Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — Aug. 24
BIG BUDGET FILMS
The Apparition (PG-13
for terror, frightening
images and sensuality)
Haunted house horror flick
about a young couple (Ash-
ley Greene and Sebastian
Stan) who enlist the help of
an expert in the supernatu-
ral (Tom Felton) to rid their
home of a ghost that arrived
in the wake of an experi-
ment in parapsychology
gone amuck. Cast includes
Julianna Guill, Rick Gomez
and Anna Clark.
Hit and Run (R for sexu-
‘Hermano’
ality, violence, drug use,
graphic nudity and perva-
sive profanity) Romantic
road comedy about a get-
away driver (Dax Shepard)
K AM ’ S
C APSULES
Movie
Reviews
by Kam
Williams
in the Witness Protection
Program who risks blowing
his cover to drive his girl-
friend
(Kristen
Bell)
cross-country while being
chased by both the Feds and
the gang he’s scheduled to
testify against. Featuring
Bradley Cooper, Tom
Arnold, David Koechner
and Kristin Chenoweth.
Premium Rush (PG-13
for violence and profanity)
Peripatetic action thriller
about a Manhattan bike
messenger (Joseph Gordon-
Levitt) being chased all over
New York City after picking
up an envelope at Columbia
University
containing
incriminating
evidence
about a corrupt cop
(Michael Shannon). With
Dania Ramirez, Jamie
Chung and Aasif Mandvi.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Death by China (Unrat-
ed) Outsourcing expose’
explaining why America
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has been in economic
decline since the Peoples’
Republic joined the World
Trade Organization in 2001
at the behest of Congress
and multinational corpora-
tions.
tryout with their home-
town’s pro soccer team.
Featuring Beto Benites,
Gonzalo
Cubero
and
Marcela Giron. (In Spanish
with subtitles)
General Education (PG-
13 for sexuality and a drug
reference) Teen comedy
about a high school senior
(Chris Sheffield) who has to
hide from his parents
(Janeane Garofalo and
Knight Knight (Unrated)
Medieval comedy about a
couple of knights in training
(Tom Eykelhof and David
Wayman) who embark on a
zany adventure in search of
cash and comfortable under-
wear.
With
Jonathan
Back in Town
‘Samsara’
Larry Miller) that he still
has to complete a science
course over the summer in
order to graduate and enter
college in the fall on a ten-
nis scholarship. With Bobby
Campo,Elaine Hendrix and
Maiara Walsh.
Hermano
(Unrated)
Overcoming-the-odds saga
about a couple of siblings
(Fernando Moreno and Eliu
Armas) from the slums of
Caracas who make the most
of the opportunity of a life-
time when they are offered a
Hansler, Christina Bucher
and Mingus Johnston.
Little White Lies (Unrat-
ed) Ensemble dramedy
about a Parisian restaurateur
(Francois Cluzet) whose
annual summer getaway to
Bordeaux with his wife
(Valerie Bonneton) and
friends turns confessional
after one of the guests (Jean
Dujardin) is left near death
by an auto accident. Cast
includes Marion Cotillard,
Benoit Magimel and Gilles
Lellouche. (In French with
subtitles)
Fans are advised to get their tickets ASAP
when Esperanza Spaulding returns to her
hometown with Divas of Jazz, Aug. 26, at
Gerding Theatre, 128 NW Eleventh Ave.
Spaudling performs in concert with Linda
Hornbuckle, Janice Scroggins, Hailey
Niswanger & Thara Memory’s AMP Jazz
Orchestra. The show is a benefit for the
American Music Program and Pacific Crest
Sinfonietta. Doors open at 6:30 and the show
starts at 7:30 p.m. For more information go to
www.americanmusicprogram.org.
Samsara (PG-13 for sex-
uality
and
disturbing
images) Non-narrative med-
itation exploring assorted
wonders of the world from
the mundane to the miracu-
lous while delving into the
unfathomable depths of
humanity’s spirituality.