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.
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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-)
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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.
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LaCroute
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