Kam's Movie Kapsules for 1-3-14
OPENING THIS WEEK
Kam's Kapsules:
Weekly Previews That
Make Choosing a Film Fun
by Kam Williams
For movies opening January
3, 2014
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (R for violence, drug
use, graphic nudity and pervasive profanity) Fifth installment in the horror
franchise finds partygoers being pursued by supernatural forces while trying to
save a pal (Andrew Jacobs) with a mysterious bite mark. With Richard Cabral,
Molly Ephraim and Katie Featherston.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS
The Best Offer (R for sexuality and graphic nudity) Romance
drama about an auctioneer (Geoffrey Rush) who falls head over heels for the
reclusive heiress (Sylvia Hoeks) who hires him to handle the sale of her
family’s art collection. Cast includes Jim Sturgess, Donald Sutherland and
Philip Jackson.
Beyond Outrage (R for profanity, graphic violence and brief
sexuality) This grisly sequel to Outrage (2010) is a high body-count crime thriller
in which an outnumbered police detective (Fumiyo Kohinata) cleverly instigates
a bloody turf war between two rival gangs so that they destroy each other for
him. With Takeshi Kitano, Ryo Kase and Shun Sagata. (In Japanese with
subtitles)
Interior. Leather Bar. (Unrated) James Franco and Travis
Matthews co-wrote, co-directed by and play themselves in this sexually-explicit
docudrama reimagining the 40 minutes of lost footage deleted from the
homoerotic classic Cruising (1980). Supporting cast includes Val Lauren,
Christian Patrick and Brenden Gregory.
Jamesy Boy (Unrated) Fact-based tale of redemption about a teenaged
gang member (Spencer Lofranco) who turns his life around while behind bars with
the help of a convicted murderer mentor (Ving Rhames). With James Woods, Vera
Farmiga, Mary-Louise Parker and Taboo.
Open Grave (R for profanity, disturbing violence and graphic
images) Murder mystery about an amnesia victim (Sharlto Copley) who wakes up in
a pit of dead bodies with no idea who he is, how he got there, or who the
killer is. With Joseph Morgan, Erin Richards and Thomas Kretschmann.
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