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Arts & Entertainment Movies Opening Friday, Nov. 28 BIG BUDGET FILMS Horrible Bosses 2 (R for pervasive profanity and crude sexuality) Jason Bate- man, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day reunite for revenge-fueled sequel as inept entrepreneurs-turned- kidnappers who hatch a cockamamie plan to hold the son (Chris Pine) of a ruthless businessman (Christoph Waltz) for ran- som. Cast includes Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey and Keegan- Michael Key. The Imitation Game (PG-13 for sexual refer- ences, mature themes and smoking) Historical biopic about Alan Turing (Bene- dict Cumberbatch), the British cryptologist who helped the Allies defeat the Nazis by cracking the Enig- ma Code, only to be prosecuted and chemically castrated following World War II for being gay. With Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode and Mark Strong. Penguins of Madagascar (PG for mild action and rude humor) 4th installment PHOTO COURTESY PORTLAND CENTER STAGE By Kam Williams For The Skanner News Twisted Classic Portland Center Stage’s ‘Twist Your Dickens’ is a complete send-up of the holiday classic, written by comic writers Peter Gwinn and Bobby Mort of Second City and The Colbert report. Scrooge, Tiny Tim and those know-it-all ghosts find themselves hopelessly mixed up in zany holiday sketches with anachronistic characters, uproarious improv and an ever-changing stable of drop-in local celebrity guests. runs through Dec. 22, ticket information at www.pcs.org/dickens. Penguins of Madagascar in the animated franchise finds the peripatetic quartet of penguin protagonists (Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Conrad Vernon and Christopher Knights) join- Page 6 The Portland and Seattle Skanner November 26, 2014 ing forces with an under- cover, inter-species task force to apprehend a diabol- ical madman (John Malkovich) bent on world domination. Voice cast includes Benedict Cumber- batch, Dr. Ken Jeong and Peter Stormare. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Antarctica: A Year on Ice (PG for mild epithets and mature themes) Subze- ro documentary chronicling what life is like at a couple of ice stations located near the South Pole. Haunted house flick, set in Adelaide, Australia, about a grieving widow (Essie Davis) who comes to sub- stantiate her young son’s (Noah Wiseman) com- plaints about a monster inhabiting their home. Cast includes Daniel Henshall, The Babadook (Unrated) See MOVIES on page 11
