Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei has joined the cast of Keep the Lights On director Ira Sachs’ newest feature, Love Is Strange. She joins the previously announced John Lithgow and Alfred Molina in the New York-set indie about a recently married gay couple’s forced separation.
Tomei will play Kate, a novelist married to Lithgow’s nephew, who lets his uncle move in with them after he’s forced to sell his small apartment. Says Sachs, “Marisa brings an intelligence, warmth and graceful humor to everything she does. From our first meeting, it was clear that in her hands the role of Kate would resonate deeply with audiences. She elevates all of us involved to be at our very best.” Production begins in New York City later this month.
Daily Archives: August 7, 2013
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
A mythologically-infused adventure quest with a reluctant hero archetype straight from the notes of Joseph Campbell, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters works as a delivery vehicle for unabashed B-movie pleasures aimed squarely at the preteen set. A solid sequel to 2010’s Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, this predictably plotted but nonetheless fun and engaging offering harks back to matinee serials of yore, where moderated, all-ages peril and derring-do were the name of the game. Several of the youthful performances favor a certain demonstrativeness that doesn’t linger much on the brain. Lorgan Lerman (above left), though, ably embodies Percy’s can-do spirit and awakening, while Nathan Fillion in particular serves up a wry, winning supporting turn. For the full, original review, from Screen Daily, click here. (20th Century Fox, PG, 106 minutes)