The BIG movie weekend!
The Miami International Film Festival starts today! Its also the last weekend to catch all the Oscar nominated movies! This makes it officially THE biggest weekend for movies in Miami all year! What to do? What to see?!
I admit, I don’t know much about the festival… I don’t usually go see the debbie downer movies about AIDS in Iceland or what-have-you… I prefer the wierdo comedies in the spirit of The Baxter or Rushmore or Best in Show… So if I do go see a movie from the festival I will probably drag my boyfriend to see City Island with the resplendent Julianna Margulies (who is fabulous in The Good Wife), Andy Garcia, and that kid from Californication who plays Hank Moody’s daughter’s boyfriend. The story is about a family of compulsive liars living in the Bronx who don’t get along (wait- isn’t that the secret to getting along with your family… ??). It won the Audience Award at Tribeca Film Festival last year- so I’m thinking its a good bet.
BUT…. and its a big BUT… its the Oscar’s on Sunday and I still haven’t seen AVATAR much to the dismay of all those who have seen it who INSIST that I have to experience it in the theaters. Fine fine… its just that movies have gotten so expensive to go see and the last thing I want to do is spend my Friday or Saturday night at Sunset Place spending an hour trying to get out of that parking lot!
So not sure, I may go see flying blue people just so I know what the fuss is all about on Sunday. There is no way am I seeing Precious based on the novel Push by Sapphire… and no I did not need to look it up to know the whole title, I watched the SAG awards and Golden Globes so that damn title is sticking with me till I die. Don’t get me wrong I loves me some Mo’Nique- who was amazing in Phat Girlz BTW- so I will be rooting for her come Sunday. Still I just can’t for some reason… So its either the big-Hollywood-blockbuster-highest-grossing-film-of-all-time (!) or the indies. Either way I see a bag of Twizzlers in my future.
