Arts & Entertainment
Movies Opening
Friday, August 28
Hari at the Helium
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
The November Man (R
for rape, profanity, sexuali-
ty, nudity, graphic violence
and brief drug use) Cat-and-
mouse espionage thriller
about a retired CIA Agent
(Pierce Brosnan) who
comes out of retirement to
protect a valuable witness
(Olga Kurylenko) to war
crimes from his former pro-
tégé (Luke Bracey) gone
rogue. With Will Patton,
Eliza Taylor and Caterina
Scorsone.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
The Calling (R for vio-
lence,
profanity
and
disturbing content) Crime
thriller about a small town
detective (Susan Sarandon)
whose investigation of a
string of grisly murders
brings her face-to-face with
a serial killer. Ensemble cast
includes Ellen Burstyn,
Topher Grace and Donald
Sutherland.
PHOTO BY HARI KONDABOLU
As Above, So Below (R
for terror, graphic violence
and pervasive profanity)
Found-footage horror flick,
set in the catacombs
beneath Paris, revolving
around a team of American
archaeologists who unwit-
tingly unleash countless
dormant demons while
exploring the uncharted
subterranean maze. Co-star-
ring Ben Feldman, Edwin
Hodge and Perdita Weeks.
A photograph by Lyle Ashton Harris in collaboration
with Thomas Allen Harris, as seen in “Through A Lens
Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of
a People.”
rights to her image. Cast
includes Paul Giamatti,
Harvey Keitel, John Hamm
and Danny Huston.
Last Weekend (Unrated)
Ensemble dramedy about a
matriarch (Patricia Clark-
son) who comes to question
her role in her dysfunctional
clan during a disastrous
reunion at the family lake-
front estate she’s about to
sell. With Mary Kay Place,
Zachary Booth, Rutina
Wesley, Judith Light and
Jayma Mays.
Life of Crime
Canopy (PG-13 for
intense violence and bloody
images) World War II drama
about an Australian fighter
pilot’s (Khan Chittenden)
struggle to survive in the
jungle after being shot
down over Singapore. With
Mo Tzu-yi, Robert Menzies
and Edwina Wren. (In Eng-
lish, Japanese and Mandarin
with subtitles)
The Congress (Unrated)
Animated sci-fi adventure
about an aging actress
(Robin Wright) who breaks
a contract by coming out of
retirement after having sold
a movie studio the exclusive
Life of Crime (R for pro-
fanity,
sexuality
and
violence) Mobster comedy
about a couple of crooks
(Mos Def and John
Hawkes) who kidnap the
wife (Jennifer Aniston) of a
millionaire (Tim Robbins)
for ransom only to learn that
they’ve done the philander-
er a favor by freeing him to
spend more time with his
mistress (Isla Fisher). Sup-
port cast includes Mark
Boone Junior, Kevin Can-
non and Julie E. Davis.
The
Naked
Room
(Unrated) Fly-on-the-wall
documentary focusing on
Standup comedian Hari kondabolu headlines at the Helium Comedy
Club, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m.; Sept. 26 at 730 and 10 p.m.; and Sept. 27, at
7:30 and 10 p.m., 1510 SE 9th Ave. Portland. W. kamau Bell calls him,
“The comedy equivalent of a punk rock concert that breaks out at a
human rights rally.” Tickets are $15, $20 & $22, respectively plus two
items, get them at www.harikondabolu.com/shows.
the behavior of patients,
parents and physicians in
the examination room of a
children’s hospital in Mexi-
co City. (In Spanish with
subtitles)
The Notebook (R for
nudity, profanity, sexuality
and disturbing violence)
Coming-of-age saga, set in
the Hungarian countryside
towards the end of World
War II, about twin 13 year-
old boys (Andras and
Laszlo Gyemant) forced to
fend for themselves after
being left in the care of their
abusive, alcoholic grand-
mother (Piroska Molnar) by
their desperate mother
(Gyongyver Bognar). With
Andras Rethelyi, Ulrich
Thomsen and Orsolya Toth.
(In Hungarian with subti-
tles)
Second Opinion (Unrat-
ed) Medical expose’ about
Ralph Moss, Ph.D., a young
writer in Sloan-Kettering’s
PR Department who risked
his career by blowing the
whistle on a massive cover-
up of the truth about a
promising cancer cure
called Laetrile.
Shadows from My Past
(Unrated) Holocaust docu-
mentary revisiting the plight
of The Kaufmans, as pre-
served in letters exchanged
among members of the Aus-
trian Jewish family between
1939 and 1941.
Starred Up (Unrated)
Irish crime drama, set in
Belfast, about a troubled
juvenile delinquent (Jack
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