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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.
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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
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