‘After Life’ was released back in November of 2009 at the AFI Film Festival. It then saw a limited release in theaters this past April. Once I started watching and saw the cast I was surprised that this movie had not been advertised for, or at least I had never seen one for the movie, even the DVD.

Anyway the cast consists of some well-known actors and an actress. The movie centers around three characters, Anna Taylor (Christina Ricci), Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson) and Paul (Justin Long).  Eliot Deacon is a funeral home director that can speak to the dead. The first time that he spoke to the dead in the movie I felt as though it was something I had seen countless times before; however, before the scene was over I knew this was a new fresh twist on an old concept. Normally talking to the dead is to gain information, scare the audience, or act as a medium to convey an emotion directly to a character that’s already died. In After Life, talking to the dead occurs to help the dead move on and accept their death. It was something I had seen partially done before but not in this way.

I felt the acting in the movie was excellent. I’ve always liked Justin Long and Liam Neeson as actors. I hadn’t really seen much of Christina Ricci but after this movie I intend to see more of her work. I will note here that my desire to see more Christina Ricci movies is not because she is naked the majority of this movie. I felt like she played a good confused dead person that comes to grips with the fact that they are in fact dead. As mentioned before there are some pretty well known names, so its not surprising the acting delivered.

If you happen to come across this movie I’d say give it a watch. The movie isn’t very fast paced, but I feel like it doesn’t drag along much. It’s a mix between a thriller and horror movie. It never gets scary in the sense of things jumping out, but some of the scenes have a very dark side. At the end of the day I can say I’m glad that I came across this movie, let me know if you feel the same way.

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SAN DIEGO — Samuel L. Jackson brought the full lineup of The Avengers movie onstage Saturday at Comic-Con International. The big casting news: Mark Ruffalo will play Bruce Banner and Jeremy Renner will play Hawkeye.


Jackson, who plays Avengers leader Nick Fury in Marvel Studios’ cinematic universe, assembled the other actors who portray the superhero team — Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson).


Then Downey took the mic, with full Tony Stark swagger.


“Anybody see Inception?” Downey asked. “I think that was probably just about the most ambitious movie I’ve ever seen. And then I thought, ‘Wait a goddamn second. Marvel Studios is going to take all of their top superheroes and they’re gonna put them all together in The Avengers? That’s the most ambitious movie I’ve ever seen.”


Downey introduced Ruffalo, demanding that fans welcome the actor into the role formerly played by Edward Norton.


It was the kind of revelation that confirms Comic-Con’s Hall H as ground zero for genre film announcements, with studio panels becoming increasingly like Apple’s patented product reveals. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige even ripped off Steve Jobs’ “one more thing” bit, tacking on the Avengers casting news and curtain call after showing footage of Thor and Captain America.


After the Ruffalo casting news, Downey called onstage Joss Whedon, the director who confirmed his own participation in The Avengers previously at this year’s Comic-Con during a brainy head-to-head with J.J. Abrams.


“I had a dream,” said the typically self-deprecating Whedon, “and it was not this cool. I want to thank Kevin [Feige] so much, for bringing me on, for trusting me, and assembling my dream team. This is the Avengers,” he said referring to the actors on the stage.


“A team is more than the sum of its parts,” Whedon continued, “this cast is more than I could ever have dreamed for. And I am going to blow it!