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Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening This Friday, July 15, 2016
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Ghostbusters (PG-13
for action and crude hu-
mor) Gender-bent reboot
of the classic comedy re-
volving around a scien-
tist (Melissa McCarthy), a
professor (Kristen Wiig),
a nuclear engineer (Kate
McKinnon) and a subway
token booth clerk (Leslie
Jones) who join forces
to save Manhattan from
a demonic disembod-
ied spirit (Neil Casey).
Ensemble cast includes
Chris Hemsworth, Ceci-
ly Strong, Andy Garcia
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Bryan Cranston plays
the title character in this
fact-based drama, set in
1985, about a U.S. Cus-
toms Agent who posed as
a money-launderer in or-
der to infiltrate Pablo Es-
cobar’s Colombian drug
cartel. With Benjamin
‘Outlaws and Angels’
and Michael Kenneth
Williams, with cam-
eo appearances by Bill
Murray, Dan Aykroyd,
Sigourney Weaver and
Ernie Hudson.
The Infiltrator (R for
pervasive
profanity,
graphic violence, drug
use and some sexuality)
Bratt, John Leguizamo,
Diane Kruger and Amy
Ryan.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
C Street (R for sexual-
ity and drug use) Free-
wheeling farce about a
U.S. Senate intern (Evan
Hall) who pimps out his
crib to sex-starved poli-
ticians only to catch his
boss (Dylan Walsh) in
bed with the object of his
affection (Shaun Licata).
Cast includes Bruce Al-
tman, Carey Lowell and
Don Stark.
Cafe Society (PG-13
for violence, suggestive
material, smoking and a
drug reference) Woody
Allen romantic drame-
dy, set in the 1930s, re-
volving around a New
Yorker (Jesse Eisenberg)
who relocates to Los An-
geles hoping to work for
his uncle (Steve Carell),
only to fall in love with
the powerful Hollywood
agent’s secretary (Kris-
ten Stewart). With Sher-
yl Lee, Jeannie Berlin and
Richard Portnow.
Don’t Blink: Robert
Frank (Unrated) “Say
cheese!” biopic chron-
icling the enduring ca-
reer of 91 year-old Robert
Frank, legendary photo-
journalist and indepen-
dent filmmaker.
Equals (PG-13 for sen-
suality, mature themes,
partial nudity and dis-
turbing images) Futuris-
tic tale of forbidden love,
set in a dystopia devoid
of disease and human
emotion, about a couple
of co-workers (Nicholas
Hoult and Kristen Stew-
‘Ghostbusters’ is a gender-bent reboot of the classic comedy
art) who find themselves
falling head-over-heels
for each other after be-
coming infected with
a mysterious new vi-
rus. Cast includes Guy
Pearce, Jacki Weaver,
Scott Lawrence and Kate
Lyn Sheil.
Free to Run (Unrated)
Fitness documentary re-
visiting the rise of run-
ning as a popular form of
exercise 50 years ago. (In
French and English with
subtitles)
Hillary’s
America:
The Secret History of
the Democratic Par-
ty (PG-13 for violence,
mature
themes
and
smoking) Political doc-
umentary, written and
directed by arch-conser-
vative Dinesh D’Souza,
incriminating
Hillary
Clinton while uncover-
ing shady skeletons in
the Democrats’ closet.
Featuring commentary
by D’Souza, Jonah Gold-
berg and Peter Schweiz-
er..
Madaari
(Unrated)
Revenge thriller revolv-
ing around a grieving
widower’s (Irfan Khan)
search for answers af-
ter losing his family and
everything he owns in a
man-made disaster. With
Jimmy Shergill, Vishesh
Bansal, Nitish Pandey
and Tushar Dalvi. (In
Hindi with subtitles)
Outlaws and Angels (R
for profanity, disturbing
sexuality and graphic
violence) Western tale
of vengeance about the
game of cat-and-mouse
which ensues after a
criminal gang invades
the home of a frontier
family. Co-starring Luke
Wilson, Francis Fisher,
Francesca Eastwood and
Teri Polo.
Tulip Fever (Unrated)
Romance drama, set in
17th Century Amster-
dam, about a portrait art-
ist (DaneDeHaan) who
embarks on a passionate
affair with a married
woman (Alicia Vikander)
he’s been hired to paint.
With Christoph Waltz,
Zach Galifiniakis and
Dame Judi Dench.
FILM REVIEW: ‘Norman Lear: Just
Another Version of You’ Career of
Groundbreaking TV Producer
Kam Williams
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N
orman Lear was born on July 27,
1922 in New Haven, Connecti-
cut where he was raised Jewish
to parents of Eastern European
extraction. He dropped out of college
to enlist in the Air Force following the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He
flew 52 combat missions over Germany
as a gunner/radio operator before be-
ing honorably discharged in 1945.
After World War II, he headed to
Hollywood to embark on a career in
comedy. In 1968, he first enjoyed a
measure of success when he landed an
Oscar nomination for writing the orig-
inal screenplay for “Divorce American
Style.” He skyrocketed to the heights of
fame a few years later as the creator of
“All in the Family.”
That groundbreaking TV series
revolved around a small-minded,
blue-collared character from Queens
named Archie Bunker. America found
the bigoted buffoon so appealing that
show soon became #1 in the ratings and
retained the top spot for five years in a
row.
His finger on the pulse, Lear quickly
began cranking out a string of similar-
ly-realistic sitcoms, including “Sanford
& Son,” “Maude,” “Good Times,” “The
Jeffersons” and “Mary Hartman, Mary
Hartman.” And at one time in the 1970s,
he was the producer of a half-dozen of
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