Kam's Movie Kapsules for 2-7-14
OPENING THIS WEEK
Kam's Kapsules:
Weekly Previews That
Make Choosing a Film Fun
by Kam Williams
For movies opening February
7, 2014
BIG BUDGET FILMS
The Lego Movie (PG for mild action and rude humor) Animated
adventure revolving around an ordinary mini-figure (Chris Pratt) mistakenly
recruited to join the dream team of Master Builders determined to defeat an
evil tyrant (Will Ferrell) with a diabolical plan to destroy the Lego universe
by gluing all the pieces together. Voice cast includes Liam Neeson, Morgan
Freeman, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks and Will
Forte.
The Monuments Men (PG-13 for violence and smoking) George
Clooney directed and stars in this adaptation of the Robert Edsel best seller
of the same name chronicling the real-life exploits of an Army platoon
comprised of curators, archivists and art historians whose mission was to
retrieve masterpieces plundered by the Nazis during World War II. A-list
ensemble features Matt Damon, John Goodman, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jean
Dujardin, Bob Balaban and Hugh Bonneville. (In English, Russian, French and
German with subtitles)
Vampire Academy (PG-13 for sexuality, profanity, violence
and bloody images) Screen adaptation of the Richelle Mead fantasy novel of the
same name about a couple of teenage BFFs, one, a half-human/half vampire (Zoey
Deutch), the other, a princess vampire (Lucy Fry), who find themselves
threatened by a race of bloodthirsty vampires while away at boarding school.
With Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne and Olga Kurylenko.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS
7 Boxes (Unrated) Paraguayan action thriller about a 17
year-old pushcart porter (Celso Franco) who inadvertently becomes an accessory
to a crime after agreeing to deliver some suspicious packages for a quick $100.
With Lali Gonzalez, Victor Sosa and Nico Garcia. (In Spanish and Guarani with
subtitles)
Afternoon of a Faun (Unrated) Reverential biopic about the life
and times of Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929-2000), a prima ballerina who wowed audiences
as the leading dancer of her day until she was paralyzed by polio at the height
of her career. Featuring archival footage of Arthur Mitchell, Jerome Robbins
and her husband, George Balanchine.
Cavemen (R for
sexuality, nudity and profanity) Romantic comedy about a reformed
playboy (Skylar Austin) who decides it’s time to find his soul mate and settle
down, much to the chagrin of the womanizers (Dayo Okeniyi, Chad Michael Murray
and Kenny Wormald) with whom he shares a bachelor pad. With Jason Patric,
Camilla Belle and Alexis Knapp.
Demi-Soeur (Unrated) Josiane Balasko wrote, directed and
stars in this road flick as a recently-orphaned autistic woman who shows up
unannounced on the doorstep of the long-lost half-brother she’s never known
(Michel Blanc) in the wake of the death of their mother. Cast includes Brigitte
Rouan, Francoise Lepine and George Aguilar. (In French with subtitles)
A Fantastic Fear of Everything (R for profanity) Crime
comedy about a mystery writer (Simon Pegg) left a paranoid, emotional wreck by
all of his research into Victorian serial killers. With Alan Drake, Kiran Shah
and Michael Feast.
Kids for Ca$h (PG-13 for profanity and mature themes) Pay
for play documentary chronicling the shocking 2008 scandal in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
where crooked judges put innocent juveniles behind bars in return for kickbacks
from a privately-owned penitentiary in need of inmates.
The Last of the Unjust (PG-13 for mature themes) Holocaust
documentary shedding light on the truth about Theresienstadt, a godforsaken
concentration camp promoted by Hitler henchman Adolph Eichmann in Nazi
propaganda as an idyllic Jewish ghetto. (In German, French and English with
subtitles)
Love & Air Sex (Unrated) Twerking comedy about a
brokenhearted loser (Michael Stahl-David) who flies to Austin in search of his
ex (Ashley Bell) only to arrive in time to enter the World Air Sex Competition.
With Sara Paxton, Zach Cregger and Addison Timlin.
Nurse 3-D (R for profanity, gory violence, explicit sexuality
and graphic nudity) Gruesome revenge flick revolving around a vigilante nurse
(Paz de la Huerta) who moonlights as a temptress to lure cheating dudes to
their deaths. High attrition rate cast includes Boris Kodjoe, Judd Nelson,
Corbin Bleu and Niecy Nash.
The Pretty One (R for profanity and sexuality) Macabre
romantic comedy about a shy and retiring wallflower (Zoe Kazan) who assumes her
relatively-vivacious, late twin’s identity in order to land a new neighbor (Jake Johnson). With Ron
Livingston, Danny Pudi and Frances Shaw.
Welcome to the Jungle (Unrated) Screwball comedy about a
corporate retreat to the tropics which turns into a struggle for survival for a
group of office workers who find themselves abandoned on a deserted island.
Co-starring Jean-claude Van Damme, Adam Brody and Dennis Haysbert.
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