) Screen adaptation of
Jonas Jonasson’s novel of
the same name about a
frisky geezer (Robert
Gustafsson) who celebrates
his 100th birthday by mak-
ing a break from his
retirement home to embark
on a daring adventure of a
lifetime. With Iwar Wiklan-
der, Mia Skaringer and
David Wiberg. (In Swedish,
Spanish, Russian German,
English and French)
Any Day (Unrated)
Romance drama about a
just-paroled murderer (Sean
Bean) in search of redemp-
tion who moves in with his
sister (Kate Walsh), gets a
job at a pizzeria and starts
dating a woman (Eva Lon-
goria) he meets in a grocery
store. Cast includes Tom
Arnold, Shane Black and
Sonya Eddy.
between a teenaged summer
intern (Pier-Gabriel Lajoie)
and one of the residents
(Walter Borden) in the old
folks home where he works
as an orderly. Featuring
Katie
Boland, Yardly
Kavanagh and Shawn
Campbell. (In English and
French with subtitles)
Marie’s Story (Unrated)
Fact-based biopic, set in
19th Century France, about
a neglected, deaf and blind
girl (Ariana Rivoire) who
realized her potential with
the help of the Catholic nun
(Isabelle Carre) who started
teaching her how to com-
municate for the first time at
the age of 14. With Gilles
Treton, Brigitte Catillon and
Noemie Churlet. (In French
and sign language with sub-
titles)
Maya the Bee Movie (G)
Animated adventure about a
lowly drone with a big heart
(Coco Jack Gillies) who
leads the search party after
Gerontophilia
the Queen bee’s (Miriam
Margolyes) royal jelly is
stolen. Voice cast includes
Jacki Weaver, Noah Taylor
and Nina Hagen.
Ride (R for profanity and
drug use) Helen Hunt wrote,
directed and stars in this
California dreaming drame-
dy as a concerned mom who
quits her job as an editor at
the New Yorker to be with
her son (Brenton Thwaites)
in L.A. after he drops out of
college to surf while finding
himself. Supporting cast
includes Luke Wilson,
Richard Kind and Robert
Knepper.
Welcome to Me (R for
sexuality, profanity, graphic
nudity and brief drug use)
Quirky character study
about a lottery winner suf-
fering from Borderline
Personality Disorder (Kris-
ten Wiig) who stops taking
her meds and starts hosting
her own TV talk show. With
Linda Cardellini, James
Marsden, Tim Robbins,
Joan
Cusack,
Loretta
Devine and Jennifer Jason
Leigh.
Cas & Dylan (Unrated)
Unlikely-buddies dramedy
about a suicidal, senior citi-
zen with a brain tumor
(Richard Dreyfuss) who
embarks on a cross-country
road trip with the free-spirit-
ed, 22 year-old girlfriend
(Tatiana Maslany) of a
guy (Christopher Cordell)
he accidentally ran over.
With Aaron Poole, Jayne
Eastwood and Corinne Con-
ley.
Gerontophilia (Unrated)
Romantic comedy about
love
which
blossoms
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