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Page 6 The Skanner March 8, 2017 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, March 10, 2017 BIG BUDGET FILMS Kong: Skull Island (PG- 13 for action, intense vi- olence and brief profan- ity) Reboot of the King Kong franchise, set in 1971, revolving around an ill-fated expedition to an uncharted Polyne- sian island inhabited by a horde of monsters led by a giant ape. Ensem- ble cast includes Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, John Good- Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews rated) Quirky mocku- mentary, set in Denver, highlighting the futile attempt of aspiring ac- tor/computer repairman Arthur Martinez to kick- ‘Kong: Skull Island’ man, Corey Hawkins and Tom Hiddleston. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Actor Martinez (Un- start his fledgling show- biz career. With Mike Ott, Cory Zacharia and Nathan Silver. Betting on Zero (Un- rated) Incendiary Wall Street documentary chronicling billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman’s crusade ex- posing Herbalife as the biggest pyramid scheme in history. Featuring ap- pearances by corporate raider Carl Icahn, grass roots organizer Julie Contreras and Herbalife CEO Michael Johnson. Brimstone (R for pro- fanity, grisly violence, graphic sexuality, dis- turbing images and frontal nu- dity) Gruesome Western about a wrongfully-ac- cused, frontier woman (Dakota Fanning) who tries to clear her name while on the run from a vengeful preach- er (Guy Pearce). Support cast in- cludes Emilia Jones, Carice van Houten and Kit Harington. My Scientology Mov- ie (Unrated) Faux docu- mentary employing ac- tors to recreate revealing incidents reported by disenchanted members of the Church of Scientol- ‘The Ottoman Lieutenant’ ogy. Co-starring Andrew Perez, Stacia Roybal and Conner Stark as Tom Cruise. The Other Half (Un- rated) Romance drama, set in Toronto, revolving around the love affair between a grief-stricken cab driver (Tom Cullen) and a manic depressive with a bipolar disorder (Tatiana Maslany). With Diana Bentley, Henry Czerny and Emmanuel Kabongo. The Ottoman Lieu- tenant (R for violence) Romance drama, unfold- ing at the outbreak of the First World War, about the love which blossoms between a Turkish lieu- tenant (Michiel Huis- man) in the Imperial Army and a headstrong, American nurse (Hera Hilmar) stationed at a medical mission inside the Ottoman Empire. Supporting cast includes Josh Hartnett, Haluk Bil- giner and Sir Ben Kings- ley. Personal Shopper (R for profanity, sexuality, nudity and a bloody im- age) Supernatural sus- pense thriller, set in Par- is, about a grief-stricken American’s (Kristen Stewart) attempt to com- municate with the ghost of her recently-departed twin brother. With Sig- rid Bouaziz, Ty Olwin and Lars Eidinger. (In En- glish, French and Swed- ish with subtitles) Raw (R for aberrant behavior, gruesome images, nudity, graph- ic sexuality, profanity, drug use and partying) Grisly horror flick about a 16-year-old vegan (Ga- rance Marillier) who See MOVIES on page 11
