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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
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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.