Arts & Entertainment
Dinner and a Movie: 'The Woman in Black' is Haunting
The actor known as Harry Potter scares up some new material in a good old-fashioned haunted house movie.
Editor's Note — Dinner and a Movie is our newest feature on Roseville Patch. Every Friday, we'll give you a quick review of a new movie, where and when it plays and a dinner idea to go along with it.
Daniel Radcliffe plays a single parent who settles in for several nights of terror in "The Woman in Black."
Radcliffe plays Victorian Solicitor Arthur Kipps, a widower whose wife died during the birth of his son four years earlier. Despite warnings from the terrified locals, he takes up residence in a creepy old house to handle the affairs of the now deceased owner. When night falls, the supernatural world comes out, complete with wind-up toys, total darkness, and spooky images of a ghost.
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Radcliffe is suited for this kind of film. The Harry Potter franchise has made him an expert in the art of looking frightened…and this is one scary house.
"The Woman in Black" is a creepy movie, leaving you wondering what is just beyond the camera framing. The pale makeup and creepy old-fashioned clothing only add to the suspense and the horror. The only problem I had was, well, Radcliffe. When he is not looking frightened he still seems too puppyish to convince me that he is a parent.
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So the flick-o-meter gives The Woman in Black a decent three out of five.
It's hard for me to see Radcliffe in anything other than Harry Potter but he is committed to the character and he does a good job in his first post-Potter role. It is pretty scary.
Showtimes: Catch "The Woman in Black" at on N. Sunrise at 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. and at Blue Oaks Century Theaters in Rocklin in Digital Projection at 11:40 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:20 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 4:55 p.m., 6:20 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 9 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.
Dinner: How about some comfort food before or after taking in this scary flick? Try a juicy steak, lobster mac and cheese and a dessert at . An added bonus: It's just across the street from the theater.
Film critic Brett Martin gives his take on a new release. See all Brett's reviews at www.flickedup.com, or follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/brettervideo.
