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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening This Friday, Sept. 16, 2016
Blair Witch (R for
profanity, terror and
disturbing
images)
Found-footage
horror
sequel revolving around
a college student (James
Allen McCune) who
leads a group of class-
mates deep into a Mary-
land forest in search of
the long-lost sister who
disappeared during a
similar expedition. En-
semble includes Callie
Hernandez, Corbin Reid,
Brandon Scott, Wes Rob-
inson and Valorie Curry.
Bridget Jones’ Baby (R
for nudity, profanity and
sexual references) Rene
Zellweger reprises the ti-
tle role in this baby-dad-
dy dramedy which inds
the British bachelorette
pregnant but uncertain
as to whether the father
is her ex (Colin Firth) or
her new lover (Patrick
Dempsey). With Jim
Broadbent, Gemma Jones
and Sally Phillips.
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise
(PG for mature themes)
Faith-based documenta-
ry chronicling the mete-
oric rise of Hillsong Unit-
ed, the Christian rock
band from Australia
Kam
Williams
by Whoopi Goldberg,
Sigourney Weaver and
Elvis Costello.
Kam’s
Kapsules
Movie
Reviews
Cardboard Boxer (Un-
rated) Bum ight drama
about a Skid Row hobo
(Thomas Haden Church)
pressured
by
some
spoiled-rotten
teens
to box other homeless
men. Featuring Terrence
Howard, Marlo Thomas,
Macy Gray and Boyd Hol-
brook.
whose hymns are sung in
churches every Sunday
by over 50 million people
around the world.
Snowden (R for profan-
ity, sexuality and nudity)
Joseph
Gordon-Levitt
plays infamous whis-
tleblower-turned-fugi-
tive Edward Snowden
in this cloak-and-dagger
thriller directed by Oli-
ver Stone. With Melissa
Leo, Zachary Quinto,
Nicolas Vage, Shailene
Woodley, Tom Wilkin-
son, Joely Richardson
and Rhys Ifans.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The Beatles: Eight Days
a Week (Unrated) Ron
Howard directed this
reverential retrospective
featuring found footage
from interviews and
concert performances
by the Fab Four recorded
between 1963 and 1966.
Including commentary
Is That a Gun in Your
Pocket? (R for profanity
and sexuality) Battle-of-
the-sexes comedy, os-
tensibly by Spike Lee’s
Chi-Raq and/or Aristo-
phanes’ Lysistrata, re-
volving around a stay-
at-home mom (Andrea
Anders) who recruits
the women in her Tex-
as town to withhold sex
from their husbands un-
til they surrender their
weapons. With Cloris
Leachman, Horatio Sanz
and John Michael Hig-
gins.
Mr. Church (PG-13 for
mature themes) Eddie
Murphy plays the title
character in this bitter-
sweet drama about a chef
who befriends a little
girl (Natalie Coughlin)
Eddie Murphy is a live-in cook who befriends the daughter of his terminally ill employer in ‘Mr. Church’.
trio of entrepreneurial
BFFs who founded Com-
paq Computers over
brunch at a Texas diner
back in 1981.
while cooking meals for
her terminally-ill moth-
er (Natascha McElhone).
Cast includes Britt Rob-
ertson, Lucy Fry and
Xavier Samuel.
Wild Oats (PG-13 for
sexuality) Buddy comedy
about a widow (Shirley
MacLaine) who embarks
Silicon Cowboys (Un-
rated) American Dream
documentary about the
with her best friend
(Jessica Lange) on a he-
donistic getaway to the
Canary Islands ater a
life insurance company
makes a multimillion
dollar error in her favor.
With Demi Moore, Alan
Arkin, Judd Hirsch and
Billy Connolly.
FILM REVIEW:
Tom Hanks Plays Hero Pilot in ‘Sully’
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
U
S Airways Flight
1549 had barely
taken of from New
York’s LaGuardia
Airport on the aternoon
of Jan. 15, 2009 when it
sighted Canada geese
lying in its path at about
2,800 feet. The Airbus
320 was unable to avoid
the lock and the ensuing
strike disabled both of its
engines.
At that point, Captain
Chesley “Sully” Sullen-
berger immediately took
control of the powerless
plane from co-pilot Jef
Skiles (Aaron Eckhart)
and informed the tower
of his dire predicament.
Ater weighing his op-
tions in the next few sec-
KEITH BERNSTEIN/WARNER BROS. PICTURES VIA AP
BIG BUDGET FILMS
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tom Hanks in a
scene from “Sully.”
onds, Sully ignored air
traic controller Patrick
Harten’s (Patch Darragh)
suggestion to return to
LaGuardia in favor of the
fateful decision to ditch
the crippled jet in the
Hudson River.
Thanks to a combina-
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EQUITY (R)
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ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE
MOVIE (R)
Fri-Thur: 12:55, 9:30
THE BFG (PG)
Fri-Thur: 2:30, 5:00
tion of calm seas and the
veteran Captain’s years
of experience as both a
glider pilot and light
safety instructor, the
plane managed to make a
smooth landing without
See SULLY on page 7
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