Kam's Kapsules for movies opening August 3, 2018
Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
by Kam Williams
OPENING
THIS WEEK
WIDE
RELEASES
Christopher
Robin (PG for action) Ewan McGregor handles the title role in this
musical fantasy revolving around Winnie the Pooh's pal's (Jim
Cummings) return as an adult to the forest which captured his
imagination as a child. With Hayley Atwell, Brad Garrett Toby Jones
and Sophie Okonedo.
The
Darkest Minds (PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and mature
themes) Adaptation of Alexandra Bracken's futuristic best seller set
in the U.S. in the wake of a pandemic which has killed 98% of
children under 20 and where the survivors are being rounded up by the
government. Plot revolves around the runaway teen (Amandla Stenberg)
leading the resistance. Ensemble includes Harris Dickinson, Mandy
Moore, Bradley Whitford, Patrick Gibson and Skylan Brooks.
Death
of a Nation (PG-13 for profanity, violence, disturbing images, mature
themes and brief drug use) Political documentary, written, directed
and narrated by recently-pardoned, conservative pundit Dinesh
D'Souza, drawing parallels between the presidencies of Donald Trump
and Abraham Lincoln. Featuring commentary by Debbie D'Souza and
Angela Primm.
Eighth
Grade (R for profanity and sexuality) Coming-of-age dramedy
chronicling a tormented 13 year-old's (Elsie Fisher) disastrous last
week of middle school. With Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson and Missy
Yager.
The
Spy Who Dumped Me (R for violence, crude humor, pervasive profanity,
graphic sexuality and frontal nudity) James Bond 007 spoof revolving
around a couple of California BFFs (Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis) who
find themselves recruited as spies when one's ex-boyfriend (Justin
Theroux) shows up at their apartment unannounced with a team of
assassins on his trail. Supporting cast includes Sam Heughan, Gillian
Anderson and Ivanna Sakhno.
INDEPENDENT
& FOREIGN
Calling All Earthlings (Unrated)
Conspiracy theory documentary speculating about whatever happened to
George Van Tassel and his Integratron, the time machine he was
building in the California desert back in the Fifties until the FBI
intervened. Featuring commentary by Daniel Boone, Victoria williams
and The Animals' Eric Burdon.
King Cohen: The Wild World of
Filmmaker Larry Cohen (Unrated) Reverential retrospective revisiting
the career of maverick Larry Cohen, director of such Blaxploitation
Era classics as Black Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem and Bone.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
(Unrated) Chloe Grace Moretz plays the title character in this
adaptation of Emily M. Danforth's coming-of-age novel of the same
name, set in 1993, about a lesbian orphan forced by her aunt (Kerry
Butler) to undergo conversion therapy after being caught kissing her
high school's prom queen (Quinn Shephard) in the back of a car. With
Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck and Jennifer Ehle.
Never Goin' Back (R for crude
sexuality, pervasive profanity, brief nudity and drug use)
Coming-of-age drama chronicling the madcap misadventures of a couple
of suburban Dallas waitresses (Camila Morrone and Maia Mitchell)
trying to relocate to Galveston. Supporting cast features Kyle
Mooney, Aristotle Abraham II and Joel Allen.
Nico, 1988 (R for sexuality, profanity
and drug use) "The good die young" biopic revisiting the
last year in the life of Nico (Trine Dyrholm), the German
singer/actress who fell on hard times after recording with the Velvet
Underground and appearing in films directed by Fellini and Andy
Warhol back in the Sixties. With John Gordon Sinclair, Karina
Fernandez and Calvin Demba. (In English, German, French and Czech
with subtitles)
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