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Page 6 The Skanner Portland & Seattle February 6, 2019 Arts & Entertainment BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Truths We Hold’ Movies Opening Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 Kam Williams Kam’s Kapsules Movie Reviews WIDE RELEASES Cold Pursuit (R for profanity, drug use, sexual references and graphic violence) En- glish language adap- tation of In Order of Disappearance, the 2014 Norwegian crime thriller about a snow plow driver-turned-vig- ilante’s (Liam Neeson) hunt for the cocaine kingpin (Tom Bateman) responsible for his son’s (Micheál Richardson) murder. With Emmy Rossum, Laura Dern and William Forsythe. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (PG ‘What Men Want’ Scott stars as the title character in this hor- ror flick about a young genius whose mother (Taylor Schilling) takes him to a therapist (Pau- la Boudreau) when she suspects he’s become by Kam Williams For The Skanner News “We’ve seen... [the Trump] administration align itself with white supremacists at home and cozy up to dictators abroad; rip babies from their mothers’ arms in grotesque violation of their human rights; give corporations and the wealthy huge tax cuts; derail our fight against climate change; sabotage health care and imperil a woman’s right to control her own body; all while lashing out at... the very idea of a free and indepen- dent press... Americans know we’re better than this... But we’re going to have to fight for it... This book grows out of that call to action, and out of my belief that our fight must begin and end with speaking [the] truth... that racism, sexism, homopho- bia, transphobia and an- ti-Semitism are real in this country, and we need to confront those forces.” —Excerpted from the Preface (pages xiv-xv) K amala Harris has officially thrown her hat in the ring for the 2020 Demo- cratic presidential nom- ination, launching her campaign with a spirited rally in her hometown of Oakland attended by over 20,000 enthusias- tic supporters. The first term senator from Cal- ifornia’s bid is reminis- cent of Barack Obama’s SHOWTIMES THE MULE (R) Fri-Thu: 1:40, 9:35 RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (PG) Fri-Thu: 11:30, 4:10, 6:35 See BOOK on page 7 INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Chokehold (Unrated) Action thriller about an MMA fighter (Me- lissa Croden) who stops training for a title fight to avenge the murder of her father by Russian mobsters. With Casper Van Dien, Lochlyn Mun- ro and Kip Pardue. Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator, California - D The Truths We Hold An American Journey by Kamala Harris Penguin Press Hardcover, $30. 336 pages ISBN: 978-0-525-56071-5 men’s thoughts. Ensem- ble cast includes Tracy Morgan, Wendi McClen- don-Covey, Shaquille O’Neal, Erykah Badu, Kellan Lutz, Aldis Hodge and Mark Cuban. Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church for rude humor) Ani- mated musical adven- ture finds the citizens of Bricksburg facing a new threat, namely, invaders from outer space. Voice cast includes Will Ar- nett, Tiffany Haddish, Alison Brie, Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks. The Prodigy (R for violence, disturbing images, a sexual refer- ence and brief graphic nudity) Jackson Robert Week of Friday, Feb. 8 through Thursday, Feb. 14 possessed by a demon- ic supernatural force. With Colm Feore, Brit- tany Allen and Peter Mooney. What Men Want (R for drug use and perva- sive profanity and sexu- ality) Romantic comedy about a female sports agent (Taraji P. Henson) who gains a competitive edge over her male col- leagues when she devel- ops the ability to hear Everybody Knows (R for profanity) Intro- spective drama about a married woman (Pe- nelope Cruz) who ren- dezvous with an ex-boy- friend (Javier Bardem) to reminisce about what might have been when she returns to her tiny hometown without her husband (Ricardo Da- rin) for her younger sister’s (Inma Cuesta) wedding. With Eduard Fernandez, Barbara Len- nie and Elvira Minguez. (In Spanish, English and Catalan with subtitles) Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church (Unrated) Rev- erential rockumentary Make The Skanner part of your daily routine featuring concert foot- age of Hendrix’s historic performance in front of 300,000 fans at the At- lanta Pop Festival staged on July 4, 1970 at the Middle Georgia Race- way. Includes commen- tary by Paul McCartney, Billy Cox and Steve Win- wood. The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot (Unrated) Sam Elliott plays the title character in this action adventure as Hitler’s assassin who finds him- self recruited by the U.S. government decades later to track down the legendary Bigfoot deep in the Canadian wilder- ness. Supporting cast includes Larry Miller, Aidan Turner and Ron Livingston. St. Agatha (Unrat- ed) Horror flick, set in Georgia in 1957, about a pregnant con artist (Sa- brina Kern) who takes refuge at a convent only to learn that its Mother Superior (Carolyn Hen- nesy) has a twisted agen- da. Featuring Courtney Halverson, Seth Mi- chaels and Trin Miller. Under the Eiffel Tow- er (Unrated) Midlife crisis comedy about a 50 year-old guy (Matt Walsh) who proposes to his BFF’s daughter (Dylan Gelula) half his age after tagging along on their family’s Par- is vacation. With Reid Scott, David Wan and Gary Cole. CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? 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