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July 11, 2018 The Skanner Page 5 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening This Friday, July 13 ford Graves who over the course of an enduring six-decade career has led his own band and also played in groups led by Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Mon- tego Joe, Kenny Clarke and Paul Bley. Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (Unrat- ed) Intimate postmortem painting a revealing por- trait of the late comedian via archival footage and interviews with some of his closest colleagues and confidantes. Featur- ‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’ WIDE RELEASES Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (PG for action and rude humor) Third install- ment in the animated franchise finds Dracula (Adam Sandler), daugh- ter Mavis (Selena Go- mez) and the rest of the family embarking on a luxury cruise for mon- sters where the Count falls head-over-heels for the ship’s mysterious captain (Kathryn Hahn). Voice cast includes Mel Brooks, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, Andy Samberg, David Spade and Chrissy Teigen. Skyscraper (PG-13 for action, violence and brief profanity) Disas- ter thriller, set in Hong Kong, starring Dwayne Johnson as a disabled war veteran-turned-se- curity expert suspected of setting the world’s tall- est building on fire who has to catch the terror- ists responsible while si- multaneously saving his family trapped on the top floor of the towering in- ferno. With Neve Camp- bell, Pablo Schreiber and Noah Taylor. Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews to political causes. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (R for sexuality, nudity, alco- hol abuse and pervasive profanity) Gus Van Sant (“Milk”) directed this adaptation of Portland cartoonist John Callah- an’s (Joaquin Phoenix) bittersweet memoir of the same name about his adjustment to living in a wheelchair in the wake of a catastrophic car accident. Cast includes Rooney Mara, Jack Black and Jonah Hill. Eighth Grade (R for profanity and sexuality) Coming-of-age comedy chronicling a tormented 13 year-old’s (Elsie Fish- er) disastrous last week of middle school. With Josh Hamilton, Emily Robin- son and Missy Yager. Gauguin: Voyage to Ta- hiti (Unrated) Romance drama, set in 1891, re- counting French painter Paul Gauguin’s (Vincent Cassel) abandoning his wife (Pernille Bergen- dorff ) and five kids for a nubile native girl (Tuhei Adams) he met while finding himself on an exotic island. With Ma- lik Zidi, Marc Barbe and Paul Jeanson. (In French and Polynesian with sub- titles) Milford Graves: Full Mantis (Unrated) Rev- erential retrospective chronicling the career of avant-garde jazz drum- mer/percussionist Mil- INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN Dark Money (Unrat- ed) Eye-opening expose’ examining the influence of money on American elections since the Su- preme Court’s landmark decision in Citizens Unit- ed allowing unlimited corporate contributions Javelin Hardy, author and writer presents “It Takes a Journey to Heal” Join us at one of these events: JULY 13 • 5-6 PM Ghetto Rise Media, YouTube or Comcast Ch 11 JULY 14 • 7-9 PM Akadi Restaurant, 3601 NE MLK Blvd. JULY 24 • 5:30-7:30 PM 2nd Annual Women’s International Self-Care Celebration, Lloyd Center (PLEA room) JULY 29 • 1-3 PM Jamaican Cuisine, 441 N Killingsworth St. ing commentary by Billy Crystal, Whoopi Gold- berg, Steve Martin and David Letterman. James Marsden, Jessica Biel, Woody Harrelson, Milla Jovovich and Tom- my Lee Jones. Shock and Awe (R for profanity and sexual references) Fact-based drama recounting five Knight-Ridder report- ers’ skepticism about the Bush Administration’s claim that Saddam Hus- sein was in possession of weapons of mass de- struction during the buildup to the War in Iraq. Directed by Rob Reiner and co-starring Soorma (PG-13 for ma- ture themes including a bloody image) Inspira- tional biopic chronicling the comeback of Sandeep Singh (Diljit Dosanjh), a field hockey star left paralyzed by a gunshot wound recovered and led India to the 2012 Olym- pics. With Tapsee Pannu, Angad Bedi and Danish Husain. (In Hindi with subtitles) FILM REVIEW: Ambitious Telemarketer Joins the 1 Percent in ‘Sorry to Bother You’ By Kam Williams For The Skanner News T o describe Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfied) as struggling would be a major understatement. He and his girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thomp- son) are four months behind in their rent on an unfinished garage apart- ment in inner-city Oakland. The only reason they haven’t been evicted is that their landlord is Cash’s compassionate Uncle Sergio (Terry Crews). He’s been Lakeith Stanfield as Cassius Green See REVIEW on page 7
