Confessions of a Shopaholic

I can't wait for Confessions of a Shopaholic starring Isla Fisher. I never read the book (hardly doubt I will) but I am definitely gonna check out the film. The movie was styled by styling genius Patricia Field (of Sex and the City).

The girls and I are supposed to do dinner this Friday when the movie hits theatres. Maybe we can all go see it afterwards.

Above is the star of the movie, Isla Fisher at the NYC premiere of the film. Cute dress.

Review: Cadillac Records

I must admit. I didn’t really want to see Cadillac Records after seeing the trailer. For whatever reason (Beyonce’s mediocre acting efforts), I was a bit skeptical. But I couldn’t have been more wrong.



This was a really good movie. I don’t even have anything deep or artistic to say about it. People were just acting real good in this movie. They weren’t acting well…they were acting good. Jeffrey Wright was absolutely brilliant as Muddy Waters. His performance was one of the best out of the cast. Adrien Brody delivered as expected and Beyonce actually did a good job. She was believable – to some extent there were moments where she just looked like beautiful Beyonce in a wig – but I have to give it to her. After this performance, I can seriously consider her an actress. (My favorite part: whenever she dropped the F bomb.)



There were many people in this movie: Gabrielle Union, Emmanuelle Chirqui, Cedric the Entertainer. But I do believe the diamond in the ruff was Columbus Short as Little Walter. He was genius. I didn’t even know he was in the film and he blew me away. Aside from Jeffrey, he was hands down the strongest actor in the movie.



If you haven’t seen and especially if you enjoy music, YOU MUST GO SEE THIS MOVIE. I highly recommend it. However, don’t take any young ones to go see it. The only downer about this movie is that there were a lot of unnecessarily exposed breasts and people using the eff word along with ‘mother effer’.



Aside from that though, it was flawless.

Review: Seven Pounds

As much as I love Will Smith, his new movie, Seven Pounds, just didn't do it for me. To tell you the truth, I think it tried a little too hard.

Not too long ago, I got into a debate with the fiance about Will Smith wanting to win an Oscar. He doesn't think he'll do it and I argue he will, but after this movie. I'm not so sure. Let me be clear. I enjoy Will as an actor. He's funny, smart, entertaining - the quintessential movie star - but I didn't see any of the above qualities in the movie. It's safe to say that this was his darkest role yet.

The film moved along really slow but was yet predictable. I think for the most part anyone who saw the film knew what was going to happen at the end. It had a great story, but it was executed poorly. Chopping up the story to build suspense wasn't the way to go. Had it just shown in a normal timeline, I would have enjoyed the movie even more. Either way, I still figured out what was going to happen. Rosario Dawson's performance didn't do it for me either. And I like her.

With its thorough effort to be deep and be one of the movies the talk of Tinseltown - earning Globe and Oscar nominations inevitably - it really fell flat. Surprisingly, I haven't read anything good or bad about the movie. Will was on Oprah the week before it came out which is truthfully the only reason I went out and saw the film. The trailer didn't do anything for me, it doesn't give any clues and neither did Will anytime he was questioned about it during an interview. But I see why now.

There was nothing to talk about.

If you haven't seen yet because your schedule hasn't allowed you...don't. Just wait until it goes to RedBox and rent it for $1. That's really all it's worth.

You be the judge.