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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
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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