"Rachel Getting Married" Review

So I saw "Rachel Getting Married" last night to kill sometime before The Rolling Stone party for Takashi Murakami at the Gansevoort South. And was riveted by how subtle, yet in your face the film was. It stars Anne Hathaway, who plays Kym, a drug addict who has just been released from rehab and is heading home for the weekend for her older sister's wedding.

Rachel's fiance is a musician, and actually portrayed by Tunde Adebimpe, the lead singer of TV on the Radio, so the movie is full of music and musicians who are part of the wedding party and are constantly filling the air, and the film with sweet melodies, that resonate throughout the duration of the film and play with such relaxed passion you can see thay they are truly relishing in the celebration and joyous event that is the wedding. When the movie was over I certainly thought is was pretty great and didn't really think about it, but now that I've had a chance to let it linger in my mind, the film was really lovely and beautifully executed by an incredily believable ensemble cast, no wonder there's all kinds of buzz - especially Oscar- surrounding Anna Hathaway's performance,the director Jonathan Demme and first time Screen Writer Jenny Lumet. The film is certainly dramatic and not as dark as it could have been considering the subject matter, but it certainly addresses the many issues each character has with one another and how in the end, sometimes all you really have his family. My rating: 8.7/10

It's Art Basel bitches!

Art Basel is THE biggest Art event in the United States and the sister event to massive Art Fair that happens each summer in Switzerland. Not only is Art Basel an art bonanza it attracts possibly some of the most interesting, eccentric and diverse group of people you could ever imagine meeting (in Miami at least), who have an appreciation of art. While the first weekend in December is all about the art, for some it's all about the parties, that rival the electronic events that surround Winter Music Conference. The 2nd hottest hotel in town The Gansevoort South (the first being the newly reopened Fonatinebleu) is hosting a number of parties at their elecro-lounge/club Louis. Wednesday night, is the Rolling Stone Party for Japanese artist/genius Takashi Murakami. While Thursday night's party is for the Antichrist Superstar himself, Marily Manson, in celebration of his art exhibition Trismegistus . I'm definitely going to one, maybe both, so I'll let you know how it goes, but GO SEE SOME ART THIS WEEKEND IF YOU'RE IN MIAMI! It is literally all around you and you should take advantage of it.

'Twilight' Movie Review

I'm not going to mince words or go into a long diatribe about this film. All I can say is that it is incredibly entertaining, preposterously silly and annoyingly delightful. I absolutely love Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight Saga," she's a brilliant writer with a distinct voice that has written a great book series with a legion of fans, who's passion boggles my mind. With that mentioned "Twilight" is a completely different artistic endeavor and entity and an ADAPTATION, and not a perfect book to screen copy, but certainly does the source material justice.

Director Catherine Hardwicke has done a stellar job helming this special little film, that just happened to turn into a ginormous pop-culture phenomenon. There's really not much else I can say accept go see the movie if you're interested or intrigued, and if you've actually read any of the Twilight Saga, seeing all the characters come to life will most certainly amuse and please you. It's just a cool movie, with a cool story, cast and fantastic soundtrack, that's worth seeing (maybe even more than once- and no I won't admit how many times I've already seen it.) My rating 8/10

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