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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, June 2, 2017
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Captain Underpants:
The First Epic Mov-
ie (PG for pervasive,
mildly rude humor) Ed
Helms supplies the voice
of the title character in
this screen version of
the animated TV series
about a couple of fourth
grade pranksters (Kevin
Hart and Thomas Mid-
dleditch) who hypnotize
their principal into be-
lieving he’s the tighty-
whities wearing hero of
the comic book they’ve
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War I, finds the Ama-
zon warrior princess
(Gal Gadot) rescuing a
downed American pilot
(Chris Pine) and accom-
panying him to London
where she joins the fight
on the side of the Al-
‘3 Idiotas’
created. With Jordan
Peele, Nick Kroll and
Sugar Lyn Beard.
Wonder Woman (PG-
13 for action, violence
and suggestive content)
Latest incarnation of the
DC Comics superhero-
ine, set during World
lies. Cast include Robin
Wright, Danny Huston
and David Thewlis.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
3 Idiotas (PG-13 for
crude humor and brief
profanity) Mexican re-
make of 3 Idiots, the Bol-
lywood comedy about a
couple of college buddies
(Christian Vazquez and
German Valdez) who be-
latedly decide to mount
a search for a missing
classmate
(Alfonso
Dosal) five years after he
disappeared without a
trace on their graduation
day. Cast includes Mar-
tha Higareda, Vadhir
Derbez and Sebastian
Zurita. (In Spanish with
subtitles)
Aaron’s Blood (Un-
rated) Tale of demonic
possession about a sin-
gle-dad’s (James Marti-
nez) desperate attempt
to reverse his hemophil-
iac son’s (Trevor Stovall)
gradual transformation
into a vampire in the
wake of a blood trans-
fusion. With Michael
Peach, Michael Chieffo
and Farah White.
All about the Money
(Unrated) Action come-
dy about two guys (Ed-
die Griffin and Casper
Von Dien) tricked into
vacationing in Colombia
by a broke buddy (Blake
Freeman) who wants
their help apprehend-
ing a drug kingpin (Jose
Yenque) with a $25 mil-
‘Wonderwoman’
lion bounty on his head.
Cast includes Lin Shaye,
Danny Trejo and Jona-
than Slavin.
Band Aid (Unrated)
Marital crisis comedy
about a couple that can’t
stop fighting (Zoe List-
er-Jones and Adam Pal-
ly) who try to save their
relationship by starting
a rock band and turning
their arguments into
songs. Featuring Fred
Armisen, Colin Hanks,
Jamie Chung and Brook-
lyn Decker.
Churchill (PG for ma-
ture themes, brief battle
scene images, pervasive
smoking and some mild
epithets) Brian Cox plays
the legendary British
prime minister in this
World War II adventure
recounting the 96 hours
leading up to the D-Day
assault on Normandy.
With John Slattery as
General Dwight Eisen-
hower, James Purefoy as
King George VI and Ju-
lian Wadham as General
Bernard Montgomery.
Dean (PG-13 for pro-
fanity and some sugges-
tive material) Demetri
Martin wrote, directed
and stars in this roman-
tic dramedy as a commer-
cial artist grieving the
loss of his mom who falls
in love with a woman
(Gillian Jacobs) he meets
when he travels from
Brooklyn to L.A. to nego-
tiate a contract with an
advertising agency. With
Kevin Kline, Mary Steen-
burgen and Asif Ali.
Finding Kim (Unrated)
Gender identity docu-
mentary chronicling 50
year-old Kim Byford’s
struggle with self-im-
age and self-acceptance
in the wake of surgery
transitioning her from a
woman to a man.
Handsome Devil (Un-
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