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This evening I attended the fabulous launch party for Delia Sherman's new ya novel The Freedom Maze. The party was thrown at the Center for Fiction (formerly, the Mercantile Library) in the midtown area. Pouring rain did not stop the many attendees from having a great time, with period drinks, plus wonderful food. I helped judge the cake contest and although someone did try to bribe me, he was too late. We had already made our picks. Top prize went to Alaya Dawn Johnson's fabulous orange spice with tart cherry cake which had multiple layers of flavor--almost like a Christmas fruit cake but much much better.
Delia read from her novel, a gentleman played piano, and some attendees even sang. But....the evil Genevieve Valentine persuaded me to head downtown to see Drive, the movie based on James Sallis's novel-in the east village. We left (in the rain) with Liz Gorinsky, who was heading home and made the movie with time to spare.
I'd been meaning to see it so was happy to have the unexpected opportunity. A stunt car drive/mechanic gets caught up with some very bad gangsters by trying to do a favor for a neighbor he likes. Cutting to the chase--the movie's terrific! Both G and I adored it. The original score is fabulous (G says it's gotten a lot of buzz for the Oscar). It's by Cliff Martinez and has a driving beat from the opening scene. The acting by Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks*
, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, and the rest of the cast was perfect. It's graphically violent so do beware if you have problems with that. Highly recommended.
Over the weekend I watched Priest on DVD, which sucked, although I do enjoy watching Paul Bettany and Maggie Q in anything. And the vampires were really creepy/disgusting and monstrous. That was refreshing. I also went to the movies over the weekend to see Margin Call, an excellent underrated movie that came out a few months ago about Wall Street -you wanna know what happened with Lehman? You can get a bit of a look at it by watching the movie. Acting by Paul Bettany (synchronicity strikes again), Demi Moore (oh sweetie, you shouldn't have had the work done on your face), Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey (his best acting in awhile), Peter Sullivan was all spot on. Good show. It is SOOOO nice to have seen two great movies in the theater in a row. Bravo!!
* I just want to add that I always hated Albert Brooks in his "comic" roles, finding him whiny and obnoxious. But some time in the past 10-15 years he's become a fine dramatic actor in movies like My Firs Mister and Drive.
Delia read from her novel, a gentleman played piano, and some attendees even sang. But....the evil Genevieve Valentine persuaded me to head downtown to see Drive, the movie based on James Sallis's novel-in the east village. We left (in the rain) with Liz Gorinsky, who was heading home and made the movie with time to spare.
I'd been meaning to see it so was happy to have the unexpected opportunity. A stunt car drive/mechanic gets caught up with some very bad gangsters by trying to do a favor for a neighbor he likes. Cutting to the chase--the movie's terrific! Both G and I adored it. The original score is fabulous (G says it's gotten a lot of buzz for the Oscar). It's by Cliff Martinez and has a driving beat from the opening scene. The acting by Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks*
, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, and the rest of the cast was perfect. It's graphically violent so do beware if you have problems with that. Highly recommended.
Over the weekend I watched Priest on DVD, which sucked, although I do enjoy watching Paul Bettany and Maggie Q in anything. And the vampires were really creepy/disgusting and monstrous. That was refreshing. I also went to the movies over the weekend to see Margin Call, an excellent underrated movie that came out a few months ago about Wall Street -you wanna know what happened with Lehman? You can get a bit of a look at it by watching the movie. Acting by Paul Bettany (synchronicity strikes again), Demi Moore (oh sweetie, you shouldn't have had the work done on your face), Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey (his best acting in awhile), Peter Sullivan was all spot on. Good show. It is SOOOO nice to have seen two great movies in the theater in a row. Bravo!!
* I just want to add that I always hated Albert Brooks in his "comic" roles, finding him whiny and obnoxious. But some time in the past 10-15 years he's become a fine dramatic actor in movies like My Firs Mister and Drive.
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