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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Jan. 4
use) Harrowing tale of
survival about an am-
bitious college senior
(Hermione Corfield)
who finds herself
pursued by a gang of
bloodthirsty outlaws
through the Kentucky
backwoods after tak-
ing a wrong turn on
her way to a job inter-
view. With Jay Paul-
son, Sean O’Bryan and
Jeremy Glazer.
‘Escape Room’
Kam
Williams
Kam’s
Kapsules
Movie
Reviews
WIDE RELEASES
Eli (R for violence and
disturbing images) Char-
lie Shotwell plays the ti-
tle character in this hor-
ror flick about a sickly
boy being quarantined
for a rare disease who
discovers that the se-
cluded clinic is actually
a haunted prison. With
Kelly Reilly, Max Martini
and Lili Taylor.
Escape Room (PG-
13 for profanity, per-
il, terror, violence and
suggestive
material)
Psychological
thriller
revolving around six
strangers forced to sur-
vive by their wits after
becoming ensnared in a
deadly trap beyond their
control. Co-starring Deb-
ra Ann Woll, Tyler La-
bine, Taylor Russell, Lo-
gan Miller, Niki Dodani
and Jay Ellis.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
American Hangman
(Unrated) Tale of vigilan-
te justice about a judge
(Donald Sutherland) who
is kidnapped and put on
trial live over the inter-
net after botching a crim-
inal case. With Vincent
Kartheiser, Oliver Den-
nis and Paul Braunstein.
Being Rose (Unrated)
Cybill Shepherd handles
the title role in this ro-
mance drama as a wid-
ow and wheelchair user
who falls in love with an
elderly cowboy (James
Brolin) while traveling
solo across the South-
west. Cast features Pam
Grier, Amy Davidson
and Cindy Pickett.
Great Great Great
(Unrated) Romance dra-
ma about a couple (Dan
Beirne and Sarah Ko-
lasky) whose blissful re-
lationship starts to fall
apart when they finally
get engaged after being
together for five years.
Support cast includes
Richard Clarkin, Lindsay
Leese and Ian Fisher.
Mojin: The Worm Val-
ley (Unrated) Action-ori-
ented sequel based on
Luo Xiao’s best-selling
series of novels finds a
team of explorers em-
barking on a perilous ex-
pedition in search of an
ancient emperor’s tomb
located on a faraway
island infested with
treacherous monsters.
Co-starring Cai Heng, Gu
Xuan and Cheng Taishen.
(In Mandarin with subti-
tles)
Rust Creek (R for pro-
fanity, violence and drug
State Like Sleep (Un-
rated) Suspense thrill-
er revolving around a
young widow (Kath-
erine Waterston) who
receives an unsettling
phone call directing
her return to Brus-
sels to unravel the
mystery of her hus-
band’s (Michiel Huis-
man) untimely death.
Cast includes Michael
Shannon, Luke Evans
and Mary Kay Place.
The Vanishing (R
for violence and pro-
fanity)
Fact-based
thriller set on a tiny
Scottish isle where
three lighthouse keep-
ers (Gerard Butler,
Peter Mullan and Con-
nor Swindells) vanish
without a trace after
finding a treasure
chest filled with gold
aboard a shipwrecked
rowboat. With Ola-
fur Darri Olafsson,
Gary Lewis and Emma
King.
Netflix Criticized for
Yanking Comedian’s
Episode in Saudi
Pulled ‘Patriot Act’ episode
criticized the kingdom’s powerful
crown prince
In this May 10, 2017 file photo, Muslim-American comedian Hasan
Minhaj cracks jokes for the audience after New York Mayor Bill de
Blasio proclaimed May 10th as “Hasan Minhaj Day,” at Gracie Mansion,
in New York. . In December 2018, Netflix is facing criticism for pulling
an episode, from viewing in Saudi Arabia of Minhaj’s “Patriot Act”
that lambasted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the
killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi and the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment
Writer
NEW YORK — Netflix
faced criticism Wednes-
day from human rights
groups for pulling an
episode in Saudi Arabia
of comedian Hasan Min-
haj’s “Patriot Act” series
that criticized the king-
dom’s powerful crown
prince.
The American comedi-
an used his second epi-
sode, released Oct. 28, to
lambaste Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman
over the killing of writ-
er Jamal Khashoggi and
the Saudi-led coalition at
war in Yemen.
Human rights group
See NETFLIX on page 7