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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening This Friday, September 23, 2016
BIG BUDGET FILMS
The Magniicent Sev-
en (PG-13 for intense
violence, smoking, pro-
fanity and suggestive
material) Remake of the
1960 classic Western
revolving around a rag-
tag team of gunslingers
recruited by a desperate
widow (Haley Bennett)
to defend her tiny fron-
tier town from a ruthless
gang of outlaws. Co-star-
ring Denzel Washington,
Peter Sarsgaard, Ethan
Hawke, Chris Pratt, Vin-
cent D’Onofrio, Byung-
Kam
Williams
Kam’s
Kapsules
Movie
Reviews
Animated comedy about
a lock of storks that
abandons its traditional
mission to deliver pack-
ages for a global corpo-
rate giant. Plot thickens
when a rising star (Andy
Samberg) risks a pro-
motion promised by his
little bundle of joy. Voice
cast includes Jennifer
Aniston, Ty Burrell, Kee-
gan-Michael key, Jordan
Peele and Danny Trejo.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Chronic (R for nudity
and profanity) Poignant
character study starring
Tim Roth in the title role
as a caregiver for the ter-
minally-ill who appar-
ently needs his patients
as much as they need
him. Support cast in-
cludes Michael Cristofer,
Elizabeth Tulloch and
Tate Ellington.
Malik Zili plays an investigative journalist in ‘Made in France’ who
iniltrates a cell of Islamic youth planning a terrorist attack on Paris.
Closet Monster (Unrat-
ed) Homoerotic drama,
set in Newfoundland,
about a gay teen (Connor
Jessup) who hides his
sexual preference from
his intolerant, short-tem-
pered father (Aaron
Abrams) ater witness-
ing a hate crime, until he
falls in love with a hand-
some co-worker (Aliocha
Schneider). With Isabel-
la Rossellini, Joanne Kel-
ly and Jinji Dawson.
boss (Kelsey Grammer)
by attempting to make
his irst ever baby drop
ater accidentally man-
ufacturing an adorable,
Dirty 30 (PG-13 for
sexuality, drug use and
debauchery) Female em-
powerment adventure
about a couple of jaded
hun Lee and Manuel Gar-
cia-Rulfo.
Storks (PG for mild ac-
tion and mature themes)
Voice cast of the animated comedy ‘Storks’ includes Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-
Michael key, Jordan Peele, Andy Samberg and Danny Trejo
women (Grace Helbig
and Hannah Hart) who
throw a bawdy birth-
day party to lit the sag-
ging spirits of a lifelong
friend turning 30 (Mam-
rie Hart), only to see the
soiree spiral out of con-
trol. Featuring Adam Lu-
stick, Anna Akana and
Annie Sertich.
The Dressmaker (R
for brief profanity and
a scene of violence) Kate
Winslet handles the ti-
tle role in this Prodigal
Daughter drama, set in
1926, as a fashion design-
er who falls in love with a
local hunk with a heart of
gold (Liam Hemsworth)
and transforms her
hometown upon return-
ing to Australia to care
for her ailing, long-es-
tranged mom (Judy Da-
vis). Cast includes Hugo
Weaving, Kerry Fox and
Sarah Snook.
Generation
Startup
(Unrated)
Millenni-
als are the focus of this
documentary
revolv-
ing around the entre-
preneurial eforts of a
half-dozen college grads
building businesses in
Detroit.
I.T. (Unrated) Cat-and-
mouse crime thriller
about a successful busi-
nessman (Pierce Bros-
nan) who turns vigilante
when his most trusted
conidante (James Fre-
cheville) starts sabo-
taging the company,
stalking his teenage
daughter (Stefanie Scott)
and threatening his fam-
ily. With Anna Friel,
Austin Swit and Michael
Nyqvist.
The Lovers and the
Despot (Unrated) Bam-
boo Curtain documen-
tary about a successful
South Korean director
(Shin Sang-ok) who was
kidnapped with his wife/
actress (Choi Eun-hee)
and delivered to dictator
Kim Jong-Il to serve as
the North Korean dicta-
tor’s personal ilmmak-
ers. (In Korean, Japanese
and English with subti-
tles)
Made in France (Unrat-
ed) Jihadist thriller about
an investigative journal-
ist (Malik Zili) who inil-
trates a cell of disafected
Islamic youth planning a
terrorist attack on Paris.
With Dimitri Storoge,
Francois Civil and Nas-
sim Si Ahmed. (In French
with subtitles)
Queen of Katwe (PG
for an accident scene,
mature themes and sug-
gestive material) Madi-
na Malwanga portrays
the title character of this
upliting biopic, Phion-
SHOWTIMES
SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU (PG-13)
Fri-Sun: 12:05, 7:30
Mon: 12:05 / Tues-Thur: 12:05, 7:30
LO AND BEHOLD, REVERIES OF THE
CONNECTED WORLD (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 12:50, 4:35, 9:00
THE BFG (PG)
Fri-Sun: 2:05, 5:00
Mon: 2:05 / Tues-Thur: 2:05, 5:00
HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE
(PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 2:30, 7:00, 9:15
sa Mutesi, the Ugan-
dan chess prodigy who
overcomes poverty and
misogyny to become a
grandmaster with the
help of a volunteer (Da-
vid Oyelowo) who orga-
nizes a chess club in her
humble village. With Lu-
pita N’yongo, Martin Ka-
banza and Taryn Kyaze.
The Ruins of Lita (Un-
rated) Middle East doc-
umentary about a Pales-
tinian village which was
abandoned during the
1948 Arab-Israeli War
but never repopulated
ater the founding of the
Jewish State.
Seed: The Untold Sto-
ry (Unrated) Eco-docu-
mentary chronicling the
David vs. Goliath efort
of indigenous peoples
and family farmers to
preserve thousands of
varieties of seeds being
destroyed and/or appro-
priated by agribusiness
and chemical conglomer-
ates. (In English, Spanish
and Hindi with subtitles)
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Friday, Sept. 23 through
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016
FINDING DORY (PG)
Fri-Thur: 12:15, 4:45, 6:45
BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO
AMERICA (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 3:00, 9:30
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