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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Dec. 23, 2016
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Assassin’s Creed (PG-
13 for intense action and
violence, mature themes
and brief profanity) Sci-
fi adventure about a ca-
reer criminal (Michael
Fassbender) who discov-
ers he’s descended from a
long line of assassins be-
fore taking on his ances-
tors’ ancient adversaries.
With Marion Cotillard,
Jeremy Irons, Brendan
Gleeson, Michael Ken-
neth Williams and Char-
lotte Rampling.
A Monster Calls (PG-13
for mature themes and
scary images) Escapist
fantasy about a 12 year-
old boy (Lewis MacDou-
gall), teased by bullies
and mistreated by his
grandmother
(Sigour-
ney Weaver), who copes
with his single-mom’s
(Felicity Jones) terminal
illness with the help of
an ancient tree monster
(Liam Neeson). Featuring
Geraldine Chaplin, Toby
Kebbell and Ben Moor.
Passengers (PG-13 for
sexuality, nudity, action
and peril) Outer space
adventure
revolving
around two astronauts’
(Jennifer Lawrence and
Chris Pratt) struggle to
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survive aboard a rocket
ship headed to a distant
planet after their hi-
bernation pods open 90
years prematurely. With
Laurence
Fishburne,
Andy
Garcia,
Fred
Melamed and Michael
Sheen.
Sing (PG for rude hu-
mor and mild peril) Ani-
mated musical revolving
around an optimistic koa-
la bear’s (Matthew McCo-
naughey) attempt to save
his struggling theater by
staging a singing compe-
tition for a menagerie of
anthropomorphic
ani-
mals. Voice cast includes
Reese Witherspoon, Seth
MacFarlane, Scarlett Jo-
hansson, Jay Pharoah and
John C. Reilly.
Why Him? (R for pro-
fanity and pervasive
sexuality) Dysfunctional
family comedy about an
overprotective
father
(Bryan Cranston) who
schemes to sabotage his
Lewis MacDougall plays a 12-year-old coping with his mother’s terminal illness with the help of an ancient tree monster in ‘A Monster Calls’
Stanford student daugh-
ter’s (Zooey Deutch) re-
lationship with a Silicon
Valley billionaire (James
Franco) during a campus
visit when the boorish
boyfriend plans to pro-
pose. With Megan Mul-
lally,
Keegan-Michael
Key, Cedric the Enter-
tainer and Adam Devine,
with cameos by hi-tech
visionary Elon Musk and
Kiss’ Gene Simmons and
Peter Criss.
use) Tale of female em-
powerment, set in San-
ta Barbara during the
summer of ‘79, revolving
around the exploration
of love and freedom by a
unorthodox
approach
to helping at-risk high
school’s students.
Boy 23: The Forgotten
Boys of Brazil (Unrat-
ed) Harrowing ordeal
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
20th Century Women
(R for sexuality, nudity,
profanity and brief drug
‘Boy 23: the Forgotten Boys of Brazil’ is the true story told by one of
the 50 Black orphans taken by Nazis from Rio de Janeiro and enslaved
on a ranch in Sao Paulo
landlady (Annette Ben-
ing), one of her tenants
(Greta Gerwig) and her
teenage son’s (Lucas Jade
Zumann) BFF (Elle Fan-
ning). With Billy Crud-
up, Alia Shawkat and Ali-
son Elliott.
The Ataxian (Unrated)
Against-the-odds docu-
mentary recounting Kyle
Bryant’s participation in
a grueling bicycle race
across America, despite
being diagnosed with a
terminal neuromuscular
disorder.
The Bad Kids (Unrated)
Education documentary
chronicling a group of
Mojave Desert teachers’
recounted by the last
survivor among the 50
Black orphans taken by
Nazis from an institution
in Rio de Janeiro and en-
slaved on a ranch in Sao
Paulo. (In Portuguese
with subtitles)
I, Daniel Blake (Unrat-
ed) Ken Loach directed
this
unlikely-buddies
drama about an unso-
phisticated, 59 year-
old, heart attack victim
(Dave Johns) who joins
forces with a struggling
single-mom
(Hayley
Squires) to battle Brit-
ain’s welfare and health-
care bureaucracies. Cast
includes Briana Shann,
Sharon Percy and Dylan
SHOWTIMES
ALLIED (R)
Fri,Sun-Thur: 4:40, 9:40/Sat: 4:40
TROLLS (PG)
Fri-Sat,Mon-Thur: 11:30, 4:30/Sun:4:30
HACKSAW RIDGE (R)
Fri,Mon-Thur: 1:40, 6:40
Sat-Sun: 1:40
THE HANDMAIDEN (AGASSI) (NR)
Fri,Sun: 9:10/Mon-Thur: 11:15,9:10
THE ACCOUNTANT (R)
Fri,Mon-Thur: 2:00, 9:30
Sat: 2:00/Sun: 9:30
McKiernan.
Julieta (R for sexuality
and nudity) Pedro Almo-
dovar directed this flash-
back flick about a broken-
hearted woman (Emma
Suarez) who reflects on
her life while pining for
a reconciliation with her
long-estranged daugh-
ter (Blanca Pares). With
Daniel Grao, Inma Cues-
ta and Pilar Castro. (In
Spanish with subtitles)
Silence (R for disturb-
ing violence) Adaptation
of the Shusaku Endo nov-
el of the same name, set
in the 17th Century, re-
volving around two Por-
tuguese priests (Andrew
Garfield and Adam Driv-
er) who travel to Japan to
search for their missing
mentor (Liam Neeson).
With Ciaran Hinds, Issei
Ogata and Nana Komat-
su. (In English and Japa-
nese with subtitles)
Toni Erdmann (R for
profanity, graphic sex-
uality, frontal nudity
and brief drug use) Fa-
ther-daughter dramedy
about a workaholic (San-
dra Huller) whose dad’s
(Peter Simonischek) idea
of sharing quality time
involves playing practi-
cal jokes on her. Featur-
ing Michael Wittenborn,
Thomas Loibl and Trys-
tan Putter. (In German,
English and Romanian
with subtitles)
The Week of
Friday, Dec. 23 through
Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (R)
Fri,Mon-Thur: 11:40, 7:15/Sat: 11:40
Sun: 7:15
ELF (PG)
Fri-Sat: 12:00, 4:50/Sun: 4:50
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR
PECULIAR CHILDREN (PG-13)
Tue-Thur: 4:20
WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE
FACTORY (G)
Fri,Tue-Thur: 2:10, 7:00/Sat: 2:10
Sun: 7:00/Mon: 2:10, 4:25, 7:00
$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.