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Arts & Entertainment Movie Openings for Friday, June 13 By Kam Williams For The Skanner News BIG BUDGET FILMS 22 Jump Street (R for sexuality, violence, drug use, brief nudity and perva- sive profanity) Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum reprise students to crack a narcotics ring operating on campus. With Ice Cube, Amber Stevens and Nick Offerman. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG for action and mildly rude humor) Animated adventure, set five years after the original, pits Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) mon Hounsou) bent on world domination. Voice cast includes Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Kris- ten Wiig, America Ferrara, Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Amazing Catfish (Unrated) Strange bedfel- lows dramedy about a lonely supermarket clerk (Ximena Ayala) with appen- dicitis who finds herself befriended by her hospital roommate (Lisa Owen) and family. Support cast includes (Sonia Franco, Wendy Guillen and Andrea Baeza). (In Spanish with subtitles) 22 Jump Street their roles as ill-matched LAPD partners, this time going undercover as college and his faithful pet, Tooth- less, against a diabolical, cave-dwelling villain (Dji- Burning Bush (Unrated) Czech docudrama, set in 1969, chronicling the stu- dent protests of the Soviet invasion of Prague launched by a martyr who set himself on fire. Starring Tatiana Pauhofova, Jaroslave Poko- rna and Petr Stach. (In Czech with subtitles) A Coffee Page 6 The Portland and Seattle Skanner June 11, 2014 in Berlin the Signal (Unrated) Tragicomedy about a just-jilted college student (Tom Schilling) who drops out of school after being cut off financial- ly by his father (Ulrich Noethen) only to end up aimlessly wandering around the streets of Berlin. With Katharina Schuttler, Andreas Schroders and Marc Hosemann. (In Ger- man and English with subtitles) Evergreen (Unrated) Cannabis documentary examining the state of affairs in Washington after the legalization of the recre- ational use of marijuana. Hellion (Unrated) Dys- functional family drama about a juvenile delinquent (Josh Wiggins), being raised by an emotionally-distant, widowed dad (Aaron Paul), whose anti-social behavior leads Child Protective Serv- ices to award custody of his imperiled little brother (Deke Garner) to their very protective aunt (Juliette Lewis). Supporting cast includes Augustine Frizzell, Jonny Mars and Annalee Jeffries. I Am I (Unrated) Father- daughter drama about the frustrations encountered by a young woman (Jocelyn Towne) who belatedly befriends the brain-dam- aged dad she’s never known (Kevin Tighe) when he shows up unexpectedly at her mother’s funeral. With Simon Helberg, Jason Ritter and James Morrison. See MOVIES on page 11
