Movies opening Friday, Feb. 26
Based on a true story, this film is about Eddie Edwards, who wasn’t exactly an elite athlete when he represented England in ski jumping in the 1988 Calgary Olympics and ended up becoming an international sensation.
Embrace of the Serpent: A tale about extinction:
In this case, it’s a shaman, the last survivor of an Amazonian people, who seeks help from two scientists to find a healing plant.
Among some of the gods in this movie who work with mere mortal Bek (Brenton Thwaites) to save the world are Thoth (Chadwick Boseman of Jackie Robinson and James Brown fame), Ra (Geoffrey Rush of all sorts of fame) and Horus (“Game of Thrones” guy Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).
Who’s Driving Doug: RJ Mitte of “Breaking Bad” fame plays a shy college student with muscular dystrophy who goes on on a road trip to Las Vegas with one of his classmates and a girl he has a crush on.