Big screen
Last week, Oct. 7
The Birth of a Nation; The Girl on the Train
This week, Oct. 14
The Accountant (WB), R, 128 minutes
About As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise; Stars Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal; Director Gavin OConnor
Desierto (STX Entertainment), R, 94 minutes
About A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a man who has taken border patrol duties into his own racist hands; Stars Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo, Diego Catano; Director Jonas Cuaron
Max Steel (Open Road Films), PG-13, 92 minutes
About Its the adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel; Stars Ben Winchell, Josh Brener, Maria Bello, Andy Garcia; Director Stewart Hendler
Next week, Oct. 21
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back; Tyler Perrys Boo! A Madea Halloween; Keeping Up With the Joneses; Ouija: Origin of Evil; American Pastoral; 31
Note: Movie descriptions by IMDB, imdb.com
Home rentals
The latest top 10 digital movie purchases/rentals based on transaction rate, by Rentrak/Comscore:
1. X-Men: Apocalypse
2. Now You See Me 2
3. Captain America: Civil War
4. The Jungle Book
5. Money Monster
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
7. Me Before You
8. The Nice Guys
9. Beauty and the Beast
10. The Angry Birds Movie
Other recent favorites: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice; The Man Who Knew Infinity; Blood Father; The Mechanic; Zootopia
Doc spotlight
Kevin Hart: What Now?
Opening in theaters this week, its the story behind the comedians show in front of 50,000 people at Philadelphias Lincoln Financial Field. The film stars Hart, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and David Meunier and is directed by Leslie Small and Tim Story. For more: www.IMDB.com.
Upcoming events
The Northwest Film Center presents the documentary Under the Sun, shot with the permission and supervision of North Korean authorities, directed by Russian Vitaliy Manskiy. It turns a propaganda effort into a deep-cover documentary about life inside one of the worlds most repressive nations. Subjects are a young girl and her family living in Pyongyang, who followed an ideological approved script, but Manskiy kept the cameras rolling between takes to reveal the totalitarian message machine. It screens at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 S.W. Park Ave. ($6-$9) as part of the Voices in Action: Human Rights on Film series. For more: www.nwfilm.org.
The documentary Tastes Like Freedom tells the story of Oregons Camp Blue Spruce, where kids are taught how to deal with life-threatening food allergies. The camps food does not include items that produce 90 percent of allergic reactions dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, wheat, soy, gluten and sesame. Its directed by Eric Stachon and produced by Tara Johnson-Medinger. The documentary screens at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St. ($5-$10).
