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Page 6 The Skanner February 8, 2017 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 BIG BUDGET FILMS Fifty Shades Darker (R for profanity, graph- ic sexuality and frontal nudity) Steamy sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey finds Ana (Dakota John- son) and Christian (Jamie Dornan) resuming their erotic relationship, but on her terms. supporting cast includes Kim Basing- er, Marcia Gay Harden and Jennifer Ehle. John Wick: Chapter Two (R for profanity, brief nudity and per- vasive violence) Keanu Reeves reprises the title role in this high-body count thriller which finds the former hitman forced out of retirement to take on some of the world’s deadliest assas- sins. Featuring Laurence Fishburne, John Leguiza- mo, Bridget Moynahan and Lance Reddick. The LEGO Batman Movie (PG for action and rude humor) Animated version of the video game has the Caped Crusader (Will Arnett) enlisting the assistance of Robin (Michael Cera), Batgirl (Rosario Dawson) and his butler, Alfred (Ralph Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews Fiennes), to defend Go- tham City from the Joker (Zach Galifianakis) and a host of infamous su- pervillains. Voice cast includes Zoe Kravitz, Channing Tatum, Mari- ah Carey, Adam Devine, Conan O’Brien and Billy Dee Williams. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Adventure Club (Un- rated) Sci-fi fantasy about a trio of ten year- old BFFs (Dalila Bella, Jakob Davies and Sam Ashe Arnold) who end up on the run from sev- eral shady characters after finding an ancient artifact capable of grant- ing wishes. Cast includes Kim Coates, Gabrielle Miller and Robin Dunne. God Bless the Broken Road (PG for mature themes and military com- bat) Modern morality play about a grief-strick- en widow’s (Lindsay Pulsipher) crisis in faith while struggling to raise a young daughter (Mak- enzie Moss) alone after her soldier husband (Liam Matthews) perish- es on the battlefield in Af- ghanistan. Support cast includes Jordin Sparks, LaDainian Tomlinson, Robin Givens and Kim Delaney. Havenhurst (Unrated) Haunted house horror flick about a young, fresh- out-of-rehab alcoholic (Julie Benz) who contin- ues to battle her own and other demons after mov- ing into an apartment from which the previous tenant (Danielle Harris) disappeared without a trace. With Belle Shouse, Fionnula Flanagan and Josh Stamberg. I Am Jane Doe (Unrat- ed) Jessica Chastain nar- rates this expose chron- icling the frustrations encountered by mothers determined to rescue their adolescent daugh- ters kidnapped by sex traffickers. Jolly LLB 2 (Unrated) Akshay Kumar replaces Arshad Warsi as the title ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ lawyer in this courtroom drama revolving around a high-stakes legal case that could make or break his career. With Annu Kapoor, Huma Qureshi and Saurabh Shukla. (In Hindi with subtitles) finding out not only that he’s Jewish but that his maternal grandmother was an Auschwitz sur- vivor. (In English, Hun- garian and German with subtitles) Kedi (Unrated) Feline plague documentary about the millions of cats who have been allowed to roam free around the city of Istanbul for thou- sands of years. (In Turk- ish with subtitles) Speed Sisters (Unrat- ed) Pedal to the metal documentary highlight- ing the high-octane ex- ploits of the five Palestin- ian females composing the Middle East’s first, all-women race car team. (In Arabic with subtitles) Keep Quiet (Unrated) Skeletons-in-the-clos- et documentary about an anti-Semitic, Holo- caust-denying, Hungar- ian politician’s stunning transformation after Stray Bullets (Unrat- ed) Crime caper, set in upstate New York, about a couple of teenage sib- lings’ (Jack Fessenden and Asa Spurlock) taken hostage by three fugi- tives from justice (Lar- ry Fessenden, James Le Gros and John Spereda- kos) hiding out in their family’s abandoned mo- bile. Featuring Kevin Corrigan, Robert Burke Warren and Erik Kraus. A United Kingdom (PG- 13 for sensuality, pro- fanity and ethnic slurs) Fact-based docudrama, set in 1948, recounting the international scandal ignited by the interracial romance shared by an African prince (David Oyelowo) and a lowly white Londoner (Rosa- mund Pike). With Jack Davenport, Tom Felton, Laura Carmichael and Jessica Oyelowo.
