Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening This Friday, June 12
BIG BUDGET FILM
Jurassic World (PG-13
for peril and intense vio-
lence) Fourth installment in
the sci-fi franchise, set on an
island off the coast of Costa
Rica, revolving around test
tube dinosaurs run amok
during the grand opening of
a dino-themed amusement
park.
Ensemble includes Bryce
Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt,
Vincent D’Onofrio, BD
Wong and Omar Sy.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The 11th Hour (Unrated)
Psychological drama about
a successful businesswoman
(Kim Basinger) who resorts
to desperate measures to be-
come a mother after being
informed by her doctor that
she’s barren.
Supporting cast includes
Jordan Prentice, Sebastian
Schipper and Peter Stor-
mare.
Madame Bovary (R for
nudity and sexuality) Mia
Wasikowska stars in the title
role in the sixth big-screen
adaptation of the Gustave
Flaubert classic about the
ambitious wife of a coun-
try doctor (Henry Lloyd-
Hughes) who starts sleeping
around in order to enhance
her social status.
Featuring Ezra Miller,
Rhys Ifans and Paul Gia-
matti.
Me and Earl and the Dy-
ing Girl (PG-13 for profan-
Kam’s
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Reviews
by Kam
Williams
ity, sexuality, drug use and
mature themes) Coming-
of-age drama based on the
Jesse Andrews novel of the
same name about a couple of
amateur filmmakers (Thom-
as Mann and RJ Cyler) who
decide to make a movie for a
high school classmate diag-
nosed with leukemia (Olivia
Cooke).
With Nick Offerman,
Connie Britton, Molly
Shannon, Bobb’e J. Thomp-
son and Chelsea Zhang.
Redeemer (Unrated) Grit-
ty tale of redemption, set in
Chile, revolving around a
guilt-ridden hit man (Mar-
ko Zaror) who morphs into
a crime-fighting vigilan-
te to make amends for his
sins. Featuring Noah Segan,
Loreto Aravena and Otil-
io Castro. (In Spanish with
subtitles)
Set Fire to the Stars (Un-
rated) Historical drama, set
in the Fifties, about an as-
piring poet (Elijah Wood)
whose world is turned up-
side-down during a wild
weekend retreat spent in the
company of his hero, Dylan
Thomas (Celyn Jones). With
Kelly Reilly, Steven Mack-
intosh and Shirley Hender-
son.
Jurassic World
Soaked in Bleach (Un-
rated) Conspiracy theory
drama revisiting the events
surrounding the supposed
suicide of Kurt Cobain (Ty-
ler Bryan) from the point-
of-view of the private eye
(Daniel Roebuck) hired by
his widow (Sarah Scott)
to investigate his untime-
ly death. Featuring August
Emerson, Alyssa Suede and
Kurt Loder.
order to be able to avenge
the murder of his wife. With
Michael Eklund, Kyra Zag-
orsky and Paul Wight.
The Wolfpack (R for pro-
fanity) Dysfunctional fam-
ily documentary about sev-
en home-schooled siblings,
aged 11 to 18, screwed up
by parents who raised them
on welfare in a modest
apartment in lower Manhat-
tan where they were denied
any contact with the outside
world.
The Yes Men Are Re-
volting (Unrated) Subver-
sive documentary featuring
another round of hijinks
by merry pranksters Mike
Bonanno and Andy Bichl-
baum as they infiltrate cor-
porations in order to shed
light on greed and environ-
mental abuse.
Vendetta (R for profanity
and graphic violence) Crime
thriller about a hard-nosed
detective (Dean Cain) who
deliberately gets arrested in
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