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August 15, 2018 The Skanner Page 5 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, August 17 WIDE RELEASES Alpha (PG-13 for in- tense peril) Ice Age tale of survival chronicling the unlikely friendship forged between a lone wolf abandoned by its pack and an injured young man (Kodi Smit McPhee) separated from his tribe. With Leonor Varela, Jens Hulten and Natassia Malthe. Crazy Rich Asians (PG-13 for profanity and suggestive content) Ad- aptation of Kevin Kwan’s semi-autobiographical best seller of the same name revolving around the hostility encountered by a Chinese-American college professor (Con- stance Wu) when she ac- companies her wealthy boyfriend (Henry Gold- ing) home to Singapore for his best friend’s (Chris Pang) wedding. Cast includes Gemma Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Dr. Ken Jeong and Awkwafi- Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews na. (In English and Man- darin with subtitles) Mile 22 (R for graphic violence and pervasive profanity) Espionage thriller starring Mark Wahlberg as the leader of a tactical CIA team as- signed to extract an asset with valuable informa- tion (Iko Uwais) from a foreign country before the enemy closes in on him. With John Malkov- ich, Ronda Rousey and Lauren Cohan. (In En- glish, Russian and Indo- nesian with subtitles) INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN Alt-Right: Age of Rage (Unrated) Political doc- umentary revisiting last summer’s neo-Nazi march in Charlottes- ville, Virginia leading to the murder of count- er-demonstrator Heath- er Heyer. Featuring commentary by Antifa activist Daryle Lamont Jenkins and white su- premacist Richard Spen- cer. Billionaire Boys Club (R for sexuality, violence, drug use and pervasive profanity) Remake of the 1987 of the fact-based crime thriller, set in L.A. in the ‘80s, about a gang of preppies who mur- der an investor (Kevin Spacey) in their get-rich- quick Ponzi scheme. Co-starring Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton, Bokeem Woodbine and Emma Roberts. Do You Trust This Computer? (Unrated) Cautionary documenta- ry warning of the perils of the impending artifi- Josephine Baker Documentary Headlines African Diaspora Film Festival By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire “S treetlight Har- monies,” by Brent Wilson and the docu- mentary “Josephine Bak- er: Black Diva in a White Man’s World,” count among the highlights of the 12th annual African Diaspora Internation- al Film Festival which opens on Friday, August 17 at the Marvin Center at George Washington University in Washing- ton, D.C. The three-day festival, which presents films to diverse audiences and re- designs the Black cinema experience by strength- ening the role of Afri- can and African descent directors in contempo- rary world cinema, will feature 16 films that will take audiences in and out of the United States, including eight that will have their premieres in the nation’s capital. “There’s a lot new this year,” said Reinaldo Bar- roso-Spech, an educator in foreign languages and Black literature who created the festival with his wife, Diarah N’Daw- Spech, a financial consul- tant and university bud- get manager. The opening night film, “Timeless,” by Ed LaBor- de counts as a love sto- ry that transcends time from 19th century Ghana to the modern day Carib- bean. Some of the social is- SHOWTIMES HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION (PG) Fri-Thu: 12:20, 2:55, 5:05 OCEAN’S 8 (PG-13) Fri-Thur: 12:00, 7:20 AMERICAN ANIMALS (R) Fri-Thur: 2:20, 9:05 SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (PG-13) Fri-Thur: 12:10, 6:45 sues explored in the film are the human trafficking of the slave trade in the past and the present day human See FESTIVAL on page 7 Week of Friday, Aug. 17 through Thursday, Aug. 23 DEADPOOL 2 (R) Fri-Thur: 9:30 RBG (PG) Fri-Thur: 4:35 GODZILLA (GOJIRA) (NR) Fri-Thur: 4:50, 9:40 THE NEVERENDING STORY (PG) Fri-Thur: 2:30, 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. ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ cial ontelligence era in which self-learning com- puters are apt to control virtually every aspect of our lives. Juliet, Naked (R for profanity) Adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel of the same name about a diehard rock fan (Chris O’Dowd) whose jaded girlfriend (Rose Byrne) falls in love with the ob- scure musician (Ethan Hawke) he’s become ob- sessed with. Support- ing cast includes Jimmy O. Yang, Megan Dodds and Lily Newmark. Minding the Gap (Un- rated) Rust Belt docu- mentary, set in Rockford, Illinois, chronicling a dozen years in the lives of three skateboarding BFFs from adolescence to facing adult responsibili- ties. A Whale of a Tale (Unrated) Eco-expose’ revisiting Taiji, the Jap- anese fishing village denounced for dolphin hunting in the 2010 Os- car-winning documen- tary, The Cove. (In Japa- nese with subtitles) The Wife (R for pro- fanity and some sexu- ality) Glenn Close plays the title character in this adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s best seller of the same name about an aging woman who comes to question the 40 years of self-sacrificing which enabled her husband (Jonathan Pryce) to win the Nobel Prize for lit- erature. With Christian Slater, Max Irons and Elizabeth McGovern.
