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Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Capsules: For Movies Opening Aug. 16 BIG BUDGET FILMS Jobs (PG-13 for drug use and brief profanity) Ashton Kutcher portrays Steve Jobs in this reverential biopic revisiting the early years in the incomparable career of the visionary entrepreneur and Apple founder. Sup- porting cast includes J.K. Simmons, Matthew Modine, Lesley Ann Warren and Dermot Mulroney. Kick Ass-2 (R for sexual- ity, graphic violence, crude humor, pervasive profanity, and brief nudity) Two-fisted sequel finds the original’s crime-fighting, pint-sized heroine (Chloe Moretz) K AM ’ S C APSULES Movie Reviews by Kam Williams (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). With Jim Carrey, Aaron Johnson, Clark Duke, Don- ald Faison and John Leguizamo. Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13 for violence, sexual- ity, smoking, profanity, eth- nic slurs, mature themes and disturbing images) Forest the African-American struggle for Civil Rights, recounting the real-life story of a butler who served in the White House under eight presidents. A-list cast includes Oscar-winners Whitaker, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Robin Williams and Melissa Leo, as well as nominees Terrence Howard and Oprah Winfrey Paranoia (PG-13 for pro- fanity, sexuality and vio- lence) Espionage thriller about a rising corporate superstar (Liam Hemsworth) who finds him- self caught in the middle of a deadly game of cat-and- mouse being played by a couple of rival billionaire CEOs (Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford). With Richard Dreyfuss, Amber Heard and Lucas Till. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Patience Stone forming a new team of masked vigilantes to take on an ally-turned-super villain Whitaker stars in the title role of this father-son saga, set against the backdrop of Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (Unrated) Fugitive drama about an outlaw (Casey Affleck) who makes a daring escape from a Texas prison in order to be with his gun moll (Rooney Mara) and the young daugh- ter (Kennadie Smith) he’s never met. With Ben Foster, Keith Carradine and Nate Parker. Austenland (PG-13 for Lenny Kravitz in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” sexual innuendo) Keri Rus- sell stars in this romantic comedy about an eligible “Pride and Prejudice” fanat- ic who travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search of Mr. Right. With Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour and Bret McKenzie. Cutie and Boxer (R for nude images) Spousal abuse biopic chronicling the stormy, 40-year marriage of eccentric NYC artists Ushio and Noriko Shinohara. The Happy Sad (Unrat- ed) Bifurcated Brooklyn drama about two young couples, one, black and gay (Leroy McClain and Charlie Barnett), the other, white and heterosexual (Cameron Scoggins and Sorel Carra- dine), whose lives serendip- itously intertwine as they explore their sexual identity. Featuring Maria Dizzia, Jamie Harrold and Sue Jean Kim. violence) Female empower- ment flick, set in war-torn Afghanistan, revolving around a woman (Gol- shifteh Farahani) who final- ly summons up the courage to share a lifetime’s worth of frustrations with a hus- band (Hamid Djavadan) left paralyzed and in a vegeta- tive state by a bullet in the neck. With Hassina Burgan, Massi Mrowat and Faiz Fazli. (In Persian with subti- tles) The Patience Stone (R for profanity, sexuality and Celebrate – Educate – Demonstrate! Saturday, August 24, 2013 South Waterfront Park, Portland 10 a.m. – Gather at Terry Schrunk Plaza 11 a.m. – Step off time for March thru Downtown 12 p.m. – Pre-rally Festivities at Waterfront Park 1 p.m. – Rally, Speakers and Live Music at Waterfront Park. For more information contact: Dr. T.A. Bethel, 503-288-7241 or Dr. LeRoy Haynes, 503-287-0261 August 14, 2013 The Portland Skanner Page 5
