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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
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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