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Page 6 The Skanner Portland & Seattle November 14, 2018 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Nov. 16 WIDE RELEASES Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (PG-13 for action) Sec- ond installment in the Harry Potter prequel series revolves around an infamous evil wiz- ard’s (Johnny Depp) at- tempt to breed a race of pure-blood witches and wizards to rule over all ordinary people. Cast in- cludes Eddie Redmayne, Carmen Ejogo, Jude Law and Zoe Kravitz. a couple’s (Mark Wahl- berg and Rose Byrne) re- al-life adjustment to par- enthood after adopting three siblings (Isabela Moner, Gustavo Quiroz and Julianna Gamiz) si- multaneously. With Oc- tavia Spencer, Joan Cu- sack and Julie Hagerty. Instant Family (PG-13 for sexuality, profanity, drug references and ma- ture themes) Inspiration- al comedy recounting Widows (R for vio- lence, sexuality, nudity and pervasive profanity) Adaptation of the Brit- ish TV series of the same Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews Special Preview Night Performance Friday Nov. 30, 2018 • Admission $11 ‘Widows’ name about four gang- sters’ wives (Viola Da- vis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo) who, after a botched bank heist, de- cide to follow in their late husbands’ felonious foot- steps. Supporting cast in- cludes Liam Neeson, Col- in Farrell, Robert Duvall and Daniel Kaluuya. (In English and Spanish with subtitles) INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS At Eternity’s Gate (PG- 13 for mature themes) Willem Dafoe portrays Vincent Van Gogh in this biopic based on the leg- endary Dutch painter’s letters and on anecdotes about his life. With Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen and Rupert Friend. (In French and English with subtitles) Girl (Unrated) Dra- ma about a transgender 15-year-old Belgian girl (Victor Polster) pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina. Cast includes Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart and Magali Elali. (In French, Flemish and English with subtitles) Green Book (PG-13 for violence, mature themes, profanity, racial slurs, smoking and suggestive material) Unlikely-bud- dies dramedy, set in the Sixties, about the friend- ship forged between a Black classical pianist (Mahershala Ali) and his White chauffeur (Vig- go Mortensen) driving around the Deep South during Jim Crow segre- gation. With Linda Car- dellini, Don Stark and P.J. Byrne. The Last Race (Unrat- ed) Poignant portrait of octogenarian Barba- ra and Jim Cromarty’s struggle to keep the Riv- erhead Raceway afloat, the only surviving, stock-car racetrack of 40 that once flourished on Long Island. Of Fathers and Sons (Unrated) Eye-opening documentary shot by Syrian Talal Derki who lived with radical Isla- mists upon returning to his hometown of Homs. (In Arabic with subtitles) Team Khan (Unrated) Boxing documentary following former world champ Amir Khan on the comeback trail for two years as he trains with hopes of securing a title fight with undefeated Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Featuring footage of Len- nox Lewis, Bernard Hop- kins, Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. (In English and Urdu with subtitles) The World Beneath Your Feet (Unrated) New York City documentary chronicling peripatetic Matt Green’s 8,000-mile walk around every block in the Big Apple. FILM REVIEW: Claire Foy Shows Her Versatility as Feminist Superhero in ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ By Kam Williams For The Skanner News T he late Stieg Lars- son (1954-2004) is best remembered as the author of the Millennium trilogy of posthumously-published best sellers, all of which were eventually made into feature films (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Girl Who Played with Fire” and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest”). His Swedish-language psychological thrill- ers revolved around a crime-fighting duo com- posed of veteran journal- ist Mikael Blomkvist and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. In 2015, David Lager- crantz wrote the fourth installment in the series, “That Which Does Not Kill Us,” which was laud- ed as a faithful extension of the famed franchise. That book has now been adapted to the big screen as “The Girl in the Spi- der’s Web.” Directed by Fede Alva- rez (Don’t Breathe), the film co-stars Claire Foy as Lisbeth and Sverrir Gud- nason as Mikael. Foy, who won an Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for her por- trayal of Queen Elizabeth on The Crown. And she’s recently been getting a lot of Oscar buzz for her critically-acclaimed por- trayal of astronaut Neil Armstrong’s stoic wife, Janet, in First Man. Here, the versatile thespian exhibits an im- pressive acting range in a demanding role where she plays a traumatized incest survivor turned righteous vigilante. This incarnation of Lisbeth is not only a brainy IT expert but a seemingly invincible heroine with an extraordinary set of fighting, driving and sur- vival skills. As the film unfolds, we find Lisbeth and her sister Camilla (Sylvia Hoeks) being molest- See REVIEW on page 11
