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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules:
Movies Opening
Friday, April 24
BIG BUDGET FILMS
The Age of Adaline (PG-
13 for a suggestive
comment) Romantic fantasy
about a well-preserved,
reclusive spinster (Blake
Lively), born at the dawn of
the 20th Century, who starts
dating a charismatic philan-
thropist (Michael Huisman)
without letting him know
she hasn’t aged a day in 80
years. Plot thickens during a
weekend with his parents
(Harrison Ford and Kathy
Baker) when her big secret
is suddenly put in
jeopardy.
With
Ellen
Burstyn,
Amanda Crew and
Anjali Jay.
Brotherly Love
The
Water
Diviner (R for vio-
lence and disturbing
images)
Russell
Crowe directed and
stars in this histori-
cal drama about an
Australian farmer
searching in Turkey
for his three sons
who went missing
in the Battle of Gal-
lipoli. Cast includes
Isabel Lucas, Olga
Kurylenko
and
Megan Gale. (In
English, Turkish,
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For The Skanner News
‘The Lion’
One of the most acclaimed new musicals of the ear, this one-man coming of age story involves six
guitars, and “a true story of love, loss, family loyalty, and the redemptive power of music.
Writer/performer Benjamin Scheuer (winner of the ASCAP Cole Porter Award for songwriting) stars.
The show runs May 2-June 14, at Portland Center Stage in the Ellyn Bye Studio. Find ticket
information at www.pcs.org/lion.
Greek and Russian with
subtitles)
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Adult Beginners (R for
profanity and drug use)
Diminished dreams drame-
dy about a narcissistic
entrepreneur (Nick Kroll)
who moves from Manhattan
to the suburbs to take a job
as a nanny for his sister’s
(Rose Byrne) children after
his latest start-up crashes
and burns. With Bobby
Cannavale, Bobby Moyni-
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Blackbird (R for teen
sexuality, profanity and
drug use) Coming-of-age
drama about a 17 year-old,
high school student (Julian
Walker) struggling with his
sexuality in a sleepy South-
ern town marked by
intolerance. Cast includes
Mo’Nique Isaiah Washing-
ton, Kevin Allesee and
Terrell Tilford.
Brotherly Love (R for
violence, profanity and eth-
nic slurs) Gangsta’ saga, set
in West Philly, revolving
around a couple of star-
crossed teens (Keke Palmer
and Quincy Brown) who
fall in love despite hailing
from opposite sides of the
proverbial tracks. With
Cory Hardrict, Romeo
Miller, Macy Gray, Eric D.
Hill, Jr. and Faizon Love.
Emptying the Skies
(Unrated)
Endangered
species expose’ chronicling
the decimation of the migra-
tory songbird population
now facing extinction due to
flagrant poaching of the rap-
idly-disappearing species.
(In English, Italian, French
and German with subtitles)
The Forger (R for vio-
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lence and profanity) John
Travolta stars as the title
character in this crime
thriller as a recently-paroled
thief who conspires with his
father (Christopher Plum-
mer) to steal a Monet from a
museum and replace it with
a fake. With Abigail
Spencer, Anson Mount, Tye
Sheridan and Jennifer Ehle.
dles the title role in this dys-
functional family comedy
about a meddling mom who
becomes obsessed with her
possibly-gay, college-bound
son’s (Jason Dolley) sexual
orientation. Supporting cast
includes Skyler Samuels,
Kate Flannery and Kurt
Collins.
Just before I Go (R for
Helicopter Mom (Unrat-
ed) Nia Vardalos (My Big
Fat Greek Wedding) han-
See MOVIES on page 11