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-
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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
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