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Arts & Entertainment Opening This Week — For Movies Opening Aug. 3 BIG BUDGET FILMS Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (PG for rude humor) Third installment in the underdog-friendly fran- chise finds hapless protago- nist Greg (Zachary Gordon) hanging out with his portly pal Rowley (Robert Capron) and pretending to be employed at a country club after all his summer vacation plans fall through. With Steve Zahn, Devon Bostick and Rachael Harris. Total Recall (PG-13 for profanity, sexuality, brief nudity and intense violence) Colin Farrell stars in this remake of the Schwarzeneg- K AM ’ S C APSULES Movie Reviews by Kam Williams ty and profanity) Screen adaptation of La Ronde, Arthur Schnitzler’s class- conscious play exploring the sexual mores of a peri- patetic jet set spread out over Vienna, Paris, London, Denver, Phoenix, Rio de Janeiro and Bratislava. Ensemble includes Anthony ‘Total Recall’ ger, sci-fi classic as a facto- ry worker plagued by disturbing nightmares who ends up on the run from the brain police accompanied by a member of the resist- ance (Jessica Biel) of corpo- rate mind control. Co-starring Ethan Hawke, Bill Nighy, Kate Beckin- sale, John Cho and Bokeem Woodbine. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS 360 (R for sexuality, nudi- Hopkins, Ben Foster, Jude Law and Rachel Weisz. Assassin’s Bullet (R for violence) International thriller about a U.S. Ambas- sador stationed in Europe (Donald Sutherland) who enlists the assistance of a former FBI Agent (Christ- ian Slater) in order to track down the vigilante killing terrorists on America’s 10 Most Wanted list. With Elika Portnoy, Timothy Spall and Marian Valev. The Babymakers (Unrat- ed) Biological clock come- dy about a sterile, wannabe daddy (Paul Schneider) who recruits his buddies and an East Indian mobster (Jay Chandrasekhar) to steal the sperm he sold to a fertility clinic years ago so that he might still impreg- nate his miserably-childless wife (Olivia Munn). With Aisha Tyler, Wood Harris and Noureen DeWulf. Celeste and Jesse Forev- er (R for profanity, sexuali- ty and drug use) On the rocks dramedy revolving around the effort of an almost-divorced couple (Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg) to remain friends while simultaneously pursu- ing new relationships. Cast includes Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts, Ari Graynor and Eric Christian Olsen. Craigslist Joe (Unrated) My brother’s keeper docu- mentary chronicling 29 year-old Joseph Garner’s attempt to survive for a month relying on the kind- ness of strangers he met on the internet for food, shelter, transportation and compan- ionship. (Zawe Ashton), a British woman of Caribbean extrac- tion whose body wasn’t dis- covered until several years after she passed away of natural causes while ironi- cally wrapping Christmas presents for family and friends. With Neelam Bak- shi, Jonathan Harden and Lee Colley. Mosquita y Mari (Unrat- ed) Coming-of-age drama, set in Southern California, about a 15 year-old Latina (Fenessa Pineda) who bonds with a new neighbor (Venecia Troncoso) her age only to be surprised when their friendship blossoms into a lesbian relationship. Support cast includes Joaquin Garrido, Laura Patalano and Dulce Maria Solis. (In Spanish and Eng- lish with subtitles) Soldiers of Fortune (R for profanity and violence) Action adventure about wealthy thrill seekers who encounter a lot more than they bargained for after pay- ing to tag along on a mili- tary mission led by a former U.S. Special Forces soldier (Christian Slater). Starring ‘The Babymakers’ Ving Rhames, James Cromwell, Freddy Rodriguez and Colm Meaney. Sushi: The Golden Catch (Unrated) Raw fish documentary traces the evo- lution of sushi over the past 30 years from a fast food sold by Japanese street ven- dors into an international delicacy popular at restau- rants all over the world. ‘You’ve Been Trumped’ You’ve Been Trumped (Unrated) David and Goliath documentary about the legal battle mounted in Scotland by locals to block Donald Trump’s application for a zoning variance that would allow the smug bil- lionaire to turn a pictur- esque seaside village into a luxury golf resort. Dreams of a Life (Unrat- ed) Maudlin post mortem revisiting the unnoticed demise of Joyce Vincent Week on the Web Report: Nationwide, Black Kids Disproportionately Killed in Car Accidents … in NW News Senator Jeff Merkley Proposes Government Help for Homeowners … in NW News Breaking: Michael Alexander to Lead the Urban League of Portland … in NW News ‘Farm the Congregation’ Brings Healthier Food to Inner City … in NW News www. August 1, 2012 The Seattle Skanner Page 5
