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March 29, 2017 The Skanner Page 7 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, March 31, 2017 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Boss Baby (PG for some mildly rude hu- mor) Animated family comedy about a preco- cious infant (Alec Bald- win) who teams up with his 7 year-old brother (Miles Christopher Bak- shi) to foil the dastardly plan of a diabolical CEO (Steve Buscemi) deter- mined to destabilize feelings of love around the world. Voice cast in- cludes Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Ma- guire, ViviAnn Yee and Eric Bell, Jr. Ghost in the Shell (PG- 13 for ) Futuristic sci-fi based on the Japanese comic book series of the same name about a cy- borg counter-terrorist commander’s (Scarlett Johansson) deployed to prevent power-hungry computer hackers from purloining powerful, mind control technolo- gy. With Pilou Asbaek, Juliette Binoche and Takeshi Kitano. The Zookeeper’s Wife (PG-13 for violence, dis- turbing images, mature themes, smoking, sexual- ity and brief nudity) Jes- sica Chastain plays the ti- Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews tle character in this true tale, set in Poland during World War II, recount- ing how a fearless wom- an hid hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust on the grounds of the War- saw Zoo. Cast includes Daniel Bruhl, Johan Hel- denbergh and Timothy Radford. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS A� ermath (R for one scene containing graph- ic violence) Fact-based docudrama about a grief-stricken vigilante (Arnold Schwarzeneg- ger) who seeks to take revenge on the air traf- fi c controller (Scoot Mc- Nairy) whose mistake led to the crash which claimed the lives of his wife and daughter. Sup- porting cast includes Maggie Grace, Kevin Ze- gers and Hannah Ware. All This Panic (Unrat- ed) Coming-of-age docu- mentary, set in Brooklyn, chronicling the transi- tion of a group of teenage girls from adolescence to adulthood over the course of three years. Bwoy (Unrated) Homo- erotic drama revolving around a closeted, for- mer physician (Anthony Rapp) who starts cheat- ing on his wife (De’Adre Aziza) with a hunky young Jamaican (Jim- my Brooks) in the wake of their son’s untimely death. Featuring Jer- maine Rowe, Drew Allen and Ashton Randle. Cexanne and I (R for profanity, nudity and sexual references) Bifur- cated biopic chronicling the lifelong friendship of novelist/philosopher Emile Zola (Guillaume Canet) and Post-Impres- sionist painter Paul Cezanne (Guillaume Gal- lienne). With Alice Pol, Deborah Francois and Pierre Yvon. (In French with subtitles) David Lynch: The Art Life (Unrated) Prestige biopic following David Lynch as he discusses the formative years of his life which helped turn PRESENTS Gospel of Lovingki ndnes s Wri tten by Marcus Gardley “This is the most socially engaged theatre happening right now in Portland” “Was lucky enough to catch it last night, what a heartfelt and truthful production.” “Trust me a must see!!!!!!” MARCH 10 - APRIL 9, 2017 Friday & Saturday 7:30pm / Sunday 3pm Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center 5340 N Interstate, Portland Tickets & info: www.passinart.net Ronni Lacroute ‘Live Cargo’ him into an iconoclastic fi lm director. God Knows Where I Am (Unrated) Poignant post mortem reenacting the events leading to the death by a starvation of Linda Bishop, a home- less woman who tried to survive a harsh New Hampshire winter in an abandoned farmhouse on apples and rain water. Here Alone (Unrated) Post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller chronicling the struggle of a young wom- an (Lucy Walters) to sur- vive in the wilderness in the wake of a mysterious epidemic that has deci- mated civilization. Cast includes Gina Piersanti, Adam David Thompson and Shane West. (In En- glish and French with subtitles) Live Cargo (Unrated) Crime thriller about a couple (Dree Hemigway and Lakeith Stanfi eld) that retreats to an island in the Bahamas to mourn the loss of a baby, only to become entangled in a turf war between the mayor (Robert Wisdom) and a human traffi cker (Leonard Earl Howze). Co-starring Sam Dillon, Ayumi Iizuka and Frantz Lecoeur. (In English and Creole with subtitles) The Prison (Unrated) Action thriller revolving around an ex-cop (Rae- won Kim) who pretends to be a convict in order to infi ltrate the crime syn- dicate operating behind bars responsible for the murder of his younger brother. With Woong-in Jeong, Seok-Kyu Han and Kim Sung Kyun. (In Ko- rean with subtitles)