Kam's Movie Kapsules for 12-21-12
OPENING
THIS WEEK
Kam's
Kapsules:
Weekly
Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
by Kam
Williams
For
movies opening December 21, 2012
BIG
BUDGET FILMS
The Guilt Trip (PG-13 for violence, profanity
and drug use) Dysfunctional family comedy about a scientist (Seth Rogen) who,
against his better judgment, invites his overbearing mother (Barbara Streisand)
to tag along on a cross-country journey in search of a distributor for his new
invention. With Ari Graynor, Kathy Najimy, Colin Hanks, Nora Dunn and Casey
Wilson.
Jack Reacher (PG-13 for violence, profanity and
drug use) Tom Cruise stars as the title character of this adaptation of “One
Shot,” the Lee Child suspense thriller about a military veteran-turned-drifter
enlisted by a suspected serial killer’s (Joseph Sikora) defense attorney (Rosamund
Pike) to help clear her client’s name. With Robert Duvall, Richard Jenkins and
David Oyelowo.
Monsters Inc. (G) 3-D rerelease of the Pixar
animated adventure about the world’s largest scare factory whose frightening
creatures meet their match when a feisty, fearless toddler (Mary Gibbs) wanders
into the place one night. Voice cast includes John Goodman, Billy Crystal,
Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Tilly and James Coburn.
This Is 40 (R for sexuality, nudity, crude humor,
drug use and pervasive profanity) Midlife crisis comedy, a spinoff of Knocked
Up, revolving around a jaded married couple (Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann) who
find themselves facing both financial and relationship troubles as they turn 40.
Supporting cast includes Jason Segel, Megan Fox and Charlyne Yi.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS
American Empire (Unrated) Eco-documentary
indicting the U.S.
and the capitalist system for destroying the planet’s natural resources in the
name of civilization and progress. Featuring commentary by John Robbins, Tariq
Ali and economic hit man John Perkins.
Amour (PG-13 for mature themes and brief
profanity) Romance drama, set in Paris, about a retired music teacher’s (Jean-Louis
Trintignant) desperate attempt to keep his word to his bed-ridden wife of 60
years (Emmanuelle Riva) never to move her to a nursing home. With Isabelle
Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud and William Shimmell. (In French and English with
subtitles)
Barbara (PG-13 for sexuality, mature themes and
smoking) Nina Hoss handles the title role in this character-driven drama, set
in East Germany in the
Eighties, about a physician banished to a tiny hospital on the Baltic Sea after trying to get transferred to the western
side of the Berlin Wall. Support cast includes Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke and
Ronald Zehrfeld. (In German with subtitles)
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3-D (Unrated)
Romantic fantasy about an attractive young woman (Erica Linz) who falls in love
at first sight with a handsome trapeze artist (Igor Zaripov) performing in the
circus. With Dallas
Barnett, John Clarke and Matt Gillanders.
The Impossible (PG-13 for brief nudity,
disturbing images and intense disaster sequences) Fact-based drama, set in Thailand,
recounting a family’s real-life struggle for survival after a tsunami hits the
oceanfront resort where they’re vacationing. Starring Naomi Watts, Ewan
McGregor and Geraldine Chaplin. (In English and Thai with subtitles)
Not Fade Away (R for sexuality, drug use and
pervasive profanity) Rock and roll saga, set in the Sixties, about garage band
from suburban Jersey’s attempt to make it big.
Ensemble includes James Gandolfini, Brad Garrett, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., John
Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill and Christopher McDonald.
On the Road (R for drug use, profanity and
graphic sexuality) Screen adaptation of Kerouac Beat Generation classic about
an aspiring writer (Sam Riley) who undergoes a transformation while embarking
on a cross-country road trip with a couple of free-spirited hedonists (Garrett
Hedlund and Kristen Stewart). With Amy Adams, Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen,
Terrence Howard, Alice Braga and Steve Buscemi.
Tears of Gaza
(Unrated) Pacifist documentary examining the fallout of modern warfare as
visited upon women and children subsisting in bombed out homes without roofs or
walls, and basic like food, water and electricity. (In Arabic and English with
subtitles)
Zero Dark Thirty (R for profanity, disturbing
images and graphic violence) War on Terror docudrama, directed by Oscar-winner
Kathryn Bigelow (for The Hurt Locker), chronicling the efforts of the CIA Agent
(Jessica Chastain) spearheading the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden (Ricky
Sekhon) culminating in his death during a daring, nighttime assault on his
compound in Pakistan. With Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Kyle Chandler, Jeremy
Strong and Harold Perrineau.
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