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Arts & Entertainment
Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, September 1
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Kam
Williams
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INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Do It Like a Hombre
(R for pervasive sexu-
ality) Out-of-the-closet
comedy about a lifelong
friendship which is test-
ed when a guy (Alfonso
Dosal) reveals to his ho-
mophobic BFFs (Mauri-
cio Ochmann and Hum-
berto Busto) that he’s gay.
With Aislinn Derbez,
Ariel Levy and Ignacia
Allamand. (In Spanish
with subtitles)
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Kapsules
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Jackals (Unrated) In-
tervention thriller about
a brainwashed young
man (Ben Sullivan) who
is kidnapped from a re-
Dolores (Unrated) Rev-
erential biopic about
Dolores Huerta, the po-
litical organizer who
co-founded the coun-
try’s first farm workers’
union with Cesar Chavez
back in the Fifties.
Goon: The Last of the
Enforcers (R for vio-
lence, crude sexuality
and pervasive profani-
ty) Seann William Scott
reprises the title role in
this ensemble comedy
about a retired hockey
player who returns to the
rink for one last hurrah,
over the objections of
his worried wife (Alison
Pill). Cast includes writ-
er/director Jay Baruchel,
Liev Schreiber, Elisha
Cuthbert and Callum
Keith Rennie.
‘Mike Boy’
ligious cult at gunpoint
by deprogrammers hired
by his family, only to end
up in a cabin surrounded
by members of the sect
demanding his release.
With Stephen Dorff,
Deborah Kara Unger and
Nick Roux.
SHOWTIMES
BRIGSBY BEAR (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 12:15, 9:25
THE EMOJI MOVIE (PG)
Fri-Thur: 12:00, 4:50
LANDLINE (R)
Fri-Thur: 4:35, 9:35
THE LITTLE HOURS (R)
Fri-Thur: 2:35, 7:15
CARS 3 (G)
Fri-Thur: 2:25
Jesus (Unrated) Com-
ing-of-age drama, set in
Santiago, Chile, about
a troubled 18-year-old’s
(Nicolas Duran) self-de-
structive descent into a
depravity marked by sex,
drugs and violence. Fea-
turing Gaston Salgado,
Sebastian Ayala and Ale-
jandro Goic. (In Spanish
with subtitles)
The Layover (R for sex-
uality, drug use and per-
vasive profanity)
Romantic comedy
revolving around
the love triangle
which develops
when a couple of
BFFs (Kate Upton
and
Alexandra
Daddario) both
fall for a fellow
traveler
(Matt
Barr) during a
long layover in
St. Louis. Support
cast includes di-
rector William H.
Macy, Kal Penn,
Molly Shannon
and Matt Jones.
Mike Boy (Un-
rated)
Hugh
Massey plays the title
character in this sus-
pense thriller as an or-
phan pressured by a
shadowy figure to join
a secret society bent on
world domination in
accordance with an an-
cient prophecy. Featur-
ing Emily Killian, James
Wellington and Gerard
Sanders.
paint. With Christoph
Waltz, Zach Galifiniakis
and Dame Judi Dench.
Tulip Fever (R for
nudity and sexuality)
Romance drama, set in
17th
Century
Am-
sterdam,
chronicling
an artist’s (Dane De-
Haan) passionate affair
with a married wom-
an (Alicia Vikander)
whose
portrait
he’s
been commissioned to
Unlocked (R for pro-
fanity and violence) Sus-
pense thriller revolv-
ing around a CIA Agent
(Noomi Rapace), lured to
London, where she en-
lists the assistance of a
former soldier (Orlando
Bloom) to prevent an im-
minent biological attack.
With Michael Douglas,
Toni Collette and John
Malkovich.
Viceroy’s House (Un-
rated) Hugh Bonneville
plays Lord Mountbatten
in this historical drama,
set in New Delhi in 1947,
recounting the Viceroy
of India’s overseeing the
country’s transition to
independence. Co-star-
ring Gillian Anderson,
Michael Gambon and Si-
mon Callow.
FILM REVIEW: ‘Crown Heights’ Recounts
Real-Life Miscarriage of Justice
The Week of
Friday, Sept. 1 through
Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017
MAUDIE (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 12:10, 7:00
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
VOL. 2 (PG-13)
Fri-Thur: 2:10, 6:45
ENTER THE DRAGON (R)
Fri-Thur: 5:00, 9:15
$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.
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‘Crown Heights’
by Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
I
n the spring of 1980, Colin Warner
(Lakeith Stanfield) was wrongfully
accused of murder on the streets of
Brooklyn by a 15 year-old juvenile
delinquent (Skylan Brooks) who picked
him out of a photo lineup provided by
the police. That supposed “eyewitness”
testimony was the only evidence link-
ing Colin to the crime, but it didn’t pre-
vent a jury from convicting the 18-year-
old in spite of a credible alibi and the
absence of a motive, weapon or connec-
tion to the victim.
Soon, he was sent up the river where
he began serving a life sentence for a
crime he didn’t commit. Truth be told,
the only thing Colin was guilty of was
being born poor and black in the in-
ner-city, which meant he was very vul-
nerable to a criminal justice system
totally indifferent to the plight of an
innocent, indigent, African American
defendant.
And he would very likely have merely
wasted away behind bars forever were
it not for the commitment to his cause
of his BFF (Nnamdi Asomugha). Lucky
for Colin, Carl King would remain ob-
sessed with reversing the miscarriage
of justice even after his appeals ran
out and his attorneys, family and other
friends had given up hope.
Written and directed by Matt Ruskin,
Crown Heights is a riveting courtroom
drama which recounts the events sur-
rounding the shameful case. We watch
Carl settle on his career as a paralegal
with the goal of one day exonerating his
lifelong friend. We also see the toll that
that devotion would take on his mar-
riage.
Fortunately, Carl did ultimately get
Clarence Lewis to recant his testimony
and admit that he’d lied under oath for
orange juice and a candy bar. Too bad,
that it took over 21 years to clear Colin’s
name.
A sobering indictment of the legal
system that’ll leave you wondering how
many other Colin Warners might be
incarcerated by a heartless prison-in-
dustrial complex routinely doling out
a color-coded brand of criminal justice.
Excellent HHHH
Rated R for profanity, sexuality, nudity
and violence
Running time: 94 minutes
Production Studio: Washington
Square Films
Distributor: Amazon Studios
To see a trailer for Crown Heights,
visit www.TheSkanner.com.