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Page 6 The Skanner February 3, 2016 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: A Look at Movies Opening Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 BIG BUDGET FILMS Hail, Caesar! (PG-13 for sensuality, smoking, vio- lence and mild epithets) Day-in-the-life dramedy, directed by the Coen Bros and set in the Fifties, re- volving around a Holly- wood fixer (Josh Brolin) who comes to the rescue of a matinee idol (George Clooney) kidnapped for Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews sensuality) Mash-up of the horror and romance genres yielding a parody of the Jane Austen classic Al Pacino is a senior partner in a law firm involved in a deadly power struggle in ‘Misconduct’ ransom in the middle of a film shoot. Ensemble in- cludes Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Jo- hansson, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill and Dolph Lundgren. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (PG-13 for action, violence and brief in which a headstrong heroine (Lily James) finds herself being court- ed by an aristocrat (Sam Neill) raised from the dead during a zombie outbreak. With Jack Hus- ton, Lena Headey and Douglas Booth. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS 4th Man Out (Unrated) Out-of-the-closet dram- edy, set in upstate New York, about a small-town auto mechanic (Evan Todd) who surprises his straight buddies by announcing he’s gay on his 24th birthday. With Parker Young, Chord Overstreet and Jon Ga- brus. The Choice (PG-13 for sexuality and mature themes) Adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks best seller of the same name about the love which un- expectedly blossoms be- tween a confirmed bach- elor (Benjamin Walker) and the marriage-mind- ed med student (Teresa Palmer) who moves in next-door. Cast includes Alexandra Daddario, Maggie Grace and Tom Wilkinson. The Club (Unrated) Skeletons-in-the-closet drama set in a secluded house along the Chil- ean seacoast where de- frocked Catholic clergy- men are sent to repent for their crimes against innocent children. Co-starring Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farias and Antonia Zegers. (In OPENING NIGHT FILM: THE ROOFTOPS (ALGERIA) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016 6:00PM AND 9:15PM HOLLYWOOD THEATRE 4122 NE SANDY BOULEVARD George Clooney plays a matinee idol kidnapped for ransom in the comedy ‘Hail Caesar!’ Spanish with subtitles) Misconduct (R for profanity, violence, sexuality and nudity) Suspense drama about an ambitious young at- torney (Josh Duhamel) caught in a deadly pow- er struggle between his law firm’s senior partner (Al Pacino) and a corrupt pharmaceutical execu- tive (Anthony Hopkins). With Malin Akerman, Julia Stiles and Alice Eve. Rams (R for profan- ity and brief graphic nudity) Sibling rivalry drama about a couple of long-estranged brothers (Sigurour Sigurjonsson and Theodor Juliusson) who grudgingly bury the hatchet to save their sheep from a plague decimating their flocks. Supporting cast includes Charlotte Boving, Jon Be- nonysson and Gunnar Jonsson. (In Icelandic with subtitles) Regression (R for pro- fanity, graphic violence and disturbing sexual- ity) Crime thriller, set in Minnesota in 1990, about a detective (Ethan Hawke) investigating claims of rape belatedly being leveled against a father (David Dencik) with no memory of mo- lesting his daughter (Emma Watson) when she was 11. Featuring Da- vid Thewlis, Devon Bos- tick and Aaron Ashmore.