Holding out for a movie with some emotional uplift? Maybe one of these will fill the bill:
The Lost City (April 28) Andy Garcia (pictured) directed and stars in this epic about the Cuban revolution, playing a nightclub owner in pre-Castro Havana. Plot looks like every historical epic you’ve seen since Gone With the Wind, but the visuals are gorgeous, the music is full of life, and there are some sly cameos by Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman.
Peaceful Warrior (June 2) Nick Nolte is a grizzled mentor whose sports-’n'-mysticism bromides help a college gymnast (Euro Trip‘s Scott Mechlowicz) fight his way back to the mat after a debilitating motorcycle accident. There probably isn’t a suprising moment in this whole movie, but if anyone can put this nonsense across like his life depends on it, it’s Nolte.
Preaching to the Choir (April 14) Two estranged brothers (Billoah Greene and Third Watch‘s Darien Sills-Evans) come together to lead a Harlem gospel choir. This looks like pretty much the same movie as The Fighting Temptations, only without Cuba Gooding Jr.or Beyoncé. Still, the music should be rousing, and there’s a hint of un-church-like humor, as in a priceless exchange at the end of the trailer between Greene and the ever provocative Eartha Kitt.
Habana’s alright, but it ain’t no Old San Juan. That said, I’ll go see Andy Garcia’s flick. Dude’s got some kind of game and is one of my fave actors.
Poor Andy Garcia. Despite being one of the most connected cats in town and a solid actor he never quite made it as a lead actor. I never understood that.
Thanks for the great Andy Garcia pic. Sooo good to look at…
Ron, obviously you never been to Old Habana before La Revolucion. Old San Juan has kept up to date with it’s share of fashionista boutiques, but even with all it’s Yanqui dollar glories, Puerto Rico still has less than than half the population of Cuba and is about 1/8th the geographical size of Cuba. Despite a million refugees leaving, Habana has a population today of over 2 million, while, even with all the touristas, San Juan has a population of less than half a million. Before the Revolution Cuba claimed 85 percent of all Caribbean tourism. There was a very good reason. Ask old folks. They didn’t call it the Pearl of the Antilles for nothing. It might be said that because of Castro’s hatred for the US, and the resulting US embargo of Cuba, that tourism from Cancun to Nassau has flourished over the past 45 years.
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