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Page 6 The Skanner June 29, 2016 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: A Look at Movies Opening Friday, July 1, 2016 BIG BUDGET FILMS The BFG (PG for ac- tion, peril, scary images and rude humor) Ste- ven Spielberg directed this adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel about the unlikely friendship forged be- tween a little girl (Ruby Barnhill) and the only member of a hostile race of invading giants (Mark Rylance) who won’t eat children. With Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader and Rafe Spall. Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews ture about a British boy born an aristocrat but raised in the Congo by apes. Ensemble includes Margot Robbie, Samu- el L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Jim Broadbent and Djimon Hounsou. (In ' Life, Animated' The Legend of Tar- zan (PG-13 for action, violence, sensuality and brief crude dialogue) Al- exander Skarsgard han- dles the title role in this adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs adven- English and Bantu wuth subtitles) The Purge: Election Year (R for profanity and disturbing, graphic violence) Third episode in the horror franchise inds a U.S. presidential candidate (Elizabeth Mitchell) and her body- guard (Frank Grillo) on the run from govern- ment operatives during The Purge because of her campaign promise to discontinue the grue- some annual ritual. Cast includes Edwin Hodge, Kyle Secor and Mykelti Williamson. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Buddymoon (Unrat- ed) Road comedy about a just-jilted groom-to-be (David Giuntoli) who honeymoons anyway, but with his incessant- ly-optimistic best man (Flula Berg). Cast in- cludes Claire Cofee, Bri- an T. Finney and Jeanne Syquia. The Innocents (PG-13 for disturbing mature themes, sexual assault, bloody images and brief suggestive content) Post- World War II saga, set in Poland in 1945, about a Red Cross intern (Lou de Laage) who discovers a convent containing a number of liberated Benedictine nuns im- pregnated while impris- ‘The BFG’, an annimated tale directed by Steven Spielberg, opens this week. oned in a concentration camp. With Agata Buzek, Jaonna Kulig and Anna Prochniak. (In French, Polish and Russian with subtitles) Life, Animated (PG for mature themes and a sug- gestive reference) Heart- warming documentary chronicling how Disney cartoons and supportive parents helped an autis- tic boy overcome a host of his challenges. Microbe & Gasoline (R for teen sexuality) Com- ing-of-age comedy about a couple of high school outcasts (Ange Dargent and Theophile Baquet) who embark on a sum- mer road trip across France in an automobile they built themselves. With Diane Basnier, Au- drey Tautou and Vincent Lamoureux. (In French with subtitles) Our Kind of Traitor (R for violence, sexuali- ty, frontal nudity, brief drug use and pervasive profanity) Adaptation of the John le Carre inter- national thriller of the same name about a naive Britsh couple (Ewan Mc- Gregor and Naomie Har- ris) duped into helping a powerful Russian mob- ster (Stellan Skarsgard) while vacationing in Mo- rocco. With Damian Lew- is, Alicia von Rittberg and Mark Stanley. Roseanne for Pres- ident! (Unrated) Pres- tige biopic recounting comedienne Roseanne Barr’s unsuccessful run for president during the 2012 campaign. Featur- ing Michael Moore, Ros- ie O’Donnell and Sandra Bernhard.
