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Page 6 The Skanner January 25, 2017 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, July 28, 2017 BIG BUDGET FILMS Atomic Blonde (R for sexuality, nudity, graph- ic violence and perva- sive profanity) Cold War thriller, set shortly be- fore the fall of the Ber- lin Wall, about an MI6 agent (Charlize Theron) dispatched to Germany to solve the murder of a fellow spy. Cast includes James McAvoy, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan and Toby Jones. Brigsby Bear (PG-13 for drug use, teen party- ing, mature themes and brief sexuality) Offbeat comedy about a recent- ly-freed kidnap victim (Kyle Mooney), abducted in infancy, who decides to make a movie of his favorite TV show while adjusting to a real world he’s never known. With Beck Bennett, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Andy Samberg and Greg Kinnear. The Emoji Movie (PG for rude humor) Animat- ed adventure about an over-enunciating, text message emoji (T.J. Mill- er) who embarks on a quest for a filter that will limit him to one facial expression, just like his Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews parents (Steven Wright and Jennifer Coolidge). Voice cast includes James Corden, Anna Faris and Maya Rudolph. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Imperfections (Unrat- ed) Crime comedy about a struggling actress (Vir- ginia Kull) still living with her mother (Marilu Henner) who plots a di- amond heist in order to pay for her move from Chicago to Hollywood. With Ed Begley, Jr., Zach McGowan and Ashton Holmes. An Inconvenient Se- quel: Truth to Power (Unrated) Al Gore picks up where he left off in this cautionary docu- mentary warning of the havoc being wreaked around the planet as a consequence of climate change. Featuring jux- taposed commentary by Presidents Obama and Trump. Menashe (PG for ma- ture themes) Menashe Lustig playes the title character in this bit- tersweet drama, set in the heart of NYC’s Ha- sidic community, about a grieving widower’s struggle to raise his son (Ruben Niborski) alone in the wake of his wife’s untimely death. With Yoel Weisshaus and Mey- er Schwartz. (In Yiddish with subtitles) The Midwife (Unrated) Bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship which blossoms between a high-strung midwife (Catherine Frot) and her late father’s, free-spirit- ed mistress (Catherine Deneuve). Featuring Ol- ivier Gourmet, Quentin Dolmaire and Mylene Demongeot. (In French with subtitles) Mubarakan (Unrated) Romantic comedy re- volving around identical twins (Arjun Kapoor), with polar opposite per- sonalities, simple-mind- ed and street-smart, who swap identities after the savvy one is pressured into an arranged mar- ‘Atomic Blonde’ riage he wants no part of. With Anil Kapoor, Athiya Shetty and Neha Sharma. (In Hindi with subtitles) other native New York- ers. Co-starring Michael Cera, Philip Baker Hall, Isiah Whitlock, Jr. and Abbi Jacobson. Person to Person (Un- rated) Ensemble dra- ma, shot on 16mm film, chronicling a very event- ful day in the lives of a re- porter, a record collector, a clock shop owner and Rumble (Unrated) Rock and roll retrospective about Native American musical icons. Featuring Jimi Hendrix, George Clinton, Link Wray, Slash, Steven Tyler, Quincy Jones and Buffy Sainte-Marie. Strange Weather (R for one sex scene) Holly Hunter stars in this poi- gnant character study as a grief-stricken mother roaming around the back roads of the Deep South in search of an explana- tion for her late son’s sui- cide. With Carrie Coon, Choppy Guillotte and Cotton Yancey. FILM REVIEW: ‘Dunkirk’ Recreates Flotilla’s Heroic Rescue of Stranded Allies By Kam Williams For The Skanner News W hen Hitler or- dered an all-out assault on the Western Front in the spring of 1940, the vaunted Maginot Line proved to be no match for the pulverizing German blitzkrieg. The Nether- lands, Belgium, Luxem- bourg and France all fell in a matter of weeks, and the rapid collapse proved particularly problematic for the Allied forces. By May 26, about 400,000 British, French, Polish, Belgian and Dutch troops had been driven to the sea at Dunkirk, a port located along the northern coast of France. The retreat- ing soldiers soon found themselves ‘Dunkirk’ stranded on the beach, since there weren’t enough military naval vessels to mount a rapid, full-scale evacuation. The logistical nightmare left most of the beleaguered, battle weary men in dire need of a miracle, as they’d ba- sically become sitting ducks for Nazi See DUNKIRK on page 9