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Page 6 The Skanner April 26, 2017 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, April 28, 2017 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Circle (PG-13 for mature themes, drug use, a sexual situation and brief profanity) Suspense thriller about an ambitious executive (Emma Watson) at an un- ethical social media com- pany who finds herself increasingly pressured by its power-hungry CEO (Tom Hanks) to violate subscribers’ privacy. With John Boyega, Pat- ton Oswalt and the late Bill Paxton. Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews who moves in with his long-estranged sister (Salma Hayek) after get- ting kicked out of the mansion by his elder- ly heiress wife (Renee Taylor) of 25 years to make room for an even Jacob Latimore plays a street magician who reluctantly becomes a drug dealer in ‘Sleight’ How to Be a Latin Lov- er (PG-13 for coarse hu- mor, sexual references, crude gestures and brief nudity) Sibling rivalry comedy about a jilted gigolo (Eugenio Derbez) younger man. Ensemble includes Rob Lowe, Lin- da Lavin, Raquel Welch, Mckenna Grace, Kristen Bell, Michael Cera and Rob Corddry. (In English and Spanish with subti- tles) Sleight (R for violence, substance abuse and per- vasive profanity) Action thriller about a street magician (Jacob Lati- more) who starts deal- ing drugs for a mobster (Dule’ Hill) to raise his sister (Storm Reid) after the death of their mom. With Seyvhelle Gabriel, Cameron Esposito and SNL’s Sasheer Zamata. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Bang! The Bert Berns Story (Unrated) Reveren- tial retrospective chroni- cling the aborted career of songwriter/producer Bert Berns (1929-1967) who wrote such hits in the Sixties as “Twist & Shout,” “Hang on Sloopy” and “Piece of My Heart,” and helped launch the careers of The Drifters, The Isley Brothers, Janis Joplin, Neil Diamond and Van Morrison before passing away premature- ly at the age of 38. Danger Close (Unrated) War correspondent doc- umentary chronicling the career of Alex Quade, a female reporter who, since 2001, has frequent- ‘LA 92’ is a documentary about the events surrounding the Los Angeles riots. ly embedded herself with U.S. Special Operations Forces on classified com- bat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Grey Lady (R for vio- lence and brief profani- ty) Crime thriller about a homicide detective (Eric Dane) who gets more than he bargained for when he ventures from Boston to Nantucket to track down his partner’s (Rebecca Gayheart) kill- er. Featuring Natalie Zea, Amy Madigan and Adri- an Lester. LA 92 (R for profanity, bloody images and dis- turbing violence) “No justice, no peace!” docu- mentary revisiting the events surrounding the riots which broke out around Los Angeles in the wake of the Rodney Kidney verdict. Long Strange Trip (R for profanity, graphic nudity and pervasive drug use) Warts-and-all rockumentary afford- ing a revealing look at the life and times of the Grateful Dead. Featuring never before seen video footage of Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, Robert Hunt- er, Bill Kreutzmann and Pigpen. The Mayor (Unrated) Political potboiler, set in South Korea, about the woes which ensue for the Mayor of Seoul (Min-sik Choi) after he announces plans to run for a record-breaking third term. With Do-won Kwak, Eun-kyung Shim and So-ri Moon. (In Kore- an with subtitles) Obit (Unrated) Life af- ter death documentary chronicling the work of the New York Times’ obituary writers. One Week and a Day (Unrated) Midlife crisis drama about a grieving shopkeeper (Shai Avivi) who, much to his wife’s (Evgina Dodina) chagrin, starts getting high and shirking his responsibil- ities after sitting Shiva for his recently-deceased 25 year-old son. Support- ing cast includes Sharon Alexander, Uri Gavriel and Tomer Kapon. (In Hebrew with subtitles) Rupture (Unrated) Sci-fi thriller revolving around a single-mom’s (Noomi Rapace) attempt to escape from the mys- terious organization that abducted her. Co-star- ring Peter Stormare, Kerry Bishe’ and Michael Chiklis. FILM REVIEW: ‘N.O.L.A. Circus’ Chronicles Cutthroat Rivalry between Neighboring Barbershops ‘N.O.L.A. Circus’ By Kam Williams For The Skanner News W ill (Martin Bradford) is the proprietor of Kupcakes, a hair salon located in Algiers, the only New Orleans par- ish on the west side of the Mississippi River. What makes him unique is that he’s also a grassroots activist who peri- odically stands on the proverbial soap box, preaching to anybody who’ll listen about Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Lu- ther King, Jr. He only has one employee, Nola (Jes- sica Morali), a gorgeous shampoo girl. They are secretly lovers, too, only be- cause she has a very overprotective brother, Denzel (Reginal Varice), who is driven beserk just by the thought of See N.O.L.A. on page 7
