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October 24, 2018 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 5 Arts & Entertainment Movies Opening This Friday, Oct. 26 Rihanna Says No to Super Bowl Ebersdorf ) and members of a world-renowned dance troupe. Cast in- cludes Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton and Chloe Grace Moretz. (In Ger- man, English and French with subtitles) ‘The Long Shadow’ WIDE RELEASES Hunter Killer (R for violence and profanity) Action thriller about an American submarine captain (Gerard Butler) who joins forces with a team of Navy SEALs to rescue the kidnapped Russian President (Alex- ander Diachenko) from the clutches of a rogue, Soviet Minister of De- fense (Mikhail Gorevoy). Supporting cast includes Common, Gary Oldman and Adam James. Indivisible (PG-13 for violence and mature themes) Faith-based docudrama revolving around a marriage that ends up in crisis when an army chaplain (Jus- tin Breuning) suffering from PTSD returns home following a tour of duty in Iraq. With Sarah Drew, Jason George and Tia Mowry-Hardrict. Johnny English Strikes Again (PG for action, violence, rude humor, mild epithets and brief nudity) Rowan Atkinson reprises the title role in this third installment of the espionage comedy franchise which finds the bumbling spy com- ing out of retirement to apprehend the hacker behind a devastating cy- ber attack. Cast includes Olga Kurylenko, Emma Thompson and Charles Dance. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The First Patient (Un- rated) Anatomy doc- umentary following a class of first-year med students’ dissection of the human body over the course of a semester at Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews the Mayo Clinic. London Fields (R for sexuality, nudity, vio- lence, drug use and per- vasive profanity) Adap- tation of Martin Amis’ suspense thriller, set in London, about a psy- chic femme fatale (Am- ber Heard) who seduces three men (Billy Bob Thornton, Jim Sturgess and Theo James) after having a premonition that she’ll be murdered by one of them. With Gemma Chan, Jaimie Al- exander and Jason Isaa- cs. Viper Club (R for pro- fanity and disturbing images) Middle East po- litical thriller about a nurse (Susan Sarandon) who turns to philanthro- pists for help freeing her kidnapped son (Julian Morris), when the U.S. government’s efforts ne- gotiating with ISIS prove ineffective. With Matt Bomer, Lola Kirk and Edie Falco. Weed the People (Un- rated) Healthcare docu- mentary making the case for the use of medical marijuana in the treat- ment of childhood can- cers. Halftime Invite - Social Media Explodes By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent hen the National Football League invited Rihanna to perform at the upcom- ing Super Bowl, the 9-time Grammy winner and Fenty business mogul took a knee. Reportedly, the pop princess not only said, “No,” but her words were more like, “Hell no.” Rihanna said she’s showing solidar- ity with Colin Kaepernick and NFL players who have been protesting racial disparities and police violence against blacks and other minorities by kneeling during the playing of the national anthem. Rihanna’s reps didn’t immediately respond to requests from the NNPA Newswire for comment and an NFL spokesman said he wasn’t authorized to talk about the Super Bowl halftime show. “Rihanna was the front-runner for next year’s Super Bowl halftime show,” NBC’s Today Show reported, W Rihanna sings during The Concert for Valor in Washington, D.C. Nov. 11, 2014. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom / Wikimedia Commons) quoting an unnamed source. The Net- work also reported that Rihanna’s friend and fellow superstar Pink also turned the NFL down in support of Kaepernick. “CBS and the NFL reached out to Rihanna first, who after thinking about the offer, decided to pass due to the NFL and the situation regarding players kneeling,” The Today Show See RIHANNA on page 7 The Long Shadow (Un- rated) Justice delayed documentary, co-direct- ed by Frances Causey and Maureen Gosling, both descendants of slave owners, examining the continued discrim- ination against African Americans in the U.S. from emancipation to the present. Monrovia, Indiana (Unrated) Rust Belt doc- umentary chronicling the diminished dreams of the 46 million Amer- icans living in rural, small towns like Monro- via, Indiana. Suspiria (R for gore, graphic nudity, disturb- ing images, ritualistic violence, profanity and sexual references) Hor- ror flick, set in Berlin in 1977, revolving around a nightmare plaguing a grieving shrink (Lutz A career you can be proud of. 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