by tim parks film A-LISTS
’CAUSE THIS IS THRILLER Kaboom is the latest round of ammunition in independent
director Gregg Araki’s film arsenal. The Mysterious Skin auteur has combined elements of the thriller, comedy and horror genres (with just a spoonful of sex to help that medicine go down) for this tale of ambisexual 18-year-old college freshman Smith (Thomas Dekker), who happens upon some strange goings-on in the So Cal seaside hamlet, where he is attending school. Along for the wild ride (minus Mr. Toad) are his sarcastic bestie
HUMOR ME Johnny Depp lends his vocal talents as Rango, the
title character in the new computer animated comedy, helmed by his original Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski. The titular chameleon is subscribed to living his life as a household pet in the safety of his terrarium, but longs to be more of a hero and less of his owner’s plaything. Naturally, Rango may have wanted to incorporate the mantra of “be careful for what you wish for,” into his thought process of being said hero, as his life takes a dramatic turn when he ends up in an Old West town called Dirt. The settlement is full of other desert-dwelling critters, all of whom have the appearance of having been cast in the popular Spaghetti Western genre of the ’60s and ’70s. Rango sees this as his chance to become the new lawman of Dirt, which has its fair share of drawbacks, since most of its previous law enforcement officials now occupy their own special section in the town’s cemetery. Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Bill Nighy and Harry Dean Stanton also provide voices for the movie. Opens March 4.
Stella (Haley Bennett), and the two gorgeous objects of his af- fections; lady hookup London (Juno Temple) and dim bulb surfer roommate (and wish list sex partner) Thor (Chris Zylka).
foursome find thier lives turned upside down (in the span of the dreaded one fateful night variety) leaving them to flee in terror from a conspiracy, spawned in the seemingly tranquil town. Now Playing.
The film update of the children’s fairy tale, Little Red Riding
Hood, won’t be traveling the same road to visit her ailing grand- mother. Red Riding Hood shows that the red cloaked heroine isn’t so little anymore. For starters, Red now goes by the name of Valerie (Amanda Seyfried), and is caught in the midst of a love triangle with gloomy outsider Peter (Shiloh Fernandez) and Henry (Max Irons), the affluent man that her parents have promised her hand in marriage to. Valerie and Peter decide to run away together, until the pair learns her sister is killed by a were- wolf, which has taken its years-long truce of being fed monthly sacrificial animals to a very unexpected level. But the feared creature isn’t the only one who is hungry, as the angry medieval villagers want to satiate their thirst for vengeance by employing the services of werewolf-killing priest Father Solomon (Gary Oldman). I have a hunch they have their torches at the ready. The death toll rises with each lunar cycle, which leads Valerie and the townspeople to the conclusion that the beast may live among them, and could even be someone that she loves. Opens March 11.
FLICKS WITH CHICKS Sucker Punch comes from the movie genre that I like to call “Chicks Who
Kick Ass,” and is written and directed by Watchmen’s Zack Snyder. The imagi- native premise of this action/fantasy film is that a young girl’s dream world shields her from the harsh realities of her everyday existence. However, the heroine known as Babydoll (Emily Browning) has been institutionalized by her wicked stepfather (are there any other kind, really?), and enlists the help of fellow Lennox House for the Mentally Insane inmates, Rocket (Jena Malone), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), Amber (Jamie Chung) and Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), as the line between fantasy and reality become blurred, in their quest to escape from their captors Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino), High Roller (Jon Hamm) and Blue (Oscar Isaac). Armed with a arsenal of weapons, the quintet, with Babydoll as their leader,
use everything at thier disposal as they attempt to not only escape, but stay alive within the fantastical realm. The movie’s tagline: “Close your eyes. Open your mind. You will be unpre-
pared,” perfectly encapsulates what looks to be a mind-blowing cinematic experience. Opens March 25.
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