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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, March 25, 2016
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Batman v Superman:
Dawn of Justice (PG-13
for intense violence, per-
vasive action and some
sensuality) Adaptation
of the DC Comics series
finds adversaries Bat-
man (Ben Affleck) and
Superman (Henry Cav-
ill) reluctantly joining
forces to subdue a threat
against Metropolis un-
leashed by the diabolical
Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisen-
berg). With Amy Adams
as Lois Lane, Michael
Cassidy as Jimmy Olsen,
Laurence Fishburne as
Perry White, Jeremy
Irons as Alfred the But-
ler, and featuring cameo
appearances by Neil de-
Grasse Tyson, Anderson
Cooper, Brooke Baldwin,
Soledad O’Brien and
Dana Bash.
My Big Fat Greek
Wedding 2 (PG-13 for
suggestive
material)
Long-awaited
sequel
finds Toula (Nia Var-
dalos) and Ian (John
Corbett) dealing with a
stale relationship and a
rebellious daughter (Ele-
na Kampouris) prior to
reuniting their families
for an even bigger, fat-
ter wedding ceremony.
Kam
Williams
includes Callum Keith
Rennie, Tony Nappo and
Stephen McHattie.
Kam’s
Kapsules
Movie
Reviews
Fastball (Unrated) Kev-
in Costner narrates this
baseball documentary
exploring the age-old
battle between batters
and pitchers while also
examining the science
behind throwing and
hitting a ball traveling at
speeds of up to 100 mph.
Featuring commentary
by Derek Jeter, Nolan
Ryan, Matt Harvey and
David Price.
Returning cast mem-
bers include Michael
Constantine, Lainie Ka-
zan, Andrea Martin, Gia
Carides and Joey Fatone.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Bleed (Unrated) Hor-
ror flick about a couple
of newlyweds (Chelsey
Crisp and Michael Ste-
ger) who come to regret
inviting their friends
to participate in a ghost
hunt on the grounds of
an abandoned prison
that turns out to be real-
ly haunted. With Riley
Smith, Elimu Nelson,
David Yow and Lyndon
Smith.
Born to Be Blue (Un-
rated) Chet Baker (Ethan
Hawke) biopic reimag-
ining the heroin-addict-
ed, jazz trumpeter as
mounting a comeback in
the Sixties with the help
of an attractive actress
(Carmen Ejogo). Cast
Get a Job (R for sexual-
ity, nudity, crude humor,
profanity and drug use)
Coming-of-age
come-
dy revolving around a
couple of recent college
grads’ (Miles Teller and
Anna Kendrick) attempt
to launch their careers
with the help of family
and friends. Support-
ing cast includes Bryan
Cranston, Marcia Gay
Harden, John Cho, John
C. McGinley, Christo-
pher Mintz-Plasse, Ali-
son Brie and Brandon T.
Jackson.
I Saw the Light (R for
profanity,
sexuality
and brief nudity) Tom
Hiddleston plays Hank
The highly anticipated ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ opens this Friday
Williams in this rever-
ential biopic chronicling
the legendary country
singer/songwriter’s rise
to fame and untimely
demise at the age of 29.
With Elizabeth Olsen,
David Krumholtz and
Cherry Jones.
Identicals (R for pro-
fanity, sexuality, violence
and drug use) Futuris-
tic, sci-fi thriller about a
young man (Nick Blood)
who allows himself to be
killed and reincarnat-
ed as a clone in order to
search for the girlfriend
(Nora-Jane Noone) ab-
ducted and forced to
undergo the same pro-
cedure against her will.
Co-starring Tony Way,
Lachlan Nieboer and
Robert Wilfort.
Killing Ed (Unrated)
Education documentary
exposing the corruption
in the movement to pri-
vatize America’s public
schools.
Ron and Laura Take
Back America (Unrated)
Political mockumenta-
ry about a conservative
suburban couple (Mel
England
and
Janice
Markham) that decides
to launch their own real-
ity TV show in response
to constant cable news
coverage they disagree
with. Featuring Jim J.
Bullock, Sally Kirkland
and Irene Bedard.
Valley of Love (Unrat-
ed) Bittersweet drama
about the attempted rec-
onciliation by a couple
(Isabelle Huppert and
Gerard Depardieu) in
accordance with the
dying wish of their son
who committed suicide.
With Dan Warner, Aure-
lia Thierree and Dionne
Houle. (In French and
English with subtitles)
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