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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.
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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.