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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening This Friday, July 22, 2016
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Ice Age: Collision
Course (PG for mild
rude humor, action and
scenes of peril) 5th in-
stallment in the prehis-
toric fantasy franchise
inds woolly mammoth
Manny (Ray Romano),
ground sloth Sid (John
Leguizamo) and smilo-
don Diego (Denis Leary)
and company on an epic
trek to prevent impend-
ing asteroid strikes in-
advertently triggered by
Kam
Williams
Kam’s
Kapsules
Movie
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Strahan, Keke Palmer,
Jesse Tyler Ferguson,
Wanda Sykes, Neil de-
Grasse
Tyson,
Nick
Oferman and Adam
DeVine.
Lights Out (PG-13 for
Zoe Saldana plays Lt. Uhuru in ‘Star Trek Beyond’
saber-toothed squirrel
Scrat’s (Chris Wedge)
pursuit of that ever-elu-
sive acorn. Voice cast en-
semble includes Queen
Latifah, Jennifer Lopez,
Simon Pegg, Michael
violence, mature themes,
disturbing images, in-
cessant terror and brief
drug use) Haunted house
horror lick revolving
around a family which
inds itself preyed upon
in the dark by the malev-
olent ghost of a woman
(Alicia Vela-Bailey) who
briely befriended the
mentally-unstable mom
(Maria Bello) when both
were in the hopital. With
Gabriel Bateman, Alex-
andra DiPersia and Billy
Burke.
Star Trek Beyond (PG-
13 for action and vio-
lence) 13th episode in the
intergalactic, sci-i fran-
chise inds Captain Kirk
(Chris Pine) and the crew
of the USS Enterprise
stranded on an unchart-
ed planet ater being
forced to abandon ship
following an alien attack.
With Idris Elba as the
new nemesis, and Zach-
ary Quinto as Dr. Spock,
John Cho as Lt. Sulu, Si-
mon Pegg as Scotty, Zoe
Saldana as Lt. Uhuru,
Karl Urban as Bones and
the late Anton Yelchin as
Chekov.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Absolutely Fabulous
(R for profanity, sexual-
ity and drug use) Adap-
tation of the British TV
sitcom revolving around
a couple of lamboyant,
aging fashionistas (Jen-
‘The Seventh Fire’ is Native American documentary about a jaded gang leader just sentenced to prison
who rethinks his violent lifestyle.
nnifer Saunders and Jo-
anna Lumley) who lee
London for the French
Riviera ater creating a
media storm by acciden-
tally knocking now-miss-
ing supermodel Kate
Moss of a balcony and
into the River Thames.
With Rebel Wilson, Joan-
na Lumley, John Hamm
and Alexa Chung, with
cameos by Jerry Hall and
Joan Collins.
Don’t Think Twice (R
for profanity and drug
use) Ensemble drame-
dy about the emotional
fallout visited upon a
ledgling, improv com-
edy troupe when one
of its members (Keegan
Michael-Key) gets a big
break on a Saturday
Night Live-type TV show.
Cast members include
Gllian Jacobs, Chris Geth-
ard, Kate Micucci, Tami
Sagher and the ilm’s
writer/director Mike Bir-
biglia.
Don’t Worry Baby
(Unrated) “Who’s the
daddy?” dramedy about
a philandering husband
(Christopher MacDon-
ald) who unknowingly
cheats on his wife (Talia
Balsam) by sleeping with
the same woman (Drea-
ma Walker) as their son
(John Magaro), only to
learn that one of them is
the father of her daugh-
ter (Rainn Williams).
With Tom Lipinski, Britt
Lower and Phil Burke.
For the Plasma (Un-
rated) Buddy dramedy,
set in Maine, about the
friendship rekindled be-
twen a forest ire lookout
(Rosalie Lowe) and the
former BFF (Anabelle
LeMieux) she hires as
her assistant. Support
cast includes Tom Lloyd,
Ryohei Hoshi and Erica
Jennifer Hill.
Hillary’s
America:
The Secret History of
the Democratic Par-
ty (PG-13 for violence,
mature
themes
and
smoking) Political doc-
umentary, written and
directed by arch-conser-
vative Dinesh D’Souza,
incriminating
Hillary
Clinton while uncover-
ing shady skeletons in
the Democrats’ closet.
Featuring commentary
by D’Souza, Jonah Gold-
berg and Peter Schweiz-
er.
Madaari
(Unrated)
Revenge thriller revolv-
ing around a grieving
widower’s (Irfan Khan)
search for answers af-
ter losing his family and
everything he owns in a
man-made disaster. With
Jimmy Shergill, Vishesh
Bansal, Nitish Pandey
and Tushar Dalvi. (In
Hindi with subtitles)
SHOWTIMES
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
(PG-13)
Fri: 1:50, 6:45 / Sat: 1:50
Sun-Wed: 1:50, 6:45 / Thur: 1:50
THE CONJURING 2 (R)
Fri-Thur: 9:20
ME BEFORE YOU (R)
Fri-Thur: 4:15
THE NICE GUYS (R)
Fri-Thur: 11:45, 7:00
Quitters (R for sexual-
ity, profanity, and teen
drug and alcohol abuse)
Coming-of-age
drame-
dy, set in San Francisco,
about a troubled teen
(Ben Konigsberg) who
inds a better family to
live with ater his par-
ents’ (Mira Sorvino and
Greg Germann) mar-
riage falls apart. Featur-
ing Kara Hayward, Mor-
gan Turner and Kieran
Culkin.
The Seventh Fire (Un-
rated) Native American
documentary, set in Min-
nesota, about a jaded
gang leader (Rob Brown)
just sentenced to prison
who rethinks his vio-
lent lifestyle role while
his impressionable teen
protege (Kevin Fineday)
still dreams of becoming
the biggest drug dealer
on their Ojibwe reserva-
tion.
Summertime (Unrat-
ed) Homoerotic romance
drama, set in 1971, re-
volving around the love
which
unexpectedly
blossoms between a fem-
inist Spanish teacher
(Cecile De France) and
an unassuming farmer’s
daughter (Izia Hegelin).
With Noemie Lvovsky,
Jean-Henri
Compere
and Loulou Hanssen. (In
French with subtitles)
The Week of
Friday, July 22 through
Thursday, July 28, 2016
THE LOBSTER (R)
Fri-Thur: 2:30, 7:15, 9:35
THE JUNGLE BOOK (PG)
Fri-Thur: 11:30, 2:10, 4:35
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
(TONARI NO TOTORO) (G)
Fri-Thur: 12:25, 5:10, 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.