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January 23, 2019 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 9 Arts & Entertainment Kam’s Kapsules: Movies Opening Friday, Jan. 25 WIDE RELEASES The Kid Who Would Be King (PG for action, violence, scary images, mature themes and mild epithets) Sci-fi epic ad- venture about a bullied British schoolboy (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) who stumbles upon his des- tiny as a latter-day King Arthur before joining forces with Merlin the Magician (Angus Imrie) and a band of knighted classmates to defeat an evil witch (Rebecca Fer- guson) bent on world domination. With Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris and Patrick Stewart. Serenity (R for sexu- ality, bloody images and pervasive profanity) Suspense thriller about a fishing boat captain (Mat- thew McConaughey) who is asked by his ex-wife (Anne Hathaway) to se- cretly toss her abusive second husband (Jason Clarke) overboard in the middle of the ocean. Cast includes Djimon Houn- sou, Jeremy Strong and Rafael Sayegh. Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Bricked (Unrated) Coming-of-age drama revolving around a high school grad (Tracy Camp- bell) who finds himself at odds with his family while coping with bi- polar disorder. With Terrence TC Carson, Shavonia Jones and Tasia Grant. The Image Book (Un- rated) Impressionistic essay, directed by the legendary Jean-Luc God- ard, examining cinema’s failure to address atroc- ities of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Narrated by Godard and featuring ar- chival footage of Buster Keaton. (In French, En- glish, Arabic, Italian and German) In Like Flynn (R for violence, drug use and a sexual reference) Thom- as Cocquerel plays Errol Flynn (1909-1959) in this biopic depicting the fu- ture matinee idol’s early adulthood in Australia spent as an adventurer, gambler, drug smuggler, gold prospector, wom- anizer and street fighter. With Isabel Lucas, Clive Standen, Corey Large and Nathalie Kelley. The Invisibles (Unrat- ed) World War II saga, set in Berlin in 1943, about four Jews (Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Aar- on Altaras and Ruby O. Fee) who survived the horrors of the Holocaust by hiding in plain sight right in the Nazi capital. Support cast includes Florian Lukas, Victo- ria Schulz and Andreas Schmidt. (In German with subtitles) Jihadists (Unrated) Radical Islam around Africa is explored in this jaw-dropping documen- tary exposing the radical ideology indoctrinating thousands from Timbuk- ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ tu to Tunisia, and from Mali to Mauritania. (In French with subtitles) King of Thieves (R for pervasive profanity) Mi- chael Caine stars in this fact-based crime caper as the 77 year-old mas- termind of a $200 million bank heist of cash and jewels by a gang of eccen- tric senior citizens. With Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent and Ray Win- stone. Polar (Unrated) Adap- tation of Victor Santos’ graphic novel about a retired assassin (Mads Mikkelsen) who finds himself targeted by an army of ruthless young killers. Featuring Vanes- sa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick and Johnny Knoxville. Tito and the Birds (Un- rated) Brazilian animat- ed drama about a 10 year- old boy (Pedro Henrique) who collaborates with his exiled scientist fa- ther (Matheus Nachter- gaele) to find a cure for a virus sweeping across the country which turns people to stone. Voice cast includes Marina Serretiello, Matheus So- lano, Enrico Cardoso and Denise Fraga. (In Portu- guese with subtitles) Oscars cont’d from pg 8 Glenn Close (“The Wife”) and Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”). In best actor, the expect- ed front runner Christian Bale was nominated for his transformation into Cheney in “Vice” (Bale’s fourth Os- car nod), along with Cooper, Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity’s Gate”), Rami Malek (“Bohe- mian Rhapsody”) and Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”). The nominees for best sup- porting actress were Amy Adams (“Vice”), Marina De Tavira (“Roma”), Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), along with Stone and Weisz. Tavira was something a sur- prise, likely