Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, May 8
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Hot Pursuit (PG-13 for
sexuality, profanity, vio-
lence and drug use) Road
comedy about a straitlaced
police officer (Reese With-
erspoon) who ends up on
the run from mobsters and
crooked cops after being
assigned to protect the
widow (Sofia Vergara) of a
recently-deceased
drug
kingpin. With John Carroll
Lynch, Matthew Del Negro
and Richard T. Jones.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
5 Flights Up (PG-13 for
profanity
and
naked
images) Slice-of-life drama,
set in Brooklyn, revolving
around the trial and tribula-
tions of a retired couple
(Morgan Freeman and
Diane Keaton) being pres-
sured by their niece
(Cynthia Nixon) to sell the
rundown home they’ve
shared for the past 40 years.
With Carrie Preston, Miri-
am Shor and Alysia Reiner.
Poignant character study
about a nerdy Norwegian
(Ane Dahl Torp) who is
shaken out of her comfort
zone after crossing paths
with a fellow scientist (Lau-
rent
Stocker)
while
attending a seminar in Paris.
Cast includes Stein Winge,
Hildegun Riise and Didier
Flamand. (In Norwegian,
French and English with
subtitles)
The D Train (R for nudi-
ty,
graphic
sexuality,
profanity and drug use)
Unlikely-buddies comedy
about a social zero’s (Jack
Black) desperate attempt to
convince his high school’s
boy most likely (James
Marsden) to attend their
20th reunion. With Kathryn
Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor and
Russell Posner.
Hunting
Elephants
(Unrated) Israeli crime
comedy, set in Jerusalem,
about a trio of revenge-
minded retirees (Sasson
Gabai, Patrick Stewart and
Moni Moshonov) who
hatch a plan to rob a bank
with the help of a preco-
cious 12 year-old (Gil
blank).
Support
cast
includes Yael Abecassis,
Tzvika Hadar and Moshe
Ivgy. (In Hebrew and Eng-
lish with subtitles)
I Am Big Bird (Unrated)
Reverential retrospective
covering the enduring
career of Carroll Spinney,
the 81 year-old puppeteer
who has played Big Bird on
Sesame Street since 1969.
Featuring commentary by
Frank Oz, Sonia Manzano
and the late Jim Henson.
Maggie (PG-13 for pro-
fanity, mature themes and
disturbing images) Abigail
Breslin stars as the title
character in this post-apoca-
lyptic thriller, set in the
Midwest, as an ill-fated teen
whose
dad
(Arnold
Schwarzennegger) stands
by her side after she’s
infected with the deadly
virus sweeping the nation
that slowly turns its victims
into cannibalistic zombies.
Cast
includes
Joely
Richardson, Laura Cayou-
ette and Denise Williamson.
Noble (PG-13 for vio-
lence, sexuality and mature
themes) Deidre O’Kane
handles the title role in this
1001 Grams (Unrated)
Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon star in ‘Hot Pursuit’
biopic about Christina
Noble, the Irish spinster
who, in 1989, founded an
orphanage in Vietnam for
hundreds of homeless kids
roaming the streets of Ho
Chi Minh City. With Sarah
Greene, Gloria Cramer Cur-
tis and Brendan Coyle.
Piku (Unrated) Deepika
Padukone plays the tile
character in this dysfunc-
tional family drama, set in
West Bengal, about an
unmarried architect bur-
dened by having to juggle
her career and the demands
of her hypochondriacal
father (Irrfan Khan) Featur-
ing Amitabh Bachchan,
Moushumi Chatterjee and
Raghuvir Yadav. (In Hindi
with subtitles)
Playing it Cool (R for
profanity and sexuality)
Romantic comedy revolv-
ing around a perennial loser
at love (Chris Evans) who
finally meets the woman of
his dreams (Michelle Mon-
aghan) only to learn that
she’s already engaged to be
married. Supporting cast
includes Luke Wilson,
Aubrey Plaza, Topher Grace
and Ioan Gruffudd.
Preggoland (Unrated)
Midlife-crisis
dramedy
about a 35 year-old single
woman (Sonja Bennett)
who pretends to be pregnant
in order to fit in with girl-
friends who are already
mothers. Co-starring Laura
Harris, James Caan, Danny
Trejo and Lisa Durupt.
Saint Laurent (R for
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