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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Oct. 21, 2016
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Boo! A Madea Hal-
loween (PG-13 for drug
use, suggestive content,
profanity, scary images
and mature themes) Ty-
ler Perry is back in drag
for a madcap adventure
which inds the sassy,
pistol-packing
granny
protecting her great-
niece (Diamond White)
and friends from a com-
bination of paranormal
poltergeists,
ghosts,
ghouls and killer zom-
bies. Ensemble includes
Cassi Davis, Patrice Love-
ly, Yousef Arakat and An-
dre Hall.
Jack Reacher: Never Go
Back (PG-13 for violence,
bloody images, profanity
and mature themes) Tom
Cruise reprises the title
role in this action-ori-
ented sequel which inds
the peripatetic soldier of
fortune on the run while
trying to clear his name
of murder. With Cobie
Smulders,Robert Knep-
per, Danika Yarosh and
Aldis Hodge.
Keeping Up with the
Joneses (PG-13 for sexu-
ality, violence and brief
profanity) Action com-
edy revolving around a
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suburban couple (Zach
Galiianakis and Isla
Fisher) which becomes
embroiled in an inter-
national espionage plot
ater unwittingly be-
friending their seeming-
ly-innocuous, new neigh-
bors (Gal Gadot and Jon
Hamm) who happen to be
government spies. Fea-
turing Maribeth Mon-
roe, Patton Oswalt, Matt
Walsh and Michael Liu.
Ouija: Origin of Evil
(PG-13 for terror, mature
themes and disturbing
images) Spooky pre-
quel, set in L.A. in 1967,
in which a family which
comes to regret staging
a seance to contact its
dearly-departed patri-
arch when one of his
daughter’s (Lulu Wil-
son) becomes possessed
by a demonic spirit. Cast
includes Lin Shaye, Eliz-
abeth Reaser and Annal-
ise Basso.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
American Pastoral (R
for profanity, graphic
sexuality and brief vio-
lent images) Crime dra-
ma, set in 1968, about a
successful,
suburban
couple (Jennifer Connel-
ly and Ewan McGregor)
whose idyllic life comes
apart at the seams when
their radicalized daugh-
ter (Dakota Fanning)
commits a deadly act of
terrorism in protest of
the Vietnam War. With
David Strathairn, Uzo
Aduba, Molly Parker and
Valorie Curry.
Before the Flood (Un-
rated) Eco-documentary
examining how climate
change is afecting the
environment and at what
can be done to reverse
atmospheric warming
trends. Featuring com-
mentary by Elon Musk,
Pope Francis, Leonardo
DiCaprio.
It Had to Be You (R for
profanity and sexuality)
Romantic comedy re-
volving around a neurot-
ic jingle writer (Cristin
Miloti) torn between ac-
cepting her boyfriend’s
(Dan Soder) surprise
Tyler Perry is back in drag for a madcap adventure in ‘Boo! A Madea Halloween’
marriage proposal and
pursuing her fantasies.
With Halley Feifer, Kate
Simses and Erica Swea-
ny.
Moonlight (R for sex-
uality, drug use, perva-
sive profanity and brief
violence) Coming-of-age
tale, set in Miami, chron-
icling a young, gay black
man’s (Ashton Sanders)
struggle with his sexual-
ity while growing up in a
tough, inner-city ‘hood.
With Mahershala Ali,
Andre Holland, Naomie
Harris, Janelle Monae,
Sharif Earp and Duan
Sanderson.
A
Stray
(Unrated)
American Dream saga,
set in Minneapolis, about
a struggling Somali ref-
ugee (Barkhad Now!”
Abdirahman) whose life
takes a turn for the worse
when he befriends a dog
he almost runs over on
the street. Supporting
cast includes Fathia Ab-
sle, Christina Baldwin
and Faysal Ahmed.
for profanity, rape and
violence)
Courtroom
drama starring Keanu
Reeves as a defense at-
torney hired by a wid-
owed friend (Renee Zell-
weger) to represent her
son (Gabriel Basso) who
has already confessed
to patricide. With Gugu
Mbatha-Raw, Jim Belushi
and Lucky Johnson.
We Are X (R for pro-
fanity) Rock & Roll ret-
rospective revisiting the
rise and tragic fall of the
melodic, Japanese, heavy
metal band X. (In English
and Japanese with subti-
tles)
Zombies
(Unrated)
Post-apocalyptic horror
lick about a rag-tag band
of survivors’ attempt
to save the panet in the
wake of a zombie out-
break. Co-starring Ste-
ven Luke, Tony Todd and
Raina Hein.
The Whole Truth (R