Arts & Entertainment
kam’s kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, April 10
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Beyond the Mask (PG
for action, violence and
mature themes) Faith-based
historical drama about a for-
mer mercenary (Andrew
Cheney) for the British East
India
Company
who
attempts to redeem himself
by thwarting a plot against
the American Revolution.
With Alan Madlane as Ben
Frankiln, and John Arden
McClure as George Wash-
ington.
Desert Dancer (PG-13
for mature themes, violence
and drug use) True tale, set
in Iran, revolving around a
young rebel (Reece Ritchie)
who risked persecution by
founding an underground
dance company in a country
who are all looking for work
in an inhospitable economic
climate. Featuring Rebecca
Matalon.
Black Souls (Unrated)
Mafia saga, set in Italy,
about two brothers (Marco
Leonardi and Peppino Maz-
zotta) who run the family’s
international drug trade
while another sibling (Fab-
rizio Ferracane) herds goats
in their ancestral hometown
nestled in the mountains
along the Ionic seacoast.
With Barbara Bobulova,
Anna
Ferruzzo
and
Giuseppe Fumo. (In Italian
with subtitles)
Clouds of Sils Maria (R
for profanity and graphic
nudity) Midlife-crisis drama
about an actress (Juliette
Binoche) who agrees to por-
tray an older character in the
revival of the play that made
Clouds of Sils Maria
where dancing is strictly
forbidden. Co-starring Frei-
da Pinto, Nazanin Boniadi
and Tom Cullen.
The Longest Ride (PG-
13 for battle scenes, sports
action, sexuality and partial
nudity) Screen adaptation of
the Nicholas Sparks best-
seller about a star-crossed
couple (Britt Robertson and
Scott Eastwood) whose path
serendipitously intersects
with that of a geezer (Alan
Alda) given to reminiscing
while waiting to be rescued
from a car wreck. With
Oona Chaplin, Gloria
Reuben and Lolita Davi-
dovich.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Below Dreams (Unrated)
Millennial
Generation
drama highlighting the frus-
trating job search of three
twenty-somethings, an ex-
con (Jamaine Johnson), a
single-mom
(Leanne
Miller), and an unemployed
college grad (Elliott Ehlers),
her famous decades earlier
in the starring role. Ensem-
ble cast includes Chloe
Grace Moretz, Kristen
Stewart and Lars Eidinger.
(In English, French, Ger-
man and Swiss German
with subtitles)
Dior and I (Unrated)
Behind-the-scenes docu-
mentary about Raf Simons,
the new artistic director at
the Christian Dior fashion
house. Featuring appear-
ances by Anna Wintour,
Jennifer Lawrence, Sharon
Stone and Marion Cotillard.
(In English, French and Ital-
ian with subtitles)
Ex Machina (R for pro-
fanity, violence, sexual
references and graphic nudi-
ty) Sci-fi thriller about a
corporate computer geek
(Domhnall Gleeson) who
runs away with a fetching
fembot after developing a
romantic attachment to the
gorgeous android (Alicia
Vikander) slated to have her
memory banks erased. With
Oscar Isaac, Corey Johnson
and Sonoya Mizuno.
Freetown (PG-13 for
mature themes involving
violence) Inspirational tale
of survival recounting a
half-dozen missionaries’
flight from Liberia to Sierra
Leone to escape the bloody
civil war raging in their
homeland. Starring Henry
Adofo, Alphonse Menyo
and Michael Attram.
Kill Me Three Times (R
for profanity, sexuality,
nudity and graphic vio-
lence)
Dark
comedy
revolving around an assas-
sin-for-hire (Simon Pegg)
who lands in a triangulated
web of intrigue involving
blackmail, murder and
revenge after botching a hit
on a wealthy man’s (Callan
Mulvey) philandering wife
(Alice Braga). Cast includes
Luke Hemsworth, Teresa
Palmer and Bryan Brown.
Song from the Forest
altered the evolution of
human life on the planet.
Lost River (R for profan-
ity, sexuality and disturbing
violent images) Ryan
Gosling makes his writing
and directorial debut with
this escapist fantasy revolv-
ing around a cash-strapped
single-mom (Christina Hen-
dricks) who finds herself
swept into a subterranean
dark world. With Ben
Mendelsohn, Saoirse Ronan
and Eva Mendes.
The Reconstruction of
William Zero (Unrated)
Sci-fi thriller about a geneti-
cist suffering from amnesia
(Conal Byrne) who makes a
shocking discovery while
trying to relearn who he is
with the help of his identical
twin brother. Support cast
includes Amy Seimetz, Tim
Haberger and Adam Fris-
toe.
The Sisterhood of Night
(PG-13 for mature themes,
suicide, sexuality and pre-
scription
drug
abuse)
Screen adaptation of Steven
Millhauser’s short story of
the same name about a
teenage girl (Kara Hay-
ward) who becomes the
subject of a modern-day
version of a Salem witch
trial after publicly com-
plaining about her initiation
into a sinister sorority. With
Kal Penn, Georgie Henley,
Willa Cutthrell-Tuttleman
and Olivia DeJonge.
Song from the Forest
(Unrated) Cross-cultural
documentary about Louis
Sarno, an American musi-
cologist who moved to the
Central African Republic in
1985, had a child with a
Pygmy, and raised his son in
the rainforest.
Living in the Age of Air-
planes (Unrated) Harrison
Ford narrates this anthropo-
logical examination of how
the miracle of flight has
V Y Peterson Treads
Tough Terrain in New Book
This extraordinary collection of poetry
and fictional prose, chronicles the
realities and disparities of divorce,
relationships and mental illness, within
communities of color.
Portland author V.Y. Peterson hopes,
with her work, to acknowledge the
adversities that are present in
communities of color, that are
impacting life everyday such as: AIDS,
divorce, incarceration and mental
illness. She has written countless plays,
poems and short stories, that outline
her desires for a greater America.
Fruits of Our Labor: MY Words, MY Harvest can be purchased at
authorhouse.com, Broadway Books in Portland and amazon.com.
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