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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Feb. 3, 2017
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Rings (PG-13 for vi-
olence, terror, mature
themes, drug use and
some sexuality) Super-
natural prequel to The
Ring, revolving around
a young couple (Alex Roe
and Matilda Anna Ingrid
Lutz) who, against their
better judgment, decide
‘I Am Not Your Negro’
to explore an urban leg-
end about a videotape
that kills its viewers a
week after they watch it.
Cast includes Aimee Tee-
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garden, Johnny Galecki,
Laura Wiggins and Vin-
cent D’Onofrio.
The Space Be-
tween Us (PG-
13 for profanity
and brief sen-
suality) Futur-
istic sci-fi ad-
venture about
a boy born on
Mars (Asa But-
terfield)
who
travels to Earth
to find the fa-
ther he’s never
known and the
street-smart
girl (Britt Rob-
ertson) he met
online.
With
Gary Oldman,
Janet
Mont-
gomery,
BD
Wong and Car-
la Gugino.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
American
Violence
(Unrated)
Psychologi-
cal thriller revolving
around a shrink (De-
nise Richards) hired to
determine whether or
not an inmate (Kaiwi
Lyman-Mersereau) on
Death Row deserves a
stay of execution. With
Columbus Short, Bruce
Dern and Michael Pare.
Chapter & Verse (Un-
rated) Unlikely-buddies
drama about a gang
leader-turned-Meals on
Wheels
deliveryman
(Daniel Beaty) who forg-
es a friendship with a 75
year-old, shut in (Loretta
Devine) on his route. Fea-
turing Omari Hardwick,
Selenis Leyva and Khad-
im Diop.
The Comedian (R for
pervasive
profanity
and crude sexual refer-
ences) Robert De Niro
handles the title role
in this coarse comedy
chronicling the effort
of a former, TV star to
mount a comeback doing
standup. Ensemble cast
includes Danny DeVito,
Leslie Mann, Billy Crys-
tal, Harvey Keitel, Jimmy
Walker, Patti Lupone,
Gilbert Gottfried, Han-
nibal Buress and Charles
Grodin.
Confidential
Assign-
‘The Space Between Us’
ment (Unrated) Action
adventure about a North
Korean detective (Hyun
Bin) who joins forces
with a South Korean cop
(Hae-jin Yoo) to appre-
hend a refugee mob boss
(Ju-hyuk Kim) on the
lam. With Young-nam
Jang, Dong-hwi Lee and
Yoona. (In Korean with
subtitles)
in 1979, about a 10 year-
old Indian immigrant’s
(Roni Akurati) obsessive
pursuit of his idea of the
American Dream. With
Jason Lee, Hilarie Burton
and Anjul Nigam.
The Grace of Jake (Un-
rated) Musical drame-
dy about a just-paroled
convict (Jake La Botz)
who steals a car and
drives from California
to Arkansas in search
of his long-lost dad (Mi-
chael Beck). With Jordin
Sparks, Lew Temple and
Ravi Kapoor.
I Am Not Your Negro
(PG-13 for profanity,
mature themes, violent
images and brief nudity)
Civil rights documenta-
ry, narrated by Samuel
L. Jackson, examining
James Baldwin’s views
on race in America as ex-
pressed in an unfinished
manuscript
entitled,
“Remember This House.”
Featuring archival foot-
age of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., Malcolm X and
Medgar Evers.
Growing Up Smith
(PG-13 for profanity and
brief drug use) Com-
ing-of-age comedy, set
Midsummer in New-
town (Unrated) Bitter-
sweet
documentary
highlighting how the cit-
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NEW MOVIES OPENING EVERY WEEK!
SHOWTIMES
A MONSTER CALLS (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 1:40
WHY HIM? (R)
Fri,Sun-Thur: 5:00, 9:30/Sat: 5:00
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (R)
Fri-Thur: 2:35, 9:50
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE
TO FIND THEM (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 11:55, 4:00, 6:45
ELLE (R)
Fri: 7:00/Sat-Thur: 11:45, 7:00
izens of a shattered Con-
necticut town turned to
art to recover from the
mass murder of 26 ele-
mentary school students
and teachers.
Oklahoma City (Unrat-
ed) Domestic terror doc-
umentary revisiting the
events leading up to the
1995 bombing of a feder-
al office building which
claimed 168 lives and in-
jured 680 other people.
War on Everyone (R
for violence, nudity, sex-
uality, drug use and per-
vasive profanity) Crime
comedy about a couple of
corrupt cops (Alexander
Skarsgard and Michael
Pena) who get more than
they bargained for when
they try to shakedown
a strip club manager
(Caleb Landry Jones).
With Theo James, Tessa
Thompson and Paul Rei-
ser.
Youth in Oregon (Un-
rated) Road dramedy
about an embittered 80
year-old (Frank Langel-
la) who finds a new rea-
son to live while being
driven by his son-in-law
(Billy Crudup) to Oregon
where he’s supposed to
be euthanized. Support
cast includes Mary Kay
Place, Christina Apple-
gate and Josh Lucas.
The Week of
Friday, Feb. 3 through
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017
DR. STRANGE (PG-13)
Sat-Thur: 2:25, 7:25
TROLLS (PG)
Fri-Wed: 11:35
SAY ANYTHING (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 4:50, 9:40
THE WORLD HAS NO EYEDEA (NR)
Sat: 9:30
$4.00 adults, $3.00 senior citizens (65+),
$3.00 for kids (12 & under)
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Babysitting: Available for children 2 to 8 years old. Fri: shows after 3:30pm and before 8:00pm. Sat - Sun: all
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