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LiteratureAfro Samurai Game Demo'd
There's no mistaking the voice of Samuel L. Jackson. They can pump it out of a cartoon character, but it's still the voice of the Bible-spouting, snake-fighting movie star. Jackson provided voice-over for the Afro Samurai video game, based on the animated series that he produces and also voices.
Published: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:00:00 GMT - Source: Scifi.Com - Read the articleMoviesLakeview Terrace
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson
Review:
The main problem with this treatise on racial politics
undercover as an exercise in suspense is that the director, Neil
LaBute, didn't write the script. LaBute is an incendiary playwright
(Bash, The Mercy Seat, Fat Pig) who puts us in the company
of misogynist men who slowly reveal their base instincts.
Lakeview Terrace, written by David Loughery and Howard
Korder, is obvious when you most want it to be stealth.
Samuel L. Jackson stars as LAPD veteran Abel Turner, a widower
who's hard on his two kids (Regine Nehy, Jaishon Fisher) and harder
on his new neighbors. They would be Chris (Patrick Wilson), a white
man, and Lisa (Kerry Washington), his black wife. Interracial
coupling doesn't sit well with Abel. Not that you see much
coupling, even during a strip party. Lakeview
Terrace...
Rating:
2 Stars
Published: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:10:15 GMT - Source: Rollingstone.Com - Read the articleSee Also:
