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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening This Friday, July 8, 2016
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Mike and Dave Need
Wedding Dates (R for
crude sexuality, graph-
ic nudity, drug use and
pervasive
profanity)
Romantic comedy re-
volving around slacker
siblings (Zac Efron and
Adam Devine) who ind
a couple of party animals
(Anna Kendrick and
Aubrey Plaza) to take to
their sister’s (Sugar Lyn
Beard) wedding in Ha-
waii ater advertising for
dates. With Wendy Wil-
liams, Stephen Root and
Chloe Bridges.
The Secret Life of Pets
(PG for action and some
rude humor) Animated
comedy about a pam-
pered terrier (Louis C.K.)
whose life is turned up-
side-down when his own-
er (Ellie Kemper) brings
home a big, sloppy mon-
grel (Eric Songstreet)
found at the dog pound.
Voice cast includes Kev-
in Hart, Jenny Slate, Al-
bert Brooks, Lake Bell
and Bobby Moynihan.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
At the Fork (Unrated)
Agri-business
docu-
mentary examining the
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mechanization of the
processes involved in the
raising and harvesting of
farm animals for human
consumption.
Captain Fantastic (R
for profanity and brief
until they are forced by
circumstances to rejoin
mainstream civilization.
With George MacKay, Sa-
mantha Isler and Annal-
ise Basso.
Fathers and Daughters
(R for sexuality) Charac-
ter-driven drama about
a Pulitzer Prize-win-
ning widower’s (Russell
Crowe) struggle with
parenting issues follow-
ing a mental breakdown.
Ensemble cast includes
Amanda Seyfried, Qu-
‘Fathers and Daughters”
York’s aging nuclear
power plant at Indian
Point is still safe.
‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’
graphic nudity) Viggo
Mortensen stars in the
title role of this surviv-
alist saga as a widower
raising a half-dozen kids
of the grid in the forest
of the Paciic Northwest
venzhane Wallis, Jane
Fonda, Octavia Spencer,
Diane Kruger and Bruce
Greenwood.
Indian Pont (Unrated)
Investigative
expose’
exploring whether New
Norman Lear: Just
Another Version of You
(Unrated)
Reverential
retrospective
revisit-
ing the career of one
of the most successful
television
producers
of all time, including
such
groundbreaking
shows as All in the Fam-
ily and The Jefersons.
Featuring commentary
by George Clooney, Bill
Moyers, John Amos and
Jay Leno.
Our Little Sister (PG
for mature themes and
brief mild epithets) Dys-
functional family dram-
edy about three sisters
(Haruka Ayase, Masami
Nagasawa and Kaho) liv-
ing in their late grand-
mother’s home who in-
vite a half-sibling (Suzu
Hirose) they meet at
their father’s funeral to
move in with them. Cast
includes Ryo Kase, Ryo-
hei Suzuki and Takafumi
Ikeda. (In Japanese with
subtitles)
Under the Sun (Unrat-
ed) Bamboo curtain doc-
umentary chronicling a
year in the life of an ordi-
nary North Korean fam-
ily from Pyongyang. (In
Korean with subtitles)
SHOWTIMES
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING
GLASS (PG)
Fri: 1:50, 6:45, Sat: 1:50
Sun - Thurs: 1:50, 6:45
THE NICE GUYS (R)
Fri - Thurs: 2:00, 7:15, 9:30
MONEY MONSTER (R)
Fri - Thurs: 11:30, 4:25
KEANU (R)
Fri - Thurs: 9:20
Zero Days (PG-13 for
profanity) Malware doc-
umentary detailing the
blowback visited on the
internet ater the de-
ployment of the Stuxnet
virus against Iran by the
U.S. and Israel in order
to cripple the country’s
nuclear enrichment pro-
gram.
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The Week of
Friday, July 8 through
Thursday, July 14, 2016
THE JUNGLE BOOK (PG)
Fri: 4:45, 7:00
Sat - Thurs: 11:50, 4:45, 7:00
ZOOPTOPIA (PG)
Fri - Thurs: 2:15
THE NEVERENDING STORY (DIE
UNENDLICHE GESCHICHTE) (PG)
Fri - Thurs: 11:40, 4:35, 9:50
$4.00 adults, $3.00 senior citizens (65+)
$3.00 for kids (12 & under)
7818 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215
503-252-1707 • AcademyTheaterPdx.com
Babysitting: Available for children 2 to 8 years old. Fri: shows after 3:30pm and before 8:00pm. Sat - Sun: all
shows before 8:00pm. $9.50 per child for the length of the movie. Call to reserve a spot, no drop ins.
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