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Arts & Entertainment Opening This Week — For Movies Opening Aug.10 BIG BUDGET FILMS Bourne Legacy (PG-13 for violence and intense action sequences) Fourth installment in the espionage series stars Jeremy Renner as a rogue spy who teams up with an attractive woman (Rachel Weisz) as he tries to clear his name while on the run from a team of assassins dis- patched by the CIA. With Edward Norton, Stacy Keach and Albert Finney. The Campaign (R for profanity ) Election year comedy chronicling a cut- throat political campaign pitting a disgraced, North Carolina Congressman K AM ’ S C APSULES Movie Reviews by Kam Williams and Gregg Godfrey. INDEPENDENT & FOR- EIGN FILMS 2 Days in New York (R for profanity, sexuality, drug use and brief nudity) Chris Rock and Julie Delpy co- star in this cross-cultural comedy as a couple cohabit- ‘2 Days in New York’ (Will Ferrell) against a naïve contender (Zach Gali- fianakis) whose dirty tricks are being financed by a cou- ple of wealthy business- man. Hope Springs (PG-13 for mature themes involving sexuality) Midlife crisis comedy about a couple (Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones) who try to save their 30-year marriage at a week-long counseling ses- sion led by a renowned rela- tionship specialist (Steve Carell). Ensemble cast includes Jean Smart, Elisa- beth Shue and Mimi Rogers. Almayer’s Folly (Unrat- ed) Bittersweet drama loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s debut novel about an ambitious Dutchman’s (Stanislas Merher) futile search for a buried treasure for his half-Malaysian daughter (Aurora Marion) who means the world to him. With Marc Barbe, Sol- ida Chan and Sakhna Oum. (In English, French and Central Khmer) Drought (Unrated) Cli- mate change documentary examining the mass exodus in search of water now undertaken annually by the Freelancers (R for nudi- ty, violence, drug use, graphic sexuality and per- vasive profanity) Crime saga starring 50 Cent as the revenge-minded son of a slain police officer who joins the NYPD and teams with his father’s former partner (Robert De Niro) in search of justice. Cast includes Forest Whitaker, Dana Delany and Beau Gar- rett. Red Hook Summer (Unrated) Spike Lee wrote and directed this coming-of- age drama about a 13 year- old boy (Jules Brown) from Atlanta who spends his summer vacation at a Brooklyn housing project with his Bible-thumping grandfather (Clarke Peters). Supporting cast includes Nate Parker, Heather Simms and Thomas Jefferson Byrd. Goats (R for profanity, nudity, sexuality, drug use and underage alcohol con- sumption) Culture shock comedy about a freshman’s (Graham Phillips) attempt to adjust to life at an exclu- sive, East Coast prep school after being raised by his flaky hippie mother (Vera Farmiga) in the foothills of Tucson, Arizona with the help of a sage goat whisper- er (David Duchovny) who served as his surrogate father. With Keri Russell, Ty Burrell and Justin Kirk. sidered the father of Zion- ism and the State of Israel. The Lion of Judah (Unrated) Holocaust docu- mentary chronicling Lithuanian survivor Leo Zisman’s heartbreaking return to his roots accompa- nied by 36 young people on a historical tour of the con- centration camps at Maj- danek, Birkenau and Aushwitz. Meet the Fokkens (Unrated) Dominatrix docu- mentary about identical twins Louise and Martine Fokkens, 70 year-old prosti- tutes who are ready to retire after plying their trade in Amsterdam’s Red Light District for the past 50 years. (In Dutch with subti- tles) Supercapitalist (Unrated) Financial thriller about an ambitious, hedge fund trad- er from New York (Linus Roache) who ventures to Hong Kong where his attempt to orchestrate a bil- lion-dollar deal ends-up spi- raling out of control. Featuring Kenneth Tsang, Derek Ting and Richard Ng. (In English and Mandarin ‘Freelancers’ with subtitles) We Women Warriors (Unrated) Pacifist docu- mentary about the non-vio- lent resistance movement spearheaded by a trio of aborigine females fed-up with the bloody, Colombian civil war which has left over a hundred native tribes on the brink of extinction. (In Spanish with subtitles) ‘Red Hook Summer’ The Green Wave (Unrat- ed) Democracy-deferred documentary revisiting Iran’s short-lived, student revolution of 2010 which was successfully suppressed by the Islamist regime via a combination of cracking heads and censoring the internet. (In Persian, Eng- lish and German with subti- tles) It Is No Dream (Unrated) Sir Ben Kingsley narrates this reverential biopic high- lighting the life and times of Theodor Herzl (1860-1904), the Hungarian Jewish attor- ney-turned-journalist con- Please Recycle this Newspaper Nitro Circus 3-D (PG-13 for profanity and depictions of dangerous stunts) Big screen version of the MTV series featuring a series of breathtaking, Jackass-level stunts executed by a team of adrenaline-addicted dare- devils led by Travis Pas- trana. With Jolene Van Vugt, Tommy Passsemante ing in Manhattan whose domestic bliss is destroyed when her father (Albert Delpy), sister (Alexia Lan- deau) and ex-boyfriend (Alexandre Nahon) arrive from France unexpectedly. With Kate Burton, Dylan Baker and Malinda Williams. (In English, French and Italian with sub- titles) parched residents of the Cuates de Australia region of Northern Mexico. (In Spanish with subtitles) August 8, 2012 The Seattle Skanner Page 5
