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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, August 26, 2016
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Don’t Breathe (R for
terror, violence, profan-
ity, sexual references
and disturbing content)
Suspense thriller about
a gang (Jane Levy, Dylan
Minnette and Daniel Zo-
vatto) that gets more than
they bargained ater
burglarizing the home
of a rich blind man (Ste-
phen Lang) they thought
would be an easy target.
With Emma Bercovici,
Franciska Torocsik and
Christian Zagia.
Hands of Stone (R
for sexuality, nudity
and pervasive profan-
ity) Reverential biopic
chronicling the life and
career of welterweight
boxer Roberto Duran
(Edgar Ramirez). A-list
ensemble cast includes
Robert De Niro, Ellen
Barkin, John Turturro,
Ruben Blades, Jurnee
Smollett-Bell and Usher
Raymond.
Mechanic: Resurrec-
tion (R for profanity
and pervasive violence)
Jason Statham reprises
title role in this high-oc-
tane sequel which inds
the retired hit man black-
mailed into performing a
trio of dangerous hits by
the kidnapper who’s ab-
ducted the love of his life
(Jessica Alba) .With Tom-
my Lee Jones, Michelle
Yeoh and Sam Hazeldine.
Southside with You
(PG-13 for smoking, a vio-
lent image, brief profan-
ity and a drug reference)
Day-in-the-life retrospec-
tive revisiting the sum-
mer day in Chicago in
1989 when Barack (Park-
er Sawyers) and Michelle
Obama (Tika Sumpter)
went on their irst date.
Supporting cast includes
Vanessa Bell Calloway,
Donald Paul and Debo-
Kam
Williams
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INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Black Songbird (Unrat-
ed) Revenge thriller re-
volving around a rookie
journalist (Jenique Ben-
nett) recruited by the FBI
to iniltrate a nightclub
run by the mobsters who
murdered her childhood
friends. Support cast
includes Felicia White,
Brynn Mosley and Ant-
wan Mclaurin.
Macy, Diego Luna and
Michael Parks.
Floyd Norman: An
Animated Life (Unrat-
ed) Reverential biopic
about 80 year-old Floyd
Norman, the irst Afri-
can-American
anima-
tor hired by Walt Dis-
ney Pictures. Featuring
commentary by Whoo-
pi Goldberg, Leonard
Maltin and Don Hahn.
The Hollars (PG-13
for brief profanity and
mature themes) John
Krasinski directed and
stars in this Prodigal Son
dramedy as a struggling,
NYC artist who moves
back home to the Mid-
west with his pregnant
girlfriend (Anna Kend-
rick) to help care for his
ailing mom (Margo Mar-
‘Hands of Stone’ chronicles the career of Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Duran (Edgar Ramirez) and
his celebrated ights with Sugar Ray Leonard. Robert De Niro plays this manager and coach, Ray Arcel.
Skarsgard) who embarks
on a revenge-fueled kill-
ing spree ater his son is
murdered by mobsters.
to America to search for
his long-lost childhood
sweetheart.
featuring
Rani Blair, Patrick Mi-
chael Kelly and Naruna
Kaplan de Macedo.
Kate Plays Christine
(Unrated) Sobering biop-
ic chronicling Kate Lyn
Sheil’s preparations to
portray Christine Chub-
buck, the suicidal, TV
news anchor who shot
herself in the head on the
air in 1974.
With Bruno Ganz, Bir-
gitte Hjort Sorensen and
David Sakurai. (In Nor-
wegian, Swedish, Dan-
ish, English, Serbian and
German with subtitles)
Mia Madre (R for
profanity) Bittersweet
dramedy, set in Rome,
revolving around a ilm
director’s
(Margheri-
ta Buy) attempt to care
for her terminally-ill
mother (Giulia Lazza-
rini) while shooting a
movie with a disappoint-
ing leading man (John
Turturro). With writer/
director Nanni Moretti,
Beatrice Mancini and
Stefano Abbati. (In En-
glish, Italian and French
with subtitles)
Is That You? (Unrated)
Romance drama revolv-
ing an unemployed, 60
year-old, ilm projec-
tionist (Alon Aboutboul)
who moves from Israel
Remember the Goal
(PG for mature themes
and and drug referenc-
es) Faith-based drama
revolving around the
eforts of the cross-coun-
In ‘Mechanic: Resurrection’ Jason Statham reprises the title role in this high-octane sequel.
Blood Father (R for
graphic violence, perva-
sive profanity and brief
drug use) Mel Gibson
stars in the title role of
this action thriller about
an ex-con’s attempt to
protect his estranged, 16
year-old daughter (Erin
Moriarty) from the drug
cartel that wants her
dead. With William H.
tindale). With Richard
Jenkins, Sharlto Copley,
Randall Park and Josh
Groban.
In Order of Disap-
pearance (R for graphic
violence and pervasive
profanity) Dark come-
dy revolving around a
mild-mannered milque-
toast-turned-blood-
thirsty vigilante (Stellan
Kam Williams
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try coach (Allee Sutton
Hethcoat) at an all-girls,
Christian prep school
to prepare the team for
a big track meet while
simultaneously minis-
tering to their personal
life issues. Co-starring
Quinn Alexis, Sydney
Marks and Jayla Palmer.
The Sea of Trees (PG-
13 for mature themes,
disturbing images and
brief profanity) Charac-
ter-driven drama about
two suicidal men (Mat-
thew McConaughey and
Ken Watanabe) who have
second thoughts about
taking their own lives
ater making friends in
a forest at the base of
Mount Fuji. With Naomi
Watts, Katie Aselton and
Jordan Gavaris. (In En-
glish and Japanese with
subtitles)
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