Did anybody catch City Island during its earlier—and very brief—run locally? Xpress movie critic Justin Souther did, but he seems to be one of the few who did. So when it turned out that the film was being given a second chance at big-screen life in Asheville—starting this Friday at Carolina Asheville—Souther spoke with the film’s star, Andy Garcia, about this unusual turn of events, about the film itself and the state of independent movie production today.
Get Him to the Greek
The Story: An inept intern must get an uncontrollable, drug-addled rock star from London to L.A. in three days. The Lowdown: An occasionally funny comedy that gets too bogged down in wayward plotting and a predilection towards tacked-on weightiness.