PREVIEWSUNNY DAYS
SUMMER MOVIE
2012
& DARK SHADOWS by chris carpenter
Ah, summer, beloved season of Pride,
fruity cocktails and minimal swimsuits. It is also the time of year when Hollywood releases its biggest, most expensive spectacles for audiences to ogle. Super- heroes, vampires and aliens typically reign supreme, but this summer’s more LGBT-interest movies will feature such sights as male strippers, Tom Cruise in ass-less chaps, and a pairing of Brit divas Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. Here’s the rundown (Please note all release dates are subject to change)...
The Avengers The largest collection of men in tights to hit the big
screen since, well, Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Marvel Comics heroes Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) join forces with The Hulk (ever-dreamy Mark Ruffalo) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) to save the world. Written and directed by Joss Whedon, who also masterminded Buffy the Vampire Slayer. May 4
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel A group of British senior citizens, led by Judi
Dench and Maggie Smith, decide to retire to an unexpectedly rundown hotel in India in this comedy. Co-starring cute Dev Patel fromSlumdog Millionaire and directed by John Madden, who previously steered Dench and Gwyneth Paltrow to Oscar glory inShakespeare in Love. May 4
The Perfect Family Kathleen Turner plays a devout wife and mother,
up for her parish’s “Catholic Woman of the Year” award, when she suddenly learns that her daughter (Emily Deschanel) is not only a lesbian but is about to get married to her partner. While it doesn’t get all the church details right, the film is an enjoyable dramedy that premiered at last year’s Outfest. Out actor Rich- ard Chamberlain plays the local monsignor. May 4
Dark Shadows Based on what I’ve seen of it, Tim Burton’s take
on the supernatural soap opera that ran in the late ‘60s-early ‘70s, will no doubt be the campiest movie of the summer, possibly of the year. Johnny Depp stars as 200-year old vampire Barnabas Collins, who wakes up in 1972 to a decidedly different world. The great supporting cast includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green and horror veteran Christopher Lee. May 11
Hysteria This film’s director, Tanya Wexler, likely describes it
best: “It’s a romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator in Victorian England.” She even bought cast members Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy and gay fave Rupert Everett, among others, vibrators as gifts. Needless to say, the movie’s got buzz. May 18
What’s Wrong With Virginia Academy Award-winning, openly gay screenwrit-
er Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar) has assembled several top-drawer actors including Jennifer Con- nelly, Ed Harris and Emma Roberts for his directorial debut. I’m not sure what, if any, LGBT content is in the film but it will nonetheless give our community the opportunity to support one of our own as Black’s standing in Hollywood continues to rise. May 18
Chely Wright: Wish Me Away An eye-opening documentary, featured at last
year’s Long Beach Q Film Festival, about the former country music superstar’s process of coming out as a lesbian. Wright is impressively, movingly candid in her recounting of events before, during and after her tumultuous decision. June 1
Rock of Ages Gay director-choreographer Adam Shankman
(Hairspray) adapts another Broadway musical for the screen. This time, he got big names Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige, Paul Giamatti and Tom Cruise—and convinced Cruise to wear a codpiece and the previously mentioned chaps—to pay homage to the rock ‘n’ roll “hair bands” of the 1980s. Pour some sugar on me, baby! June 15
24 RAGE monthly | MAY 2012
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