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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, November 10
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Daddy’s Home 2 (PG-
13 for profanity and
some suggestive materi-
al) Mark Wahlberg and
Will Ferrell reprise their
roles as a father and step-
father, respectively, in
this sequel which now
finds the two competing
for their kids’ affections
at Christmastime. With
John Lithgow, Mel Gib-
son, John Cena and Linda
Cardellini.
Murder on the Ori-
ent Express (PG-13 for
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stranded on train with
a killer in their midst.
A-List cast includes Os-
car-winners Judi Dench
and Penelope Cruz, as
well as nominees Mi-
chelle Pfeiifer, Willem
Dafoe, Johnny Depp and
Branagh.
‘Intent to Distroy’
violence and mature
themes) Director Ken-
neth Branagh also stars
as the legendary Inspec-
tor Poirot in this adapta-
tion of Agatha Christie’s
classic whodunit revolv-
ing around 13 strangers
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Destination Unknown
(Unrated) Inspirational
documentary painting
intimate portraits of a
dozen Holocaust survi-
vors.
Flesh and Blood (Un-
rated) Mark Webber
wrote, directed and stars
in the autobiographical
mockumentary in which
the characters are played
by actual members of his
family.
Intent to Destroy (Un-
rated) Genocide denial
documentary
chroni-
cling the Turkish govern-
ment’s ongoing refusal
to apologize for its ethnic
cleansing of Armenian
citizens a century ago.
Featuring commentary
by Christian Bale, Atom
Egoyan and Eric Bogo-
sian.
Mayhem (R for sexu-
ality, nudity, drug use,
graphic violence and per-
vasive profanity) Claus-
trophobic horror flick
set inside a quarantined
law office where the out-
break of a contagious
virus has the infected
acting out their wildest
fantasies. Ensemble cast
includes Steven Yeun,
Samara Weaving, Steven
Brand, Caroline Chikezie
and Kerry Fox.
No Greater Love (Un-
rated) Afghan War doc-
umentary
examining
the effect of combat on
soldiers’ as captured on
‘Murder on the Orient Express’
camera by a chaplain
(Justin Roberts) embed-
ded with an infantry reg-
iment deployed to Kunar
Province.
The
Price
(Unrat-
ed) Wall Street drama
about a 24 year-old, Ni-
gerian-American
Aml
Ameen)
stockbroker
whose insider trading
jeopardizes both his ca-
reer and his relationship
with a wealthy white so-
cialite (Lucy Griffiths).
Supporting cast includes
Bill Sage, Michael Hyatt
and Hope Olaide Wilson.
(In Yoruba and English
with subtitles)
Thelma (Unrated) Eili
Harboe plays the title
character in this Scandi-
navian suspense thriller,
set in Oslo, about a col-
lege freshman who dis-
covers she has dangerous
superpowers when she
falls in love with a class-
mate (Kaya Wilkins).
With Ellen Dorrit Peters-
en, Henrik Rafaelsen and
Camilla Belsvik. (In Nor-
wegian with subtitles)
Three Billboards Out-
side Ebbing, Missouri
(R for violence, sexual
references and perva-
sive profanity) Frances
McDormand stars in this
dark comedy as a griev-
ing mom who resorts
to extreme measures to
pressure her town’s po-
lice chief (Woody Har-
relson) to find her daugh-
ter’s (Kathryn Newton)
killer. Supporting cast
includes Sam Rockwell,
Peter Dinklage and Ab-
bie Cornish.
FILM REVIEW: Wounded Warriors
Readjust to Civilian Life in ‘Thank You
For Your Service’
I
n the spring of 2007, the Washington
Post’s David Finkel accompanied a
combat team of American infantry-
men deployed to Baghdad at the start
of the controversial surge ordered by
President Bush. After being embedded
for a year, the Pulitzer Prize-winning
reporter chronicled the intrepid GIs’
heroic efforts to bring stability to the
region in a riveting best seller entitled
“The Good Soldiers.”
In 2013, Finkel published “Thank You
for Your Service,” an update about the
same troops’ struggle to readjust to ci-
vilian life upon returning to the States.
Now, that opus has been adapted to the
big screen as a psychological drama
SHOWTIMES
MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE
(PG)
Fri-Thur: 12:25, 4:35
AMERICAN MADE (R)
Fri-Thur: 2:25, 7:00
LUCKY (NR)
Fri-Thur: 3:00, 9:45
KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN
CIRCLE (R)
Fri-Thur: 12:10, 6:45, 9:25
telescoping tightly on the mental state
of a few members of the battalion.
The movie marks the impressive
directorial debut of Jason Hall, who’s
previously best known for writing and
appearing in American Sniper (2014).
The picture stars Miles Teller as Adam
Schumann, a former sergeant ostensi-
bly suffering from PTSD.
As the film unfolds, we learn that
he has remained close with surviving
members of the tight-knit unit once
under his command. Unfortunately, all
of them have been left damaged, men-
tally and/or physically. Consequently,
all of their relationships are in crisis,
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The Week of
Friday, Nov. 10 through
Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017
DUNKIRK (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 5:00
DESPICABLE ME 3 (PG)
Fri-Thur: 2:35
THE BIG SICK (R)
Fri-Thur: 11:55, 7:15
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
(PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 4:50, 9:35
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