![]() In this film's version, Stix wants to pursue his dreams of working in the music industry. After he finds out that Sparkle is a talented writer, he aggressively pursues a relationship with her. In a turning point in the film, while at a neighborhood bible study, Stix, while attempting to make a move on Sister, learns that Sparkle is a very talented singer and writer. Sparkle has a slow burning dream of being a singer Sister desires to sing to create a new life for herself and Dolores sings to make her sisters happy. It is during this time in the film that it is revealed that Emma Anderson has had a failed attempt at becoming a professional singer, and predictably, her daughters now want to become singers. All of the sisters are in the church choir. The family is an American family, and they are deeply involved in their neighborhood church. In addition, the family is upper middle class. Unlike the original film, Emma Anderson, the mother, is an entrepreneur, not a domestic servant/maid. The film introduces the viewer to the complete Anderson family, which consist of Dolores ‘ Dee’ Anderson (played by Tika Sumpter), and the family matriarch, Emma Anderson (played by the late superstar Whitney Houston). In the next sequence of events, we enter into the family life of the sisters. ![]() It appears that they have made a love connection at the nightclub. The scene ends with Stix (played by Derek Luke) connecting with Sparkle. Just replace Taraji’s character with Cee-lo’s character.Īfter this amazing opening scene, we see that the two sisters are inspired, yet, Sister is disgusted at Black’s ability to rev up the crowd. The opening scene reminded me a lot of the opening scene of New Lion’s “ I Can Do Bad By Myself” (2009). ![]() Black has the club's audience in a frenzy. The opening scene is big and sexy! Loud Music, sexy people, and smoke invade the scene. His character is singing up a storm, and the club is jumping. Jordin Sparks (Sparkle), and Carmen Ejogo (Sister), are observing with slight envy, a sweaty, singing man by the name of Black ( played by Cee-lo Green). The film opens up to a snazzy Detroit nightclub in 1968. The film had some great moments, but the bad moments outweighed that overall attempt. However, when the film was over, all I wanted to do was crawl into a dark theater and rewatch the original version to remind me of the gem that the film is, despite the attempt of this version. I wanted to see every talent attached to this film kick ass! I also wanted to see amazing writing and direction! I loved the original film, so I was very excited to review this remake. However, that is not the case with Tri-Star’s “ Sparkle.” Houston plays their mother.It's rare that I vouch for a film greatly before I’ve seen it. New musical drama Sparkle - Whitney Houston’s final movie - also was performing nicely and could gross between $13 and $15 million for the weekend.įrom TriStar, the remake of the 1976 film stars American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Cee Lo Green, Cameron Ejogo and Tika Sumpter and is about three sisters who form a singing group in Detroit during the Motown era. PHOTOS: Posthumous Roles: 15 Stars Who Appeared on the Big Screen After Their Death Coraline, released in February 2009, opened to $16.8 million on its way to grossing north of $124 million worldwide. ParaNorman, about a boy who must stop the destruction of his hometown by a witch’s spell, is voiced by Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Anna Kendrick and Leslie Mann. The family film - produced by Focus and Laika, the team behind Coraline - is opening in 3,429 locations, the widest bow ever for Focus. rights to Expendables 2 for $35 million.Īmong the weekend’s other new films, Focus Features’ 3D stop-motion pic ParaNorman was off to a pleasing start, eyeing a possible $15 million to $17 million weekend. Lionsgate acquired North American and U.K. The rest of the cast includes Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture and Terry Crews. ![]() And while Arnold Schwarzenegger made a cameo in the first film, he’s featured far more in the sequel. From Lionsgate and Millennium Films, Expendables 2 has several noteworthy additions to its cast, including Chuck Norris, Liam Hemsworth and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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