Kam's Kapsules for movies opening December 29, 2017
Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
by Kam Williams
OPENING
THIS WEEK
BIG BUDGET FILMS
All
the Money in the World (R for profanity, violence, disturbing images
and brief drug use) Crime thriller, set in Rome, recounting the 1973
kidnapping for ransom of the teenage grandson (Charlie Plummer) of J.
Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer), then the richest man in the world.
Co-starring Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams.
Molly's
Game (R for profanity, drug use and some violence) Jessica Chastain
plays the title character in a biopic chronicling the rise and fall
of Molly Bloom, the Olympic skier-turned-gambling
operator who
ran a high-stakes poker game for a decade until the FBI brought down
the operation. A-list cast includes Idris Elba, Kevin Costner,
Michael Cera, Graham Greene and Chris O'Dowd.
Phantom
Thread (R for Profanity) Daniel Day-Lewis' swan song, set in London
in the Fifties, revolving around a bachelor fashion designer whose
world is rocked when he falls head-over-heels for a strong-willed
woman (Vicky Krieps). With Lesley Manville, Sue Clark and Joan Brown.
INDEPENDENT
& FOREIGN FILMS
Film
Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (R for profanity, sexuality and brief
nudity) Adaptation of Brit Peter Turner's (Jamie Bell) memoir, set in
1978, recounting his May-November romance with Gloria Grahame
(Annette Bening), the aging, American actress who won an Academy
Award in 1953 for The Bad and the Beautiful. With Vanessa Redgrave,
Julie Walters and Stephen Graham.
In the
Fade (R for profanity, sexual references, disturbing images and drug
use) Crime drama revolving around a German woman (Diane Kruger)
determined to track down the neo-Nazi terrorists responsible for the
murder of her Kurdish immigrant husband (Numan Acar) and their 5
year-old son (Rafael Santana). Cast includes Denis Moschitto,
Johannes Krisch and Ulrich Tukur. (In German, Greek and English with
subtitles)
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