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July 25, 2018 The Skanner Page 5 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, July 27 of its basketball title as well as the struggle of the tiny African American community to survive in the Hamptons, an exclu- sive resort area increas- ingly dominated by the rich and famous. Puzzle (R for profani- ty) Midlife-crisis drama revolving around a jaded housewife (Kelly Mac- donald) who gets a new lease on life when she de- velops a passion for solv- ing jigsaw puzzles. With Irrfan Khan, David Den- ‘Killer Bees’ WIDE RELEASES Mission: Impossible - Fallout (PG-13 for vio- lence, intense action and brief profanity) Sixth installment of the espi- onage series finds CIA Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and company in a race against time to pre- vent a global catastrophe after failing to appre- hend a maniacal madman (Sean Harris). With Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, An- gela Bassett, Alec Bald- win, Henry Cavill and Michelle Monaghan. (In English and French with subtitles) Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (PG for action and rude humor) Adap- tation of the animated TV series pits the team of superheroes against a power-hungry villain (Will Arnett) hatching a diabolical plan to con- trol the minds of Batman (Jimmy Kimmel), Super- man (Nicolas Cage), Won- der Woman (Halsey) and other members of the Justice League. Voice cast includes Kristen Bell, Tara Strong and Khary Payton. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN 14 Cameras (Unrated) Vacation-from-hell hor- ror flick about a family Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews of four that unwittingly rents a summer home from a creepy landlord (Neville Archambault) who secretly live streams their most intimate mo- ments over the dark web. Co-starring Kodi Saint Angelo, Jacob Browne, Amber Midthunder, Tait Fletcher and Lora Marti- nez Cunningham. The Captain (Unrat- ed) World War II drama about a Nazi soldier (Max Hubacher) who deserts and proceeds to imper- sonate an officer when he finds an abandoned Captain’s uniform. Cast includes Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau and Waldemar Kobus. (In German with subtitles) (Carina Lau) while si- multaneously fighting a crime wave. With Kenny Lin, Shaofeng Feng and Sichun Ma. (In Mandarin with subtitles) Hot Summer Nights (R for drug use, perva- sive profanity, sexual references and graphic violence) Coming-of-age saga, set in 1991, about an awkward teen’s (Timo- thee Chalamet) struggle to make friends while spending the summer on Cape Cod with his Aunt (Rebecca Koon). Cast in- cludes William Fitchner, Thomas Jane and Maika Monroe. Killer Bees (Unrated) Hoop dreams documen- tary chronicling Bridge- hampton High’s defense Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (Unrated) Mark Chao re- prises his role as the ti- tle character in the third installment of the action franchise, set during the Tang Dynasty, which finds the intrepid gum- shoe defending himself against a formidable foe SHOWTIMES SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO (R) Fri-Thu: 1:50, 9:40 SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) Fri-Thur: 2:00, 6:45 DEADPOOL 2 (R) Fri-Thur: 4:10, 9:15 RGB (PG) Fri-Thur: 11:40, 7:25 The Week of Friday, July 27 through Thursday, August 2 AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (PG-13) Fri-Thur: 4:25 ISLE OF DOGS (PG-13) Fri-Thur: 11:30, 4:45 THE GOONIES (PG) Fri-Thur: 1:40, 9:30 THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) (G) Fri-Thur: 11:45, 7:00 $4 adults, $3 senior citizens (65+), $3 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. man and Myrna Cabello. Scarred Hearts (Unrat- ed) Adaptation of Max Blecher’s 1939 novel of the same name about a young man with tubercu- losis (Lucian Teodor Rus) who falls in love with a fellow patient (Ivana Mladenovic) at the san- itarium. Cast includes Gabriel Spahiu, Dana Marineci and Serban Pavlu. (In Romanian and German with subtitles) Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (Unrated) revealing biop- ic about Scotty Bowers, a bisexual Tinseltown pimp who claimed in his tell-all memoir, “Full Ser- vice,” to have personally provided stud service over six decades to such stars as Spencer Tracy, Vivien Leigh, Rock Hud- son, Vincent Price, Rita Hayworth, Cary Grant, Kate Hepburn, James Dean, Mae West and Er- rol Flynn, to name a few. James LaRosa: The ‘Hit the Floor’ Interview A Timely Tête-à-Tête with the Creator of Hit BET Series By Kam Williams For The Skanner News J ames LaRosa is the creator, show- runner and executive producer of “Hit The Floor.” Not only does he run an all-female writers’ room but he directed and appeared in sev- eral episodes this season. James LaRosa Born in Boston, Massachusetts, James knew at the age of 9 that he See INTERVIEW on page 7
