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Arts & Entertainment Movies Opening Feb. 7 By Kam Willimas For TheSkanner News BIG BUDGET FILMS The Lego Movie (PG for mild action and rude humor) Animated adventure revolv- ing around an ordinary mini-figure (Chris Pratt) mistakenly recruited to join the dream team of Master Builders determined to defeat an evil tyrant (Will Ferrell) with a diabolical plan to destroy the Lego universe by gluing all the pieces together. Voice cast includes Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Channing Tatum. Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban and Hugh Bonneville. The Monuments Men (PG-13 for violence and smoking) George Clooney directed and stars in this adaptation of the Robert Edsel best seller of the same name chronicling the real- life exploits of an Army platoon comprised of cura- tors, archivists and art historians whose mission was to retrieve masterpieces plundered by the Nazis dur- ing World War II. A-list ensemble features Matt Damon, John Goodman, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Vampire Academy (PG- 13 for sexuality, profanity, violence and bloody images) Screen adaptation of the Richelle Mead fanta- sy novel of the same name about a couple of teenage BFFs, one, a half- human/half vampire (Zoey Deutch), the other, a princess vampire (Lucy Fry), who find themselves threatened by a race of bloodthirsty vampires while away at boarding school. With Danila Kozlovsky, Gabriel Byrne and Olga ‘American King Umps’ Jennifer Lanier and Damaris Webb at their most hilarious – and tragic — in “American King Umps.” Set during the Civil War on the King Cotton Plantation in West Texas, the story of begins as the Master of the Plantation, fearing the oncoming of the Union Army, sells his large holding of slaves and sets fire to the cotton fields. In the Master’s absence the slaves are left both to govern themselves, and define their own identities. King Umps is high comedy and satire from beginning to end, a mash up of Gone With the Wind and Comedy of Errors meets Roots. Written by Don Wilson Glenn, directed by Jaye Austin Williams, presented by Damaris Webb in association with PassinArt, the show runs through Feb. 16 at Ethos/IFCC, 5340 N Interstate Ave. For more information go to www.damariswebb.com. Kurylenko. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS about a 17 year-old pushcart porter (Celso Franco) who inadvertently becomes an accessory to a crime after agreeing to deliver some suspicious packages for a quick $100. Kids for Ca$h (PG-13 for profanity and mature themes) Pay-to-play docu- mentary chronicling the shocking 2008 scandal in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania where crooked judges put innocent juveniles behind bars in return for kickbacks from a privately-owned penitentiary in need of inmates. 7 Boxes (Unrated) Paraguayan action thriller Page 8 The Portland Skanner February 5, 2014 Kids for Ca$h
