Kam's Movie Kapsules for 12-20-13
OPENING THIS WEEK
Kam's Kapsules:
Weekly Previews That
Make Choosing a Film Fun
by Kam Williams
For movies opening December
20, 2013
BIG BUDGET FILMS
American Hustle (R for sexuality, pervasive profanity and
brief violence) David O. Russell wrote and directed this crime drama about a
couple of con artists (Christian Bale and Amy Adams) forced by an overzealous
FBI agent (Bradley Cooper) to infiltrate a New Jersey underworld inhabited by
mobsters protected by a crooked, big city mayor (Jeremy Renner). Support cast
includes Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K. and Michael Pena.
Anchorman 2 (PG-13 for profanity, sexuality, crude humor, drug
use and comic violence) Will Ferrell reprises the title role as the oafish
broadcaster in this sequel which finds his former news team reuniting in New York to work for a
24-hour cable network. Returning cast members include Steve Carell, Vince
Vaughn, Paul Rudd, Good, David Koechner, Luke Wilson, Chris Parnell, Fred
Willard and narrator Bill Kurtis, as well as new additions Greg Kinnear, James
Marsden, Harrison Ford, Kristen Wiig, Meagan Good and Christina Applegate, and
featuring cameos by Will Smith, Jim Carrey, Kanye West, Amy Poehler, Nicole
Kidman, Drake, Tina Fey, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen and Kirsten Dunst.
Her (R for profanity, sexuality and brief nudity) Oscar-nominee
Spike Jonze (for Being John Malkovich) directed this romance drama revolving
around a lonely letter writer (Joaquin Phoenix) who falls in love with the
voice (Scarlett Johansson) on his computer’s operating system. With Amy Adams,
Rooney Mara, Bill Hader and Olivia Wilde.
Saving Mr. Banks (PG-13 for mature themes and unsettling
images) Period piece recounting Walt Disney’s (Tom Hanks) bending over
backwards to secure the film rights to Mary Poppins from P.L. Travers (Emma
Thompson), the overprotective author of the beloved children’s book. With Paul
Giamatti, Colin Farrell, Rachel Griffiths, Ruth Wilson and Jason Schwartzman.
Walking with Dinosaurs 3D (PG for peril, action and rude
humor) Prehistoric animated epic, set 70 million years ago during the Late
Cretaceous period, chronicling the lives of a trio of dinos (Justin Long, Tiya
Sircar and Skyler Stone) from infancy to adulthood. Narrated by John Leguizamo,
with additional voicework by Mary Mouser, Clay Savage and Katie Silverman.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS
All the Light in the Sky (Unrated) Character-driven drama
directed by Joe Swanberg about an aging actress (Jane Adams) forced to reassess
her career prospects when her fresh-faced, aspiring niece (Sophia Takal)
arrives in Malibu
for a weekend stay. With Kent Osborne, Larry Fessenden and Ti West.
Dhoom 3 (Unrated) Third installment in the Bollywood action
series finds crimefighter Jai (Abhishek Bachchan) and sidekick Ali (Uday
Chopra) matching wits with a new pair of worthy adversaries (Aamir Khan and
Katrina Kaif). With Jackie Shroff, Diana Penty and Don Kress. (In Hindi,
English, Tamil and Telugu with subtitles)
The Past (PG-13 for mature themes and brief profanity)
Fractured family drama about a Persian man (Ali Mosaffa) who returns to Paris
from Iran four years after abandoning his family there only to find his French wife
(Berenice Bejo) dating an Arab (Tahar Rahim). With Pauline Burlet, Elyes Aguis
and Jeanne Jestin. (In French and Persian with subtitles)
The Selfish Giant (Unrated) Adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s
cautionary, coming-of-age tale of the same name about a couple of ambitious
teenagers (Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas) whose ill-advised association with
a crooked junk dealer (Sean Gilder) leads to tragic consequences. Support cast
includes Lorraine Ashbourne, Ian Burfield and Steve Evets.
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