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Don't wait until
the Holiday. Open this present early.
See
"This Christmas"
a Rainforest Film November 21,
2007
By Kamah
Alicia Scott
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With a
seasoned cast including Delroy Lindo,
Loretta Divine, Regina King, Idris
Elba and new generation actors such
as Columbus Short, Lauren London and
Chris Brown, the movie "This
Christmas" T'is the movie to see for
the Holidays. |
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Laz Alonso,
Idris Elba,
Columbus Short,
Sharon Leal,
Keith Robinson,
Regina King,
Ambrosia
Kelley,
Loretta Devine,
Delroy Lindo,
Lauren London,
Javion Francis,
Lupe Ontiveros
and
Chris Brown
in Screen Gems'
This Christmas
- 2007
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I was afforded the
opportunity to represent Center Stage Magazine
for a private screening by Rainforest Films and
Mike Jackson of Urban Socialite Inc. There was
no way that I would pass up a chance to view a
movie with the likes of Idris Elba (The Wire,
Daddy's Little Girls, Sometimes In April,
American Gangster) or Columbus Short (You Got
Served, Stomp The Yard) , Laz Alonso (Stomp The
Yard) or Mekhi Phifer (ER). Veteran actress and
a woman that deserves so much more recognition
Regina King (The Ant Bully, 24, Ms. Congeniality
2, Friday) who blew the audience away with the
strong performance as , Lisa Whitfield, the
sister in the Whitfield that took care of
everyone except herself.
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Audiences can expect when viewing this
colorful movie, the importance of a loving
family, telling it like it is, forgiveness and
reconciliation. Sounds like some serious stuff
but the poetic and quite comedic way that
director and writer Preston A. Whitmore II
portrays the Whitfield family should be
considered and instant classic.
In this film, The Whitfield children made up of
three girls and three boys are a group that have
their own issues but have the common love and
need to please their mother, Ma Dear Whitfield
played by Veteran Actress Loretta Devine who is
keeping her own secrets. The family has for
years conquered obstacles by dealing with them
or ignoring them. Not all things can be 'swept
under the rug'.
This sets the stage as events open the
floodgates, as the Christmas Holiday becomes the
time to celebrate, but to first make some
serious family decisions. Although the nature of
the movie is comedic, light and fluffy, there
are heavy issues that the Whitfield family must
settle. The unresolved matters of the heart,
pockets and ego of the family and in-laws draw
the audience in. There was never a moment that
the audience was not intrigued, filled with
laughter or gasping. The movie could have been
about any American family. The way that Preston
A. Whitmore II brings the topics forth is with
ease, comedy is a recipe that I find
non-stereotypical of what Hollywood usually
portrays an African American family to be. The
issues and topics of discussion are what any
American family would have to deal with.
The movie was unpredictable, entertaining and
left the audience with a sense of joy and
understanding... for the most part realistic. It
actually made me want to reconcile with a few
family
Kamah Alicia Scott
Freelance writer
www.kas.mysite.com
"Kima"
Always ask, somebody might say yes
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