A-LISTS film by tim parks
A Matter of Life and Death
After.Life finds its star Christina Ricci in a state of shock, following a
Re-Do It For One More Time
The original 1981 Clash of the Titans followed the journey of Zeus’s
bastard son Perseus (Harry Hamlin) on his quest to slay Medusa and rescue Princess Andromeda (Judi Bowker—her career went places). A Greek chorus of legendary English actors (Sir Laurence Olivier and Dame Maggie Smith chief among them) starred as mythological Gods, while Ray Har- ryhausen’s special effects served as co-stars. Sam Worthington is stepping into the sandals of Hamlin’s character, though, not his glorified bed sheet (sigh)—as the Avatar star sports more of a Russell Crowe Gladiator look. Seeing as the film is being released in 3D, I would have opted for Hamlin’s attire. But enough about the fashion, here’s the scoop on the remake’s plot. Perseus is still a bastard who heads up a mission to defeat…let me guess, Medusa, right? Well, yes, but this time out he is also up against ruth- less underworld God Hades (Ralph Fiennes), who is attempting to wrestle power away from Zeus (Liam Neeson), before he decides to “Release the Kraken” on humanity. Will Perseus emerge triumphant? Find out on April 2.
harrowing car accident, and wakes up to find herself being prepped for her own funeral by mortician Liam Neeson. He assures her that she is in a transitional condition, neither alive nor dead, and is at the threshold of the afterlife. Neeson’s Eliot Deacon character attempts to convince Ricci’s Anna Taylor that he can not only commune with the deceased, but he is the only man who can help her cross over and may just want to bury her alive. Don’t go into the light, Christina! After.Life also co-stars Justin Long as her boyfriend, who has a pesky feeling that his lady love’s life still has a sell by date. Opens April 9. If the title Death at a Funeral seems familiar, that’s because it was a 2007 film directed by Frank Oz, which was later made into a Bollywood film entitled Daddy Cool —talk about being a triple threat! This re-imagining is done in the vein of Airplane becoming Soul Plane and
Can’t Buy Me Love morphing into Love Don’t Cost a Thing. Simply put, it now
features an all-Black cast, featuring the talents of Chris Rock, Tracy Morgan, Martin Lawrence, Zoe Saldana, Loretta Devine, Regina Hall, and Danny Glover. Similarity-wise, the ensemble cast is in attendance for a family funeral, when skeletons become unearthed in the form of secrets revealed. Of note, actor Peter Dinklage will reprise his role from the original version
on April 16.
Ain’t Nothin’ But A Green Thang
The Joneses, as in keeping up with them, stars Demi Moore and David Duchovny
as Kate and Steve, a couple who seem to have it all—or do they? Their picture perfect world orbits around their extremely popular 2.0 kids (Am-
ber Heard and Ben Hollingsworth), while high-end gadgets populate their posh abode, which houses their true agenda. Kate and Steve are not a real couple and the kids are on loan, as they are mere instruments hired on by a company to keep “The American Dream” alive, by shilling a variety of products to their neighbors. This look at contemporary consumerism has been hailed as “a sharp, funny, and very timely satire” by Elle Magazine. Opens in limited release on April 16.
60 SECOND MOVIE REVIEW by bill biss
Prodigal Sons
In what quite simply is an amazing documentary, filmmaker Kimberly Reed takes a personal look at herself as a transgender woman and the relationship she has with her adopted brother Marc and her brother Todd who is gay. The dynamics and dysfunction of family bring to light numerous revelations throughout the course of the film and offer a strong look at what tears a family apart, the joy of discovering your true self and the sadness that goes hand-in-hand with mental illness. To let the so-called “cat” out of the bag in regards to their story would not do the film justice. Prodigal Sons is a film that needs to be seen to be believed. The film will linger in your mind long after as an astonishing and heartbreaking piece of filmmaking. Now in theaters.
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RAGE monthly | APRIL 2010
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