November 9, 2012
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ABOUT MOVIES, TV, ARTS AND EVENTS IN THE VALLEY
Despite A Brilliant Cast, Flight Takes A Cinematic Nose Drive By Art Byrd
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The most successful movie are the ones where you really like the lead character. As a moviegoers, we sympathize with a character as they go through the bad to the good. With the movie, Flight, starring screen icon, Denzil Washington as Whip Whitaker, a commercial airline pilot whose daring skills saves passengers involved in an airline crash. Hailed as a hero, Whip has some hidden demons such as drugs and alcohol, that come to the surface as the investigation into the crash starts to reveal. The movie starts with Whip in bed after a night of drinking and cocaine with flight attendant, Katerina Marquez played by Nadine Velazquez (My Name Is Earl). He is on the phone with his ex-wife who is asking for tuition money for a son who he doesn’t see. After doing a line of coke, a fully dressed Whip heads for the airport. Once aboard, the plane, Whip meet his co-pilot Ken Evans, played by Brian Geraghty (True Blood) who is nervous. He assures Ken that things will be alright. The plane is taking off in rain. While in the air, the plane starts shaking violently. The passengers are frightening. Whip uses a technique to get the plane to clear skies. So, we know that he is a great pilot.
“For me, it's always just been about finding material that I think is creative and interesting and fun and something that can expand me and that I can hopefully do something with.” Actor, Don Cheadle, currently co-starring with Denzil Washington in the movie, Flight, in theaters now.