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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening This Friday, August 19, 2016
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Ben-Hur (PG-13 for vi-
olence and disturbing
images) Remake of 11
Oscar-winning classic,
a faith-based tale of re-
venge revolving around
a prince (Jack Huston)
forced into slavery ater
being falsely accused of
treason by his adopted
brother (Toby Kebbell),
an oicer in the Roman
army. With Morgan
Freeman, Rodrigo San-
Kam
Williams
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American tourists (Nich-
olas Hoult and Felici-
ty Jones) backpacking
across Europe who end
up on the run from drug
smugglers in Germany.
‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
toro and Nazanin Bonia-
di.
Collide (PG-13 for vio-
lence, profanity, sexual-
ity and drug use) Action
thriller about a couple of
With Anthony Hopkins,
Ben Kingsley and Nadia
Hilker.
Hell or High Water
(R for graphic violence,
pervasive profanity and
SHOWTIMES
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE
MOVIE (R)
Fri-Tues: 11:50, 7:00
Wed: 11:50
Thur: 11:50, 7:00
THE BFG (PG)
Fri-Thur: 11:40, 5:00
SWISS ARMY MAN (R)
Fri-Thur: 1:50, 9:40
FINDING DORY (PG)
Fri-Thur: 12:10, 2:25, 7:15
brief sexuality) Modern
Western chronicling the
cat-and-mouse pursuit
of a couple of siblings
(Chris Pine and Ben Fos-
ter) on a bank-robbing
spree by an aging Texas
Ranger (Jef Bridges) and
his half-breed partner
(Gil Birmingham). Fea-
turing Kevin Rankin,
Katy Mixon and Dale
Dickey.
Kubo and the Two
Strings (PG for action,
mature themes, scary im-
ages and peril) Animated
fantasy, set in ancient
Japan, about a young
boy (Art Parkinson) who
must locate a magical
suit of armor worn by
his fallen samurai father
to defeat an inadvertent-
ly-revived, evil spirit
with a vengeful agenda.
Voice cast includes Char-
lize Theron, Matthew
McConaughey, Ralph Fi-
ennes, Rooney Mara and
George Takei.
War Dogs (R for drug
use, sexual references
and pervasive profani-
ty) Fact-based tale about
a couple of young busi-
nessmen (Miles Teller
and Jonah Hill) who get
more than they bar-
The Week of
Friday, Aug. 19 through
Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (PG-13)
Fri: 2:05 / Sat-Thur: 2:05, 9:00
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (PG)
Fri-Thur: 7:30
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
(PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 4:00
BATMAN (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 4:40, 9:30
$4.00 adults, $3.00 senior citizens (65+)
$3.00 for kids (12 & under)
7818 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215
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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.
‘Morris from America’
gained for ater landing
a $300 million contract to
arm America’s allies in
Afghanistan. With Ana
de Armas, Barry Living-
ston and Bradley Cooper.
Radclife) who goes un-
dercover to iniltrate a
radical, white suprema-
cist group. Cast includes
Toni Collette, Tracy Letts
and Sam Trammell.
of the internet on hu-
manity. Featuring com-
mentary by Elon Musk,
Lawrence Krauss, Kevin
Mitnick and Lucianne
Walkowicz.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Kampai: For the Love
of Sake (Unrated) Foodie
documentary exploring
the critical contribution
of rice wine to Japanese
cuisine. With commen-
tary by sake experts John
Gauntner, Philip Harper
and Kosuke Kuji. (In En-
glish and Japanese with
subtitles)
Making a Killing:
Guns, Greed and the
NRA (Unrated) Consti-
tutional law documen-
tary asserting that the
National Rile Associa-
tion lobbies to prevent
the passage of sensible
gun legislation more for
the sake of proit than to
protect citizens’ Second
Amendment.rights.
Billionaire
Ransom
(Unrated) Survival saga
set on a remote island
where a boot camp for
spoiled-rotten rich kids
is taken hostage by a gang
of kidnappers. With Jer-
emy Sumpter, Phoebe
Tonkin, Sebastian Koch
and Ashley Walters.
Imperium (R for per-
vasive profanity) Crime
thriller about an ideal-
istic FBI agent (Daniel
Lo and Behold, Rev-
eries of the Connected
World (PG-13 for mature
themes and brief profan-
ity) Cyber documentary
examining the impact
Mia Madre (R for
profanity) Bittersweet
dramedy, set in Rome,
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