Last week, June 26
Ted 2; Big Game; Max; A Little Chaos;
The Overnight
This week, July 1, 3
Magic Mike XXL (WB), R, 111 minutes
About Mike and the Kings of Tampa go on the road for one more blow-out strip; Stars Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez; Director Gregory Jacobs
Terminator Genisys (Paramount), PG-13, 125
minutes
About The latest installment of the Arnold Schwarzenegger series has Kyle Reese being sent back to 1984 by John Connor to help Sarah Connor; Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke; Director Alan
Taylor
Aloft (SPC), R, 97 minutes
About A Cinema 21 release, its about a struggling mother who meets the son she abandoned two decades earlier; Stars Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy, Melanie Laurent; Director Claudia Llosa
Next week, July 10
Gallows; Amy; Cartel Land
Home rentals
The latest top 10 digital movie purchases based on transaction rate, by Rentrak:
1. Jupiter Ascending
2. Focus
3. American Sniper
4. McFarland, USA
5. The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water
6. Kingsman: The Secret Service
7. Chappie
8. The Duff
9. Run All Night
10. Survivor
Other recent favorites: The Wedding Ringer; Interstellar; Love, Rosie; Taken 3; Still Alice
Doc spotlight
Cartel Land
Its a documentary about two vigilantes and their fight against the Mexican drug cartels. Dr. Jose Mireles leads a citizens uprising in the state of Michoacan in Mexico and American veteran Tim Nailer Foley rallies a paramilitary group to stop drugs from coming across the Mexico-Arizona border. Filmmaker Matthew Heineman embedded himself, and he and others received great access. It hits theaters soon.
Upcoming event
n Studio McDermott has started a Kickstarter project to assist in funding Oregon: The State of Cannabis, an in-depth film about Oregons burgeoning cannabis industry and the pioneers behind it. Filmmakers at Studio McDermott already have logged more than 120 interviews with some of the most important players in the newly legal cannabis industry. For info: studiomcdermott.com.
n On the subject of marijuana, Ron Manns comedic and historical documentary Grass, from 1999, will be screened to celebrate the July 1 legalization of pot. Itll be shown at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1 at Clinton Street Theater, 2522 S.E. Clinton St. ($6, cstpdx.com). It uses archival footage, narration by Woody Allen, art by Paul Mavrides and a tongue-in-check and provocative soundtrack.
n The Hollywood Theatre, 4122 N.E. Sandy Blvd., will show two movies Tuesday, June 30, honoring the recently deceased Christopher Lee: Dracula at 7:30 p.m. and The Wicker Man at 9 p.m. Lee died June 7 at age 93. Tickets are $8 (hollywood
theatre.org).