Kam's Movie Kapsules for 7-31-15
OPENING
THIS WEEK
Kam's Kapsules:
Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
by Kam Williams
For movies opening July 31, 2015
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (PG-13 for
action, violence and brief partial nudity) Fifth installment of the
espionage franchise finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) reassembling his
crack team of spies to take out the international syndicate of deadly
assassins targeting IMF agents. Cast includes Jeremy Renner, Ving
Rhames, Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin and Rebecca Ferguson.
Vacation (R for brief male frontal nudity,
sexuality, crude humor and pervasive profanity) Seventh installment
in the National Lampoon franchise revolving around now-grown Rusty
Griswold's (Ed Helms) nostalgic, cross-country road trip back to
Walley World amusement park, family in tow. Featuring Christina
Applegate, Skyler Gisondo and Steele Stebbins, with Chris Hemsworth,
Leslie Mann, Regina Hall, Keegan-Michael Key and Michael Pena in
support roles, as well as cameo appearances by original cast members
Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo. .
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS
Best of Enemies (R for sexuality, nudity and
profanity) File footage documentary featuring the series of nine,
nationally-televised, live-TV debates between liberal Gore Vidal and
arch-conservative William F. Buckley covering such hot-button topics
as politics, religion and sexuality, which degenerated into
name-calling affairs where the pair referred to each other as a
“crypto-Nazi” and a “queer.” Includes commentary by Dick
Cavett, Kelsey Grammer, Noam Chomsky, John Lithgow and the late
Christopher Hitchens.
The End of the Tour (R for profanity and some
sexual references) Road flick revolving around the five-day interview
conducted by Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg)
with the late David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) while the troubled
scribe was on a book tour for his inscrutable, 1,000-page
best-seller, “Infinite Jest.” With Ron Livingston, Anna Chumsky
and Joan Cusack.
I Am Chris Farley (Unrated) Reverential
retrospective about the life of the late comedian from his meteoric
rise to an early demise. Featuring reminiscences by colleagues like
Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Dan Aykroyd, David Spade, Bob Saget, Molly
Shannon and Jon Lovitz.
Jenny's Wedding (PG-13 for mature themes and a
crude sexual reference) Katherine Heigl plays the title character in
this out-of-the-closet comedy about a lesbian who only informs her
homophobic parents (Linda Emond and Tom Wilkinson) that she's gay the
day she and her longtime “roommate” announce their engagement.
Ensemble cast includes Grace Gummer, Alexis Bledel and Matthew
Metzger.
The Kindergarten Teacher (Unrated) Coming-of-age
drama, set in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, revolving around a kindergarten
teacher (Sarit Larry) who takes a special interest in a precocious,
five year-old poet (Avi Shnaidman). With Lior Raz, Jil Ben David and
Ester Rada. (In Hebrew with subtitles)
A LEGO Brickumentary (G) More than a toy
documentary, narrated by Jason Bateman, examining LEGO as a cultural
phenomenon.
Listen to Me Marlon (Unrated) Vanity biopic
chronicling the life and times of Marlon Brando from the late screen
icon's own perspective as preserved in his personal archive of home
videos and audio recordings.
The Pilgrim: Paulo Coelho's Best Story (Unrated)
Against-the-odds biopic tracing the Brazilian writer's (Julio
Andrade) rise from humble roots and mental illness to best-selling
author of”The Alchemist” and dozens of other novels. (In
Portuguese and Spanish with subtitles)
The Seventh Dwarf (Unrated) Animated variation of
the Snow White fairytale finds the seven dwarfs embarking on a
perilous adventure in search of a prince to revive a sleeping
princess (Peyton List) with a kiss and thereby awaken the somnolent
kingdom from a century-long slumber. Voice cast includes Nina Hagen,
Cameron Elvin and Norm MacDonald.
Staten Island Summer (R for sexuality, nudity,
crude humor, drug use, teen partying and pervasive profanity) Raunchy
teensploitation flick revolving around a couple of recent high school
grads (Graham Phillips and Zack Pearlman) who take summer jobs as
lifeguards while trying to decide what to do next with their lives.
With Kate McKinnon, Bobby Moynihan, Will Forte, Method Man, Fred
Armisen, Cecily Strong and Jim Gaffigan.
That Sugar Film (Unrated) Super Size Me-style
expose' written and directed by Damon Gameau in which the Aussie
actor conducts an experiment on his own body to illustrate the
deleterious effects of a high-sugar diet.
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