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arts & entertainment kam’s kapsules: Weekly Big Screen Previews Arthur Christmas (PG for rude humor) Animated, 3-D adventure revolving around the effort of Santa Claus’ (Hugh Laurie) kind-hearted, clumsy son (James McAvoy) to deliv- er a bicycle to a little girl (Ramona Marquez) his father accidentally for- got to leave any presents. Voice cast includes Bill Nighy, Joan Cusack, Jim Broadbent and Imelda Staunton. Hugo (PG for mature themes, action, peril and smoking) Martin Scorsese directed this 3-D fantasy, set in the Thirties, about a 12 year-old orphan (Asa Butterfield) befriended by a toy- maker (Ben Kingsley) and a fellow C elebriTY i nTervieW by Kam Williams (Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Peter Linz) in order to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon’s (Chris Cooper) wrecking ball. Cast includes Dr. Ken Jeong, Rashida Jones, Zach Galifianakis and Alan Arkin. Here’s a roundup of big-screen movies opening Thanksgiving Day street urchin (Chloe Grace Moretz) while living in the walls of a Paris train station. With Sacha Baron Cohen, Jude Law, Christopher Lee and Richard Griffiths. The Muppets (PG for mild crude humor) Miss Piggy (Eric Jacobson) and her puppet pals reunite to stage a telethon with the help of three fans INDEPENDENT & FOREIgN FIlMS The Artist (PG-13 for a crude ges- ture and a disturbing image) Black & white film, set in Hollywood in 1927, chronicling the contrasting fortunes of a fading, silent movie star (Jean Dujardin) and an emerg- ing ingénue (Berenice Bejo) positioned to lever- age her big break in the talkies. With John Goodman, James Cromwell, Malcolm McDowell and Penelope Ann Miller. A Dangerous Method (R for sexuality and brief pro- fanity) Historical drama highlighting how psychia- trist Carl Jung’s (Michael Fassbender) iconoclastic protégé Sigmund Freud’s (Viggo Mortensen) unorthodox approach to treatment of a troubled “The Muppets” are back with a film aimed at adults young woman (Keira as well as kids Knightley) led to both a complicated love triangle 12-step comedy about a painfully-shy chocolatier (Benoit and the birth of psychoanalysis. With Poelvoorde) who falls in love with a new assistant (Isabelle Vincent Cassel, Sarah Gadon and Carre) suffering from the same affliction. Support cast Andre Hennicke. includes Swann Arlaud, Pierre Niney and Lise Lametrie. House of Tolerance (Unrated) My Week with Marilyn (R for profanity) Strange bedfel- Atmospheric adventure set in a bordel- lows adventure about the unlikely set romance which blos- lo and revolving around a passive somed between newlywed Marilyn Monroe (Michelle prostitute (Alice Barnole) who lets Williams) and a star-struck crew member (Eddie herself be disfigured by a regular Redmayne) during the filming of The Prince and the client (Laurent Lacotte). With Hafsia Showgirl in September of 1956. With Kenneth Branagh as Herzi, Celine Sallette and Jasmine Sir Laurence Olivier, Julia Ormond as Vivien Leigh and Trinca. (In French with subtitles) Dougray Scott as Arthur Miller. Romantics Anonymous (Unrated) ile is also available on mobile phones at theskannermobile.com .co MOBILE m BIg BuDgET FIlMS GET BREAKING NEWS fRom ThE SKANNER at www.Facebook.com and www.Twitter.com\TheSkannerNews the ska nn erm ob •local news •national news •Jobs, bids •astoRe •enteRtain- ment •music Reviews •bulletin boaRd •Rss Feeds ThE SKANNER oN YouTuBE View videos of interviews from local stories atww.youtube.com/user/TheSkannerNews november 23, 2011 The Portland Skanner Page 7
