Sunday, April 29, 2012
The sci-fi thriller “Sound of My Voice,” starring Brit Marling as a mesmerizing cult leader, keeps its audience guessing as to her true intentions before wrapping up with an a-ha ending that could still be interpreted in a number of ways. Spoiler alert: Here are five other movies with stunning endings:
v “Citizen Kane” (1941): Rosebud is actually a sled. The word Charles Foster Kane whispers mysteriously at the beginning of the film is revealed again at the end, painted on his childhood sled, which has been tossed in the furnace. Admit it, you never would have guessed that.
v “Planet of the Apes” (1968): The planet is actually Earth. As Charlton Heston laments, we’re maniacs, we blew it all up.
v “The Sixth Sense” (1999): Bruce Willis is actually dead. The first big M. Night Shyamalan twist remains the best big M. Night Shyamalan twist. Sure, if you go back and look for clues, you can probably find some. But the first time you saw this movie, it was head-spinning.
v “Fight Club” (1999): Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are actually the same person. Tyler Durden is everything Norton’s character wants to be: sexy, charismatic, commanding and, most importantly, fearless.
v “Sleepaway Camp” (1983): The teenage girl killer is actually a boy. Now, this is the one movie on the list you may not have seen but it’s become a B-horror classic.
Live Motown music at dinner-show
Brookfield
Blue Ice Promotions will present a Motown dinner-show May 19 at Tiffany’s Banquet Center, 601 Bedford Road SE.
The event will be headlined by the musical group A Taste of Love, which originated in the Shenango Valley and is known for its 1975 recordings “Cindy” and “Love Meditations” on Youngstown-based Peppermint Records.
A Taste of Love will deliver a musical tribute to the vocal groups of the Motown Era, including The Temptations, The Drifters, The O’Jays, The Four Tops, The Spinners and The Dramatics.
The dinner-show will begin with a cash-bar cocktail hour at 6 p.m. A sit-down dinner will be served promptly at 7 p.m. and the show will begin with an opening performance by Ms. Motown, Debbie T, at 8 p.m.
Tickets for the dinner-show are $25 per person.
For reservations, call 330-448-0778 or 724-734-9233.
To view video clips, go to facebook.com/atasteoflove.