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Arts & Entertainment
Join a Book Club at Your
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies
Opening Friday, August 18, 2017 Neighborhood Library
By Kirby McCurtis
Special to The Skanner
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‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’
BIG BUDGET FILMS
The Hitman’s Body-
guard (R for graphic
violence and pervasive
profanity) Unlikely-bud-
dies comedy about an ace
bodyguard (Ryan Reyn-
olds) who grudgingly
helps a notorious assas-
sin (Samuel L. Jackson)
negotiate a dangerous
gauntlet en route to the
Hague where he’s set to
testify in 24 hours at the
International Court of
Justice. Co-starring Gary
Oldman, Salma Hayek
and Elodie Yung.
Logan Lucky (PG-13
for profanity and crude
comments) Oscar-win-
ner Steven Soderbergh
(for “Traffic”) comes out
of retirement after four
years to direct, shoot and
edit this comic crime ca-
per revolving around
two brothers (Channing
Tatum and Adam Driver)
who hatch a plan to pull
a heist at the Charlotte
Motor Speedway during
NASCAR’s Coca -Cola 600
car race Ensemble cast
includes Daniel Craig,
Hilary Swank, Seth Mac-
Farlane, Katie Holmes,
Dwight Yoakam and Ri-
ley Keough.
Patti Cake$ (R for crude
sexual references, drug
use, pervasive profanity
and a brief nude image)
Overcoming the odds
saga, set in Lodi, New
Jersey, revolving around
a Rubenesque rapper’s
(Danielle
Macdonald)
quest for superstardom.
With Bridget Everett,
Siddharth Dhanajay, Ma-
moudou Athie and Cathy
Moriarty.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Crown Heights (R
for profanity, sexuali-
ty, nudity and violence)
Miscarriage-of-justice
drama recounting the
real-life ordeal of Col-
in Warner (Lakeith
Stanfield) who was sen-
tenced to life in 1980 for
a murder he didn’t com-
Kam
Williams
Kam’s
Kapsules
Movie
Reviews
mit. With Nnamdi Aso-
mugha, Bill Camp and Yil
Vazquez.
Dave Made a Maze
(Unrated) Nick Thune
plays the title charac-
ter in this horror com-
(Judy Greer). With Nia
Long, Fred Melamed and
Michael Cera.
The Queen of Spain
(Unrated) Penelope Cruz
stars in this sequel to her
1998 film, Girls of Your
Dreams. Follow up finds
her character returning
to Spain from Hollywood
to star in a movie about
Queen Isabella. Support-
ing cast includes Anto-
nio Resines, Neus Asensi
and Ana Belen. (In En-
glish and Spanish with
subtitles)
f you have been
thinking about
joining a book
club, or been
curious as to why
people participate
in book clubs, visit
your local library
and learn more
Kirby McCurtis,
about the book
Administrator,
clubs we host each
North Portland
month. Book clubs
Library
offer
a
way to get
to know
y o u r
neigh-
bors, en-
gage
in
conver-
sations
a b o u t
books, and
a chance
to broaden
your per-
spective
by reading
new
au- On September 12 author
thors.
Mario DePriest will visit
P a g - Pageturners to discuss his
e t u r n e r s book, The Power of a Rose:
is the offi- Man-to-Man About Women,
cial Mult- Romance and Communication
n o m a h
County Library book club, and there
are several Pageturners groups with
each selecting different books to read.
At North Portland Library, Pag-
eturners Black Voices focuses on
books written by and about African
and African American authors.The
group meets on the second Tuesday
of each month at 6:15 p. m. and is cur-
rently recruiting new members.
“I’m excited to meet people from dif-
ferent communities in Portland and
introduce them to authors they may
not be as familiar with,” says Tishaa,
library assistant and leader of Pag-
eturners Black Voices.
Pageturners Black Voices resumes
from its summer break on September
12 with author Mario DePriest visit-
ing the group to discuss his book, The
Power of a Rose: Man-to-Man About
Women, Romance and Communica-
tion. In this book DePriest writes
frankly about starting and sustain-
ing a relationship. The book is filled
with suggestions, experiences and
hints that can possibly save a fading
relationship or enhance a successful
one. Pick up a free copy of the book
at North Portland Library so you can
participate in the conversation.
Pageturners Black Voices will also
be reading several other titles this
year:
• October 10: Loving Day by Mat John-
son
• November 14: Seedlings by D’Norgia
Price
• January 9, 2018: Charcoal Joe, an
Easy Rawlins mystery by Walter
Mosley
• February 13: Everybody Reads se-
lection
• March 13: This Side of Home by Re-
nee Watson
• April 10: A Blessing and a Curse by
ReShonda Tate Billingsley
• May 8: Long Division by Kiese Lay-
mon
• June 12: The Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson
Pageturners is supported by a gen-
erous grant from the Friends of the Li-
brary.
Kam Williams
Movie Previews at
‘Crown Heights’
edy about an artist who
ends up trapped in his
living room inside a
booby-trapped fort of
his own making. With
Kristen Vangsness, John
Hennigan and Stephanie
Allynne.
Gook (Unrated) Racial
strife saga, set in South
Central L.A. in the wake
of the Rodney King ver-
dict, revolving around
the attempt of a couple
of
Korean-American
brothers (Justin Chon
and David So) to protect
their shoe store from ri-
oters with the help of a
street-wise, 11 year-old
black girl (Simone Bak-
er). Cast includes Ben
Munoz, Curtiss Cook, Jr.
and Chris Jai Alex.
Lemon
(Unrated)
Midlife crisis dramedy
about a struggling ac-
tor-turned-drama teach-
er (Brett Gelman) whose
world falls apart after
he’s dumped by his blind
girlfriend of ten years
Shot Caller (R for
graphic violence, drug
use, brief nudity and
pervasive
profanity)
Crime thriller about a re-
cently paroled DUI con-
vict (Nikolaj Coster-Wal-
dau) who finds himself
pressured to pull a big
heist by the gang that
protected him while be-
hind bars. With Omari
Hardwick,
Benjamin
Bratt, Emory Cohen and
Lake Bell.
Sidemen: Long Road to
Glory (Unrated) Rever-
ential retrospective tak-
ing a fond look at the ca-
reers of pianist Pinetop
Perkins, guitarist Hu-
bert Smith and drummer
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith,
members of the unsung
band that backed up
such blues legends Mud-
dy Waters and Howlin’
Wolf. Narrated by Marc
Maron, and featuring
commentary by Bonnie
Raitt, Eric Clapton and
Greg Allman.
Award
winning
movie crit
ic
Revealing
celebrity s
interview
NEW MOVIES OPENING EVERY WEEK!
SHOWTIMES
The Week of
Friday, Aug. 18 through
Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017
THE EMOJI MOVIE (PG)
Fri-Thur: 2:20
BEATRIZ AT DINNER (R)
Fri-Thur: 12:10, 7:00
A GHOST STORY (R)
Fri-Thur: 4:55, 9:35
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
VOL. 2 (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 12:00, 4:25, 6:45
THE BEGUILED (R)
Fri-Thur: 2:50, 9:00
CARS 3 (G)
Fri-Thur: 11:50, 4:15
THE PRINCESS BRIDE (PG)
Fri-Thur: 2:05, 7:15, 9:25
$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: Children 2 to 8 years old. Fri: shows starting between 3:30 pm and 8 pm. Sat - Sun: shows starting
between 1 pm and 8 pm. $9.50 per child for the length of the movie. Call to reserve a spot, no drop ins.