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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, March 24, 2017
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Chips (R for crude hu-
mor, graphic sexuality,
frontal nudity, violence,
drug use and pervasive
profanity) Dax Shep-
ard wrote, directed,
produced and co-stars
in this comedic screen
version of the 1970s TV
series revolving around
the exploits of a couple
of California Highway
Patrol officers (Shepard
and Michael Pena). With
Kam
Williams
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ordeal aboard an inter-
national space station
after a microscopic or-
ganism plucked from the
surface of Mars starts re-
producing rapidly while
‘I Called Him Morgan’ revisits the life of jazz great Lee Morgan
Adam Brody, Kristen
Bell, Vincent D’Onofrio,
Maya Rudolph and Jane
Kaczmarek.
Life (R for violence,
terror and pervasive
profanity) Sci-fi thriller
chronicling the crew’s
morphing into a malev-
olent force. Co-starring
Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan
Reynolds, Ariyon Ba-
kare, Rebecca Ferguson,
Hiroyuki Sanada and
Olga Dihovichnaya. (In
English, Japanese and
Chinese with subtitles)
Power Rangers (PG-13
for violence, action, de-
struction, profanity and
crude humor) Reboot of
the hyperactive kiddie
franchise finds five teens
imbued with unique su-
perpowers (Naomi Scott,
R.J. Cyler, Ludi Lin, Dacre
Montgomery and Becky
G.) joining forces to save
the planet from an evil
witch (Elizabeth Banks)
with an army of militant
minions. With Bill Had-
er, Bryan Cranston and
Sarah Grey.
Slamma Jamma (PG for
violence, mature themes
and mild epithets) Tale
of redemption about a
wrongly-convicted bas-
ketball star (Chris Sta-
ples) who attempts to
get back on his feet after
parole by entering a slam
dunk competition with a
grand prize of $25,000.
Cast includes Michael
Irvin, Jose Canseco and
Michael Hardy.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
American Anarchist
(Unrated)
Hippie-era
documentary catching
up with controversial
cult figure William Pow-
ell, the now-regretful
‘Slamma Jamma’
author of the anti-estab-
lishment manifesto, “The
Anarchist’s Cookbook.”
chat, Klara Meliskova
and Marika Soposka. (In
Czech with subtitles)
I Called Him Morgan
(Unrated)
Reverential
retrospective revisiting
the life of Lee Morgan
(1938-1972), the legend-
ary jazz great murdered
by his wife between sets
during a late-night gig at
Slug’s Saloon in Green-
wich Village. Featuring
commentary by contem-
poraries Albert “Tootie”
Heath, Wayne Shorter,
Benny Maupin and Billy
Harper.
In Search of Israeli
Cuisine (Unrated) Foodie
documentary examining
the 70+ cultures contrib-
uting to Israeli eating
habits at home and in
restaurants.
I, Olga (Unrated) Crime
blotter docudrama, set
in Prague, deconstruct-
ing the series of events
triggering 22 year-old,
mass murderer Olga
Hepnarova’s (Michalina
Olszanska) 1973 killing
spree. With Martin Pel-
mom in mourning (Alice
Lowe), who is prodded
by her fetus to embark
on a homicidal ram-
page against the people
responsible for the ba-
by-daddy’s fatal, moun-
tain climbing accident.
With Kate Dickie, Gem-
ma Whelan and Jo Hart-
ley.
The Levelling (Unrat-
ed) Haunting, modern
parable of Biblical pro-
portions chronicling a
grief-stricken Prodigal
Daughter’s (Ellie Kend-
rick) attempt to reconcile
with her long-estranged
father (David Troughton)
while performing a post
mortem on her brother’s
(Joe Blakemore) untime-
ly death. Featuring Jack
Holden.
Wilson (R for sexuality
and pervasive profanity)
Woody Harrelson plays
the character in this dys-
functional family com-
edy about a lonely mis-
anthrope who decides
to reconcile with his es-
tranged ex-wife (Laura
Dern) upon learning that
he has a teenage daugh-
ter (Isabella Amara) he
never knew existed.
With Brett Gelman, Judy
Greer and Toussaint
Morrison.
Prevenge
(Unrated)
Horror comedy, set in
Wales, about a pregnant
SHOWTIMES
THE RED TURTLE (LA TORTUE
ROUGE) (PG)
Fri-Thur: 2:40, 7:30
SING (PG)
Fri-Thur: 11:30, 4:30
FENCES (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 11:50, 6:50
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
(PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 11:40, 4:20, 9:20
MOANA (PG)
Fri-Thur: 2:30
The Week of
Friday, March 24 through
Thursday, March 30, 2017
ARRIVAL (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 5:00, 9:40
MOONLIGHT (R)
Fri-Thur: 1:55, 7:05
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
(R)
Sat-Thur: 9:30
THE WORLD HAS NO EYEDEA (NR)
Fri: 9:30
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