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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, December 8
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Just Getting Start-
ed (PG-13 for profani-
ty, suggestive material
and brief violence) Un-
likely-buddies comedy
about a retired FBI agent
(Tommy Lee Jones) and
a former Mafia lawyer
(Morgan Freeman), both
residing in a luxurious
Palm Springs resort, who
reluctantly join forces
to take on the mob. With
Rene Russo, Joe Panto-
liano and the late Glenne
Headley.
Kam
Williams
watching her mother be-
ing marched into the gas
chamber.
Kam’s
Kapsules
Movie
Reviews
Hollow in the Land (Un-
rated) Suspense thriller
revolving around a wom-
an’s (Dianna Agron) ef-
fort to clear her murder
suspect brother’s (Jared
Abrahamson) name after
he flees from the scene
of the crime. Supporting
cast includes Shawn Ash-
more, Rachelle Lefevre
and Jessica McLeod.
thriller, set in Baltimore
in 1962, about a lone-
ly, mute janitor (Sally
Hawkins) working in a
top secret government
laboratory whose life is
changed forever when
she and a sassy colleague
(Octavia Spencer) make
a shocking discovery.
Support cast includes
Michael Shannon, Rich-
ard Jenkins and Michael
Stuhlbarg. (In English,
Russian and sign lan-
guage with subtitles)
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
‘The Rape of Recy Taylor’
The Shape of Water (R
for violence, profanity,
sexuality and frontal nu-
dity) Cold War suspense
Big Sonia (Unrated)
Bittersweet biopic about
great-grandmother, busi-
nesswoman and haunt-
ed Holocaust survivor
Sonia Warshawski who,
after losing her tailor
shop’s lease at the age
of 91, recounts for pos-
terity the horrors she
witnessed at Auschwitz,
Bergen-Belsen and Ma-
jdanek, which included
I, Tonya (R for violence,
pervasive profanity, and
some sexuality and nudi-
ty) Warts-and-all biopic
recounting the rise and
fall from grace of Tonya
Harding (Margot Rob-
bie), the American figure
skater whose bodyguard
(Paul Walter Hauser) and
ex-husband (Sebastian
Stan) hired a mobster
(Ricky Russert) to break
the legs of her primary
rival, Nancy Kerrigan
(Caitlin Carver), weeks
before the two were set
to compete against each
other in the 1994 Winter
Olympics. With Allison
Janney, Bobby Cannavale
and Julianne Nicholson.
Miss Kiet’s Children
(Unrated)
Poignant
profile of Kiet Engels, a
‘The Shape of Water’
schoolteacher who has
dedicated her career to
helping recent refugees
make the cultural adjust-
ment to life in Holland.
(In Dutch with subtitles)
November Criminals
(PG-13 for profanity,
mature themes, teen
sexuality, drug use and
brief violence) Adapta-
tion of Sam Munson’s
young adult novel about
a couple of high school
seniors (Ansel Elgort
and Chloe Grace Moretz)
who attempt to solve the
senseless murder of a
classmate (Jared Kemp).
With Catherine Keener,
David Strathairn and
Cory Hardrict.
The Pirates of Somalia
(Unrated) Adaptation of
journalist Jay Bahadur’s
(Evan Peters) best-sell-
ing memoir of the same
name recounting how,
in 2008, he embedded
himself with African hi-
jackers holding Western
ships for ransom. Sup-
port cast includes Mela-
nie Griffith, Russell Pos-
ner and Barkhad “I’m the
Captain Now!” Abdi. (In
English and Somali with
subtitles)
Quest (Unrated) Inspi-
rational documentary,
shot over the course of
a decade, chronicling an
African-American fam-
ily’s struggle to survive
in a North Philly ghetto.
The Rape of Recy Tay-
lor (Unrated) Civil rights
documentary, set in
1944, recounting a Black
rape victim’s quest for
justice in the Alabama
courts with the help of
the NAACP’s Rosa Parks
(Cynthia Erivo). With
Robert Corbitt, Tommy
Bernardi and Alma Dan-
iels.
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shows
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FILM REVIEW: Frances McDormand
t! Delivers in ‘Three Billboards Outside
Ebbing, Missouri’
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
T
wenty years ago, Frances McDor-
mand won an Academy Award for
“Fargo,” a delightful whodunit set
in a tiny Minnesota town inhabit-
ed by a cornucopia of colorful local yo-
kels. In that Coen Brothers’ black com-
edy, she played a dedicated police chief
who was tireless in her efforts to crack
a murder case, despite being pregnant.
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,
Missouri” is a similarly dark mystery
set in the Midwest that’s also full of
SHOWTIMES
THE SQUARE (R)
Fri-Thur: 11:45, 6:40
JANE (NR)
Fri-Thur: 2:10, 7:15
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (R)
Fri-Thur: 1:55, 9:45
WONDERSTRUCK (PG)
Fri-Thur: 2:40
MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE (PG)
Fri-Thur: 11:40
folksy characters. But this go-round,
McDormand plays Mildred Hayes, the
mother of a teenager (Kathryn New-
ton) whose beaten and raped corpse
was found lying in a ditch along a lone-
ly stretch of road.
It’s been seven months since the
slaying, and the Ebbing police seem to
have lost interest in apprehending the
perpetrator. So, in order to light a fire
under the department, Mildred rents
a trio of billboards near the murder
scene on which she asks Chief Bill Wil-
See ‘BILLBOARDS’ on page 7
The Week of
Friday, Dec. 8 through
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017
KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (R)
Fri-Thur: 6:55
THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (PG)
Fri-Thur: 4:30
IT (R)
Fri-Thur: 4:10, 9:15
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S
CHRISTMAS VACATION (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 12:00, 5:05, 9:35
$4.00 adults, $3.00 senior citizens (65+),
$3.00 for kids (12 & under)
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