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Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, June 27 By Kam Williams For The Skanner News BIG BUDGET FILMS Begin Again (R for pro- fanity) Musical tale of female empowerment about a struggling singer/song- writer (Keira Knightley) who dumps her philander- ing, pop star boyfriend (Adam Levine) in order to pursue her own career with the help of an alcoholic, dis- graced record exec (Mark Ruffalo). Supporting cast includes Catherine Keener, Hailee Steinfeld, Mos Def, Ceelo Green and James Corden. Transformers: Age of Extinction (PG-13 for pro- fanity, intense violence and brief sexual innuendo) Fourth installment of the sci-fi franchise finds a mechanic (Mark Wahlberg) and his daughter (Nicola Peltz) attracting the atten- tion of scientists, transformers, a power-hun- gry businessman (Stanley Tucci) and a paranoid gov- ernment bureaucrat (Kelsey Grammer) after they discov- er the deactivated leader (Peter Cullen) of the Auto- bots. With John Goodman, T.J. Miller, Sophia Myles and Ken Watanabe. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS La Bare (R for pervasive profanity, incessant sexuali- ty and brief graphic nudity) Homoerotic documentary offering a revealing peek inside the most popular male strip club in the world, La Bare Dallas, located in Texas. Director Joe Man- Transformers: Age of Extinction ganiello does double duty as narrator, interviewing dancers Nick Soto, Lance Winters and others. Bound by Flesh (Unrat- ed) Leslie Zemeckis (Bob’s wife) directs this heart- breaking documentary about Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who made a fortune as a circus sideshow act, only to end up broke after being fleeced by crooked managers. Drones (Unrated) Charac- ter-driven drama about the ethical dilemma faced by two soldiers’ (Matt O’Leary and Eloise Mumford) ques- tioning the order to slay a suspected terrorist (Mah- moud Khalil) from miles away with the push of a but- ton. With Mae Aswell, Vivan Dugre’ and Drea Gar- cia. Jackpot (Unrated) Action-filled farce about the lives of four factory workers that come apart at the seams in the wake of winning over a million dollars in the lot- tery. Co-starring Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Hen- rik Mestad and Arthur Berning. (In Norwegian and Swedish with subtitles) The Pleasures of Being Out of Step (Unrated) Rev- erential profile retrospective, narrated by Andre Braugher, profiling the career of the legendary jazz journalist and civil lib- ertarian Nat Hentoff. See MOVIES on page 10 Special thanks for the generosity of our sponsors: Black Women of Peace Page 6 The Portland and Seattle Skanner June 25, 2014 Tim Hall
