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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Feb. 17, 2017
BIG BUDGET FILMS
A Cure for Wellness
(R for violence, profan-
ity, disturbing images,
graphic nudity, sexuality
and a rape) Psychological
thriller about a young
executive (Dane DeHaan)
who becomes suspi-
cious about a health spa
‘s claims of miraculous
cures when he arrives at
the remote Swiss Alps re-
treat to pick up his sup-
posedly ailing boss (Har-
ry Groener). With Jason
Isaacs, Mia Goth and Ce-
lia Imrie. (In English and
German with subtitles)
Fist Fight (R for sex-
uality, nudity, drug use
and pervasive profanity)
Coarse comedy about a
temperamental history
teacher (Ice Cube) who
challenges the nerdy
colleague (Charlie Day)
responsible for his fir-
ing to a duel after school.
Cast includes Tracy Mor-
gan, Dean Norris, Dennis
Haysbert and Christina
Hendricks.
The Great Wall (PG-
13 for violence) Action
adventure set during
the Song dynasty and re-
volving around a soldier
of fortune (Matt Damon)
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who defends the Great
Wall of China from a
swarm of invading drag-
ons with the help of a
platoon of elite warriors.
With Tian Jing, Pedro
Pascal and Willem Da-
foe. (In English, Manda-
rin and Ukrainian with
subtitles)
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Everybody
Loves
Somebody (PG-13 for
sexuality and profanity)
Romantic comedy about
a Chicana gynecologist
(Karla Souza) who lands
in a love triangle when
she is accompanied by a
new suitor (Ben O’Toole)
to a wedding in Mexi-
co also attended by an
ex-boyfriend (Jose Maria
Yazpik) she hasn’t gotten
over yet. With Stefanie
Estes, K.C. Clyde and Ti-
are Scanda. (In English
and Spanish with subti-
tles)
From Nowhere (Un-
rated)
Coming-of-age
drama, set in the Bronx,
highlighting the ordeals
of three undocumented
high school seniors--a
Muslim Guinean (J.
Mallory McCree), a de-
pressed Dominican (Oc-
tavia Chavez-Richmond)
and a Peruvian class
valedictorian
(Raquel
Castro)--living in fear of
being apprehended by
the authorities before be-
ing granted legal immi-
gration status. Support-
ing cast includes Sydni
Beaudoin, Helen Beyene
and Erica Camarano.
Ghost of New Orleans
(R for violence and brief
profanity) Supernatural
crime thriller about a
disgraced detective (Josh
Lucas) who solves the
mysterious murder of
a beautiful cellist (Lake
Bell) with the help of her
ghost. With Terrence
Howard, Deborah Ann
Woll, Bokeem Woodbine
and Sharon Leal.
In Dubious Battle (R
for violence and brief
sexuality) Adaptation of
John Steinbeck’s Depres-
sion era novel revolving
around the efforts of a
couple of activists (James
Ice Cube and Charlie Day play rival teachers in the comedy ‘Fist Fight’
Franco and Nat Wolff )
to unionize fellow, Cal-
ifornia farm workers.
Ensemble cast includes
Selena Gomez, Vincent
D’Onofrio, Sam Shep-
herd, Ed Harris and Josh
Hutcherson.
Land of Mine (R for
violence, profanity and
grisly images) Fact-based
World War II drama,
nominated for the Best
Foreign Language Film
Oscar, recounting how
Denmark forced thou-
sands of German POWs
to defuse millions of
land mines buried on
its beaches during Nazi
occupation. Co-starring
Roland Moller, Mikkel
Boe Folsgaard and Louis
Hoffmann. (In Danish,
German and English
with subtitles)
Lovesong
(Unrat-
ed) Homoerotic drama
about a divorced mom’s
(Riley Keough) attempt
to revive a lesbian rela-
tionship on the eve of
her BFF’s (Jena Malone)
marriage to a man (Ryan
Eggold). With Cary Joji
Fukunaga, Juliet Fitzpat-
rick and Neal Huff.
My Name Is Emily
(Unrated) Road drama
about an orphan (Evan-
na Lynch) who, on her
16th birthday, runs away
from her foster home
with an ardent admir-
er (George Webster) to
search for her long-lost
father (Declan Conlon)
locked-up in a mental
institution on the other
side of Ireland. Support
cast includes Michael
Smiley, Martin McCann
and Cathy Belton.
XX (R for violence,
profanity and brief drug
use) Quartet of short hor-
ror flicks, each directed
by a woman and featur-
ing a female lead. Cast in-
cludes Melanie Lynskey,
Natalie Brown, Breeda
Wool and Christina Kirk.