Arts & Entertainment
Movies Opening Friday, August 8
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
The
Hundred-Foot
Journey (PG for mature
themes, mild epithets, vio-
lence and brief sensuality)
Three-time Oscar-nominee
Lass Hallstrom directed this
adaptation of Rochard
Morais’ best-seller about an
immigrant family which
opens an Indian restaurant
in a quaint village in the
South of France, much to
the chagrin of the steely
proprietor (Helen Mirren) of
a trendy bistro right down
the street. Cast includes Om
Puri, Manish Dayal and
Charlotte Le Bon. (In Eng-
lish, French and Hindi with
subtitles)
do bearing down on a tiny
town in Middle America.
Co-starring Matt Walsh,
Arlen Escarpeta, Richard
Armitage and Sarah Wayne
Callies.
Step Up All In (PG-13 for
profanity and sensuality)
5th installment in the street
dance franchise revolves
around an L.A. crew which
ventures to Vegas to enter a
competition where the win-
ning team lands a lucrative
pro contract. Ensemble
includes Ryan Guzman, Bri-
ana Evigan, Adam G.
Sevani and Stephen Boss.
Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles (PG-13 for vio-
lence) Reboot of the
adaptation of the comic
book franchise finds the
Step Up All In
Into the Storm (PG-13
for profanity, sexual refer-
ences, and scenes of intense
peril and destruction) Found
footage thriller about some
storm chasers and thrill-
seekers who get more than
they bargained for when
they decide to film a torna-
anthropomorphic protago-
nists (Alan Ritchson, Noel
Fisher, Jeremy Howard and
Pete Ploszek) rising from
NYC’s sewers to fight their
archenemy (William Ficht-
ner) and his army of ninjas,
with the help of an intrepid,
young reporter (Megan
Into The Storm
Fox). Cast includes Whoopi
Goldberg and Will Arnett,
with voicework by Johnny
Knoxville and Tony Shal-
houb.
What If (PG-13 for pro-
fanity, sexuality and partial
nudity) Romantic dramedy
revolving around a med
school dropout (Daniel
Radcliffe) who develops
feelings for his BFF (Zoe
Kazan), despite the fact that
she lives with her longtime
boyfriend (Rafe Spall).
With Megan Park, Adam
Driver and Mackenzie
Davis.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
About Alex (R for profan-
ity and drug use) Jason
Ritter stars as the title char-
acter of this nostalgic drama
about a group of college
friends’ eventful reunion to
care for a suicidal pal over
the course of a three-day
weekend. Cast includes
Aubrey Plaza, Maggie
Grace, Max Minghella and
Nate Parker.
After (R for profanity)
Skeleton-in-the-closet
drama about a cash-strapped
matriarch (Kathleen Quin-
lan) whose already-fragile
family’s stability is further
threatened by the revelation
of her big secret. With John
Doman, Darrin Dewitt Hen-
son, Diane Neal and Pablo
Schreiber (brother of
Liev).
The Dog (Unrated) Gen-
der-bending biopic about
John Wojtowicz (1945-
2006), whose robbery of a
Brooklyn bank to pay for
his boyfriend’s sex change
served as the inspiration for
the film Dog Day After-
noon.
Fifi Howls from Happi-
ness (Unrated) Celebrity to
obscurity documentary trac-
ing the trajectory of the
career of Bahman Mohas-
sess, the flamboyantly gay
artist known as the Persian
Picasso, who went from
national icon to persona non
grata following the fall of
the Shah of Iran in 1979. (In
Persian with subtitles)
James Cameron’s Deep
Sea Challenge (PG for mild
profanity and disaster
images) 3D documentary
chronicling the director of
the Titanic’s submarine
expedition to the ocean
floor.
Keep on Keepin’ On
(Unrated)
Reverential
dles the title role in this psy-
chological thriller, set in the
Hamptons, as a summer
season housekeeper for a
rich couple (Annabelle
Sciorra and Bill Camp) cov-
ering
up
their
Princeton-bound
son’s
(Philip Ettinger) deadly hit-
and-run car accident. With
Remy Auberrjonois, John
Brodsky and Stefanie
Brown.
Keep On Keepin’ On
biopic about 93 year-old
jazz legend Clark Terry,
trumpeter and flugelhorn
pioneer who played with
everyone from Duke Elling-
ton to Count Basie to Dizzy
Gillespie to Quincy Jones.
The
Maid’s
Room
(Unrated) Paula Garces han-
Web Junkie (Unrated)
Internet addiction is the sub-
ject of this expose’
examining a trio of adoles-
cents undergoing treatment
for the compulsive disorder
at a rehabilitation center in
Beijing, China. (In English
and Mandarin with subti-
tles)
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