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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, it’s 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”

It’s 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 Oregon’s 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 Mann’s comedic and historical documentary “Grass,” from 1999, will be screened to celebrate the July 1 legalization of pot. It’ll 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).


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