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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, March 17, 2017
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Beauty and the Beast
(PG for action, peril, vi-
olence and frightening
images) Emma Watson
and Dan Stevens co-star
as the title characters in
this musical adaptation
of the French fairy tale
about a young woman
taken prisoner by a mon-
strous, young prince.
Supporting cast includes
Luke Evans, Kevin Kline,
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Stan-
ley Tucci, Audra McDon-
ald, Ian McKellen, Josh
Kam
Williams
Kam’s
Kapsules
Movie
Reviews
High-body count thrill-
er set inside a locked
corporate office in Bo-
gota, Columbia where
60 American employees
are directed via intercom
by an anonymous voice
to participate in a grisly
T2: Trainspotting (R
for violence, drug use,
graphic sexuality, fron-
tal nudity and pervasive
profanity)
Oscar-win-
ning director Danny
Boyle (for Slumdog Mil-
lionaire)
reassembled
his principal cast for
this gritty sequel, set in
Edinburgh 20 years lat-
er, which finds the gang
resuming their shock-
ing, anti-social antics.
Co-starring Ewan Mc-
Gregor, Ewen Bremner,
Johnny Lee Miller, Rob-
ert Carlyle and Kelly
Macdonald.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Emile Hirsch and J.K. Simmons in ‘All Nighter’
Gad and Emma Thomp-
son.
The Belko Experiment
(R for profanity, sexual
references, drug use and
pervasive gory violence)
game of kill or be killed.
Ensemble cast includes
Melonie Diaz, John C. Mc-
Ginley, Tony Goldwyn
and Adria Arjona.
All Nighter (R for sex-
uality, brief nudity, drug
use and pervasive pro-
fanity) Unlikely-buddies
comedy about a hard-
boiled businessman (J.K.
Simmons) who grudg-
ingly joins forces with
his missing daughter’s
(Analeigh Tipton) slack-
er ex-boyfriend (Emile
Hirsch) after she myste-
riously disappears. With
Taran Killam, Shannon
Woodward and Kristen
Schaal.
Betting on Zero (Un-
rated) Incendiary Wall
Dan Stevens and Emma Watson in ‘Beauty and the Beast’
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.
Burn Your Maps (PG-
13 for sexual material,
mature themes and brief
profanity)
Adaptation
of the Robyn Joy Leff
short story of the same
name about an 8 year-
old trans-ethnic (Jacob
Tremblay), born white
in America, who comes
out to his parents (Vera
Farmiga and Martin Cso-
kas) as a Mongolian goat
herder before embark-
ing on a trip to Asia in
search of his roots. With
Suraj Sharma, Virginia
Madsen and Ramon Ro-
driguez.
The Devil’s Candy (Un-
rated) Haunted house
horror flick about an
artist (Ethan Embry)
who becomes possessed
by demonic forces soon
after moving into his
dream home with his
wife (Shiri Appleby) and
teen daughter (Kiara
Glasco). Featuring Craig
Nigh, Pruitt Taylor Vince
and Oryan West.
Frantz (PG-13 for ma-
ture themes and brief
violence)
Bittersweet
romance drama, set in
the wake of World War
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