Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening This Friday, July 10
The Gallows (Unrated)
Harrowing,
found-foot-
age horror flick revolving
around about a haunted high
school’s ill-advised decision
to mount another production
of the same creepy play that
cost a student his life on-
stage a generation earlier.
Ensemble includes Cassi-
dy Gifford, Pfeifer Brown,
Ryan Shoos, Reese Mishler,
Alexis Schneider and Price
T. Morgan.
Minions (PG for action
and rude humor) Animated
spinoff of the Despicable
Me franchise chronicles
the evolution of the tiny
title characters from sin-
gle-celled organisms into
selfless yellow creatures
capable of undying devo-
tion to a diabolical master.
This adventure finds them
under the thumb of a female
super-villain (Sandra Bull-
ock) who is not only bent on
world domination but on the
total annihilation of Min-
ionkind. Voice cast includes
John Hamm, Michael Kea-
ton, Allison Janney, Steve
Carell and Geoffrey Rush.
Kam’s
Capsules
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
10,000 Km (R for pro-
fanity, graphic sexuality
and brief frontal nudity)
Romantic dramedy, set in
L.A. and Barcelona, about a
couple’s (David Verdaguer
and Natalia Tena) struggle
to maintain a long-distance
David Sedaris, Tim Gunn,
George Takei, comedienne
Margaret Cho and relation-
ship advice guru Dan Sav-
age.
Meet Me in Montenegro
(Unrated) Romantic com-
edy, set in Berlin, where
a chance meeting has an
American filmmaker (Alex
Holdridge) falling in love
again with the Norwegian
dancer (Linnea Saasen) who
dumped him in Montene-
gro several years earlier.
Cast includes Jennifer Ul-
rich, Rupert Friend and Ben
Braun. (In English and Ger-
man with subtitles)
‘Minions’ finds its characters
under the thumb of a female
super-villain (Sandra Bullock)
relationship. (In Spanish,
Catalan and English with
subtitles)
The Breakup Girl (Un-
rated) Dysfunctional family
dramedy revolving around
the stormy reunion of three
Nowitzki: The Perfect
Shot (Unrated) Reveren-
tial biopic highlighting
the scientific approach to
basketball taken by Dirk
Nowitzki, as well as the
NBA All-Star’s long-term
relationship with his men-
tor, German physicist Holg-
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BIG BUDGET FILMS
Lewis Hamilton and Nicolas Hamilton pose at an event for ‘Minions.’
‘Tango Negro’ explores the African roots of the tango.
Self/Less (PG-13 for pro-
fanity, sexuality and vio-
lence) Thought-provoking
sci-fi thriller about a ter-
minally-ill cancer patient
(Ben Kingsley) who gets
a new lease on life by way
of an experimental opera-
tion in which his brain is
transplanted into the body
of a healthy young man
(Ryan Reynolds). With Der-
ek Luke, Natalie Martinez,
Matthew Goode and Victor
Garber.
estranged sisters (Shannon
Woodward, Natasha Leg-
gero and Wendi McClen-
don-Covey)
necessitated
by the death of their father.
With Catherine Bach, Ca-
sey Wilson and Mary Kay
Place.
Do I Sound Gay? (Unrat-
ed) Auditory documentary
exploring the question of
whether homosexuals have
readily-identifiable voices.
Featuring commentary by
er Geschwindner. Featuring
appearances by Jason Kidd,
Kobe Bryant, Mark Cuban
and Steve Nash. (In English
and German with subtitles)
SlingShot
(Unrated)
Eco-documentary chroni-
cling the efforts of Segway
inventor Dean Kamen to
solve the world’s burgeon-
ing water crisis.
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