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Arts & Entertainment Movies Opening This Week: For June 8 By Kam Williams Special to The Skanner News BIG BUDGET FILMS Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG for mild action and rude humor) Latest adventure in the animated franchise finds the anthropomorphic menagerie join- ing the circus in Monte Carlo to evade capture by a mean, animal control officer (Frances McDor- mand). Voice cast includes Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer and Cedric the Enter- tainer. Prometheus (R for intense vio- lence and brief profanity) Ridley Scott directed this sci-fi thriller, set in the late 21st Century, about a team of scientists whose research expedition to outer space turns into a desperate struggle for survival when they encounter a bloodthirsty race of aliens bent on exterminating all of humanity. Starring Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender and Guy Perace. INDEPENDENT & FOR- EIGN FILMS Bel Ami (R for nudity, graphic sexuality and brief profanity) Romance drama, set in Paris in the 1890s, about an ambitious young politician (Robert Pattinson) who rises to power by seducing the city’s wealthiest and most-influen- tial women. With Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas. Corpo Celeste (Unrated) Com- ing-of-age drama about a 13 year-old (Yle Vianello) who resists the pressure to practice Catholicism when her family ‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’ moves back to Italy after living in Switzerland for a decade. (In Ital- ian with subtitles) Dark Horse (Unrated) Todd Solondz directed this romance drama about the love which blos- soms between a couple of dysfunctional adults still living with their parents, one (Jordan Gelber), a toy collector, the other (Selma Blair), a clinically- depressed, aspiring writer. Supporting cast includes Christo- pher Walken, Mia Farrow and Jusin Bartha. Knockdown (Unrated) Two- fisted tale of redemption about a disgraced boxer (Casey T. Evans), ‘Prometheus’ betrayed by a bookie, who moves from St. Louis to Bangkok where he secretly returns to the ring on the underground circuit until his past catches up with him when he’s recognized by a mysterious fight fan from his hometown. June 6, 2012 The Portland Skanner Page 7
