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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, January 5
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Insidious: The Last
Key (PG-13 for violence,
terror, disturbing con-
tent and brief profanity)
4th and final installment
in the horror franchise
finds occult investigator
Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye)
facing paranormal ac-
tivity in her own home.
With Leigh Whannell,
Angus Sampson and
Kirk Acevedo.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Kam
Williams
Kam’s
Kapsules
Movie
Reviews
Blame (Unrated) sus-
pense thriller about a
substitute high school
teacher (Chris Messina)
who is disgraced after a
jealous pupil (Nadia Al-
exander) spreads word of
his abuse of another one
who join forces to appre-
hend the ruthless killer
threatening both of their
lives. With Billy Slaugh-
ter, Jody Mullins and
Paul Rae.
Django (unrated) Mu-
sical biopic about Django
Reinhardt (Reda Kateb)
focusing on the leg-
endary jazz guitarist’s
escape from occupied
France during World
War II. Featuring Cecile
De France, Bea Palya and
Bimbam Merstein. (In
English, French, German
Anatomy of a Male
Ballet Dancer (Unrated)
Reverential biopic about
Marcelo Gomes, the Bra-
zilian ballet star who
danced with the Ameri-
can Ballet Theatre for the
past two decades (until
resigning from the com-
pany on December 21st
of this year after being
accused of sexual mis-
conduct.
Before I Awake (PG-
13 for violence, terror
and disturbing imag-
es) Horror flick about a
couple (Kate Bosworth
and Thomas Jane) whose
recently adopted, 8-year-
old son (Jacob Tremblay)
comes with some scary
baggage triggered by
nightmares. With An-
nabeth Gish, Dash Mihok
and Jay Karnes.
‘Incidieous’
‘In Between’
of his students (Quinn
Shephard). Featuring Ge-
neva Carr, Tate Donovan
and Trieste Kelly Dunn.
Dark Meridian (Un-
rated) Crime thriller, set
in New Orleans, about a
police detective (James
Moses Black) and a mur-
der witness (Dave Davis)
and Romany with subti-
tles)
Goldbuster (Unrated)
Sci-fi comedy, set in Hong
Kong, revolving around
a ghost hunter (Francis
Ng) recruited by the resi-
dents of a Haunted apart-
ment building to per-
form an exorcism. Cast
includes Alex Fong, Teng
Shen and Yi Zhang. (In
Mandarin with subtitles)
(In Hebrew and Arabic
with subtitles)
In Between (Unrated)
Middle East drama, set
in Tel Aviv, revolving
around a trio of Pales-
tinian women (Mouna
Hawa, Sana Jammelieh
and Shaden Kanboura)
torn between tradition-
al and modern culture.
With Mahmud Shalaby,
Miri Abu and Ali Assadi.
In the Land of Pome-
grantes (Unrated) Israeli
documentary examining
the Middle East conflict
from the perspective of
Jewish and Palestinian
youngsters. (In Hebrew
and Arabic with subti-
tles)
Project Eden: Volume
1 (Unrated) Sci-fi thrill-
er revolving around a
young woman (Emily
Fradenburgh) and a for-
mer military officer (Pe-
ter Christian Hansen)
who end up on the run
from the FBI after un-
covering proof that their
kids’ catatonic state is
part of a global conspir-
acy. With Mike Dopud,
Erick Avari and Cliff Si-
mon.
FILM REVIEW: ‘The Disaster Artist’
Chronicles the Making of the Worst
Movie Ever
Kam Williams
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NEW MOVIES OPENING EVERY WEEK!
James Franco in ‘The Disaster Artist’
SHOWTIMES
The Week of
Friday, Jan. 5 through
Thursday, Jan. 11
JUSTICE LEAGUE (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 1:50, 7:05, 9:50
BATTLE OF THE SEXES (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 11:20, 4:30
MURDER ON THE ORIENT
EXPRESS (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 11:40, 4:40, 9:15
LOVING VINCENT (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 12:10, 4:30
BLADE RUNNER 2049 (R)
Fri-Thur: 1:25, 6:35
BLADE RUNNER:
THE FINAL CUT (R)
Fri-Thur: 11:25, 4:20, 9:35
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (R)
Fri-Thur: 2:05, 6:50
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$3.00 for kids (12 & under)
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By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
I
n 1998, 19 year-old Greg Sestero
(Dave Franco) met a mysterious mid-
dle-aged man named Tommy Wiseau
(James Franco) in a San Francisco
acting class. Wiseau not only lied about
his age but claimed to be from New Or-
leans, despite a thick, Eastern Europe-
an accent.
However, Tommy also happened to be
wealthy enough to underwrite a Holly-
wood production starring himself. And
Greg was more than willing to overlook
the eccentric millionaire’s inexperi-
ence when he was offered a co-starring
role.
So, the two relocated to L.A. where,
over the next five years, Tommy would
write the script, cast the film and hire a
crew of industry professionals to shoot
the picture precisely as he envisioned
it. That labor of love, “The Room,”
would gross a mere $1,800 at the box
office and be uniformly derided by the
critics as one of the worst movies ever
made.
“
Directed by James
Franco, ‘The Disas-
ter Artist’ is a hilar-
ious buddy comedy
Nevertheless, Tommy would get the
last laugh, since “The Room” proved
so unintentionally funny that it devel-
oped a cult following. It eventually be-
came such a favorite on the midnight
and college circuits that the stars are
routinely invited to address the audi-
See REVIEW on page 7