unseating Claire Foy of “First Man.” But perhaps the biggest act- ing snub came in best sup- porting actor, where Timothee Chalamet, who broke through last year with “Call Me By Your Name,” was left out for his drug addict turn in “Beautiful Boy.” Nominated were previ- ous winner Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”), Adam Driver (“BlacKkKlansman”), Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever For- give Me?”) and Sam Rockwell (“Vice”), who won the trophy last year. With nominees like “The Fa- vourite,” ‘’Can You Ever For- give Me,” ‘’Green Book” and “Bohemian Rhapsody,” GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis called it “a banner year for LGBTQ inclusion.” Some Oscar regulars pad- ded their career tallies. Joel and Ethan Coen notched their seventh screenwriting nomi- nation. Close, never a winner, landed her seventh acting nod. SHOWTIMES Costume designer Sandy Pow- ell received her 13th and 14th nominations, for “The Favou- rite” and “Mary Poppins Re- turns.” But the nominees were also crowded with first-timers, including new performers (Aparicio) and veteran ones (Grant, Elliott, Colman, King). Paul Schrader, the 72-year- old “Taxi Driver” scribe, was nominated for his first Oscar for the script to his religious thriller “First Reformed.” The lead-up to Tuesday’s nominations was rocky for both the film academy and some of the contending movies. Shortly after being announced as host, comedian Kevin Hart was forced to withdraw over years-old homophobic tweets that the comedian eventually apologized for. That has left the Oscars, one month before Week of Friday, Jan. 25 through Thursday, Jan. 31 RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (PG) Fri-Thu: 11:30, 4:15, 6:55 CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (R) Fri-Thu: 1:55, 9:40 AT ETERNITY’S GATE (PG-13) Fri-Thu: 2:05, 7:15 A STAR IS BORN (R) Fri-Thu: 11:25, 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD (PG-13) Fri-Thu: 11:20, 4:30 WAITING FOR GUFFMAN (R) Fri-Thu: 2:10, 9:30 $4 adults, $3 seniors (65+), $3 kids (12-) 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. the Feb. 24 ceremony, without an emcee, and likely to stay that way. Some film contenders, like “Green Book” and the Fred- die Mercury biopic “Bohemi- an Rhapsody,” have suffered waves of backlash, even as their awards have mounted. Before landing five nomina- tions Tuesday, “Green Book” — which has been criticized for relying on racial tropes — won the top award from the Producers Guild , an honor that has been a reliable Os- car barometer. In the 10 years since the Oscars expanded its best-picture ballot, the PGA winner has gone on to win best picture eight times. Last year’s Oscar telecast was watched by a record low of 26.5 million viewers . This year will at least feature a number of popular nominees, including “Black Panther,” ‘’Bo- hemian Rhapsody” and “A Star Is Born.” Just how many peo- ple have seen “Roma,” though, remains a mystery. Netflix doesn’t release box office re- ceipts or streaming viewer- ship. It’s also an unusually inter- national crop of nominees. It’s only the second time that di- rectors from two foreign lan- guage films were nominated for best director (Cuaron and Poland’s Pawlikowski). “Roma” is aiming to be the first foreign language film to win best pic- ture. Some of that could poten- tially be attributed to a chang- ing academy, which has greatly expanded its ranks in recent years to diversify its member- ship, including more overseas members. Hazardous Beauty presents by Portland playwright Bonnie Ratner Directed by Josie Seid featuring local artists, Quigley Provost-Landrum and Trish Egan PREVIEW NIGHT THIS THURSDAY $10! JAN. 25 - FEB. 17, 2019 • Fri/Sat 7:30 pm & Sundays 3 pm Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (IFCC), 5340 N Interstate Ave, Portland During the 2016 Fertile Ground Festival, audiences called Hazardous Beauty “Wonderfully provocative, witty, complex and brilliant. It was awesome to see two strangers meet and peel through the world’s stereotypes and misconceptions to reveal the hearts of two such richly talented, yet scarred individuals. Brava!” Part of Fertile Ground: A City-wide Festival of New Works. Ronni LaCroute PassinArt.org PassinArtTheatreCompany
