arts & entertainment
OPENING THIS WEEk:
For Movies Opening Oct. 7
by kam Williams
Special to The Skanner News
bIG buDGEt fILMS
the Ides of March (R for pervasive pro-
fanity) George Clooney wrote, directed and
co-stars in this adaptation of the play
“Farragut North,” a political potboiler about
an idealistic press secretary (Ryan Gosling)
who compromises a presidential candidate’s
prospects by becoming embroiled in a scan-
dal while on the campaign trail. With
Marisa Tomei, Paul Giamatti, Philip
Seymour Hoffman Jeffrey Wright and Evan
Rachel Wood.
real Steel (PG-13 for violence, intense
action and brief profanity) Futuristic sci-fi
about a washed-up boxer-turned-fight pro-
moter (Hugh Jackman) who, with the help
of the young son he never knew (Dakota
Goyo), trains a robot for a rock ‘em-sock
‘em championship bout. With Anthony
Mackie, Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand
and Hope Davis.
INDEPENDENt & fOrEIGN
fILMS
1911 (Unrated) Jackie Chan directed and
stars in this historical drama recounting the
overthrow of the Qing Dynasty which led
to the founding of the Republic of China.
Cast includes Joan Chen, Bingbing Li,
Winston Chao and Jaycee Chan. (In
Boogie Cat Honored
Cantonese with subtitles)
blackthorn (R for violence and profani-
ty) Butch Cassidy sequel, set in Bolivia in
1908, finds the famed outlaw (Sam
Shepard) teaming with a local criminal
(Eduardo Noriega) as he tries to return to
the States after having miraculously sur-
vived the ambush that brought down the
curtain on his last adventure with the
Sundance Kid. With Stephen Rea, Magaly
Solier and Padraic Delaney.
Dirty Girl (R for profanity, graphic sexu-
ality and frontal nudity) Coming-of-age
road comedy, set in 1987, about an
Oklahoma high school student with a bad
reputation (Juno Temple) who runs away
from home to L.A. to search for her long-
lost father with the help of an equally-ostra-
cized, gay classmate (Jeremy Dozier).
Ensemble cast includes Milla Jovovich,
William H. Macy, Mary Steenburgen,
Dwight Yoakam and Tim McGraw.
Hell and back again (Unrated) Afghan
War documentary toggling back and forth
between the daily grind of a platoon fight-
ing on the frontlines and the rehabilitation
back in North Carolina of the Marine unit’s
25 year-old sergeant who was evacuated
after being shot in the hip. (In English and
Pashtu with subtitles)
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The 5th Annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame Induction & Concert at the
Newmark Theater (1111 SW Broadway) on Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. features Johnny
& the distractions and the Crazy 8’s! The Hall of Fame Inductees this year
are; Wheatfeild, Jeffery Frederick & the Clamtones, Sequel, dharma Burns,
Sam Henry, Phil Baker, Bob Ancheta, George Touhouliotis and Norman “the
Boogie Cat” Sylvester.
Growing up in Louisiana until his family made the move to Oregon for work
when he was 11 years old, he always had the blues, gospel and R&B roots
of the South in his playing.
Norman has been playing music in Portland since he graduated in 1963
from Jefferson High School. He began by playing with his friend Isaac Scott
in church and before school at the entrance of Jefferson. Norman played
in several soul bands for the next 20 years while keeping his day job at a
trucking company and raising his six children.
The Norman Sylvester Band was formed in the early 80’s and has featured
many, many great musicians and vocalists from our community. The band
is currently working on their fourth all original album to be released this
winter.
For more on the artist go to www.normansylvester.com
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