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Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening This Friday, Oct. 9 BIG BUDGET FILMS Pan (PG for mature themes, mild epithets, action and violence) Levi Miller plays the title character in this prequel to Peter Pan, a fantasy adventure about a 12 year-old orphan spirited away to Neverland, a magi- cal kingdom where he is fat- ed to find his destiny. With Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund and Amanda Seyfried. Steve Jobs (R for pro- fanity) Michael Fassbend- er portrays the late Apple founder in this warts-and-all biopic spanning the critical period from 1984 to 1998 highlighting the Machia- vellian CEO’s drive to gain a competitive edge in tech- nological innovation. Cast includes Seth Rogen, Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, Kath- erine Waterston and Mi- chael Stuhlbarg. The Walk (PG for mature themes, peril, brief nudity, drug references, smoking and mild epithets) Histori- cal drama, set in Manhattan in 1974, recreating daredev- il Philippe Petit’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) high-wire walk between the Twin Kam’s Capsules Movie Reviews by Kam Williams Towers of the World Trade Center. With Ben Kings- ley, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Schwartz and James Badge Dale. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Big Stone Gap (PG-13 for brief suggestive materi- al) Romantic comedy, set in Appalachia in 1978, revolv- ing around a shy and retiring spinster (Ashley Judd) who finds herself being court- ed by several suitors when a surprising secret about her long-lost father surfac- es. Ensemble cast includes Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Wilson, Jane Krakowski, John Benjamin Hickey and Jenna Elfman. Breaking Through (Un- rated) Coming-of-age dra- ma about a Youtube dance sensation’s (Sophia Aguiar) attempt to balance sud- den fame and her authentic Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs with partner Steve Wozniak, played by Seth Rogen, in the highly antici- pated movie ‘Steve Jobs,’ which opens this week. identity before she loses everything she cares about. Co-starring Julie Warner, Jay Ellis and Robert Roldan. A Faster Horse (Unrated) Reverential documentary chronicling America’s love affiar with the Mustang, the crown jewel of the Ford Motor Company fleet, from its introduction in 1964 to its recent redesign earlier Page 6 October 7, 2015 The Portland and Seattle Skanner this year. The Final Girls (PG-13 for profanity, drug use, violence, sexuality and crude humor) Horror com- edy revolving around the grief-stricken daughter (Taissa Farmiga) of a recent- ly-deceased scream queen (Malin Akerman) who is magically transported into her mom’s most memorable movie where she ends up on the run from a deranged maniac (Dan Norris) while having to fend off the un- wanted advances of young alpha males with raging hor- mones. With Alia Shawkat, Alexander Ludwig and Nina Dobrev. The Forbidden Room (Unrated) Undersea adven- ture about a lumberjack (Roy Dupuis) who myste- riously materializes aboard a submarine stuck on the bottom of the ocean with a cargo of unstable explo- See MOVIES on page 11
