Arts & Entertainment
Movies Opening This Friday, May 15
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Mad Max: Fury Road (R
for disturbing images and
pervasive intense violence)
Tom Hardy plays the title
character in this reboot of
the apocalyptic sci-fi fran-
chise as a warrior haunted
by his turbulent past who
joins forces with a group
fleeing across the barren
desert to escape a despica-
ble
tyrant
(Hugh
Keays-Byrne). Co-starring
Charlize Theron, Zoe
Kravitz, Adelaide Clemens
life (Joe Mantegna, Barbara
Hershey, Diane Verona and
James Naughton) start recit-
ing self-serving accounts of
the family dynamic. Cast
includes Jordan Baker, Scott
F. Anderson and Trevor
Trout.
analyzing 40 Nazi movies
still banned because of their
offensive and inflammatory
content, including such anti-
Semitic pictures as The
Eternal Jew, The Rothchilds
and Jew Suss. (In German
with subtitles)
Dark Star (Unrated) Rev-
erential biopic about H.R.
Giger (1940-2014), the
Oscar-winning special f/x
wiz best known for his work
in the Alien and Species
film franchises. (In Swiss
German with subtitles)
Good Kill (R for vio-
lence, rape, profanity and
sexuality) Afghan War
drama examining the toll
that bombing the Taliban by
drones takes on a former
fighter pilot (Ethan Hawke).
With Zoe Kravitz, January
Jones and Bruce Green-
wood.
Every Secret Thing (R
for profanity and disturbing
I’ll See You in My
Dreams (PG-13 for sexual-
ity, drug use and brief
profanity) Romantic drame-
dy revolving around a
retired widow in her seven-
ties (Blythe Danner) who
gets another shot at love
when she meets a velvet-
voiced gentleman (Sam
Elliott) at a speed-dating
event. Support cast includes
Martin Starr, Rhea Perlman,
June Squibb, Malin Aker-
man and Mary Kay Place.
Mad Max: Fury Road
and Rosie
Whiteley.
Huntington-
Pitch Perfect 2 (PG-13
for profanity and sexual
innuendo) Female empow-
erment sequel finds the
humiliated acapella group,
The Bellas, reuniting to
restore their dignity in the
World Championship com-
petition. Ensemble includes
Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth
Banks, Hailee Steinfeld,
Rebel Wilson, Brittany
Snow and Katey Sagal.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Absolution (R for profan-
ity, drug use and graphic
violence) Steven Seagal
stars in this action thriller as
a contract killer who comes
to the assistance of a woman
(Adina Stetcu) on the run
from a politically-connected
mobster (Vinnie Jones).
With Maria Bata, Byron
Mann and Josh Barnett.
Childless (R for profani-
ty, sexual references and
drug use) Otherworldly
dramedy about a recently-
deceased teen (Natalie
Dreyfuss) who tries to set
the record straight from the
grave after the adults in her
images) Adaptation of
Laura Lippman’s novel of
the same name starring Eliz-
abeth Banks and Nate
Parker as detectives playing
a game of cat-and-mouse
with a couple of recently-
paroled
child
killers
(Dakota
Fanning
and
Danielle Macdonald) and
one’s overprotective mother
(Diane Lane). With Colin
Donnell, Common, Amy
Tribbey
and
Jaden
Michael.
Forbidden Films (Unrat-
ed) Holocaust documentary
Know How (Unrated)
Musical-driven drama relat-
ing the real-life plight of
five teens being raised in the
NYC foster care system.
Co-starring
Deshawn
Brown, Niquana Clark,
Michael Dew, Gilbert
Howard and Gabrielle Gar-
cia.
Pitch Perfect 2
appearances by Paul Gia-
matti and relatives Jane and
Ruth Pincus.
Our Man in Tehran
(Unrated) Iran Revolution
documentary chronicling
the critical role played by
Canada’s Ambassador Ken
Taylor in the rescue of a
half-dozen Americans who
took refuge in his nation’s
embassy during the 1979
hostage crisis.
The Surface (Unrated)
Seafaring saga about a pilot
(Chris Mulkey) and sailor’s
(Sean Astin) struggle to sur-
vive after a boat collides
with the wreckage of single
engine plane floating in the
middle of Lake Michigan.
With Mimi Rogers, Chike
Johnson and Elvis Thao.
Where Hope Grows
(PG-13 for brief profanity,
an accident scene, mature
themes, teen sexuality and
underage drinking) Tale of
redemption about a self-
destructive, former pro
football player (Kristoffer
Polaha) who gets a big les-
son in life after befriending
a grocery store clerk (David
DeSanctis) with Down Syn-
drome. Supporting cast
includes Danica McKellar,
William Zabka and Kerr
Smith.
One Cut, One Life
(Unrated) Veteran filmmak-
er Ed Pincus (1938-2013),
considered the “Father of
the Personal Documentary,”
turned the camera on him-
self to shoot this biopic after
being diagnosed with a ter-
minal illness. Featuring
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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