Advantages: Funny, witty, clever; it's klezmer music Disadvantages: Unnecessary Leonard Cohen cover
of music that is played at Jewish weddings when the bride and groom are lifted up on chairs and the guests dance in a circle round them singing "Hava Nagila" - you're pretty much there.
GEOFF BERNER AND KLEZMER MUSIC
"The Wedding Dance of the Widow Bride" is the second in his planned trilogy of klezmer-inspired collections ("Whisky Rabbi" is the first) and the ten tracks on the album follow the theme of love and marriage - with Berner's distinctive and slightly off-centre slant on things.
"Good luck now" is vibrant opener and really demonstrated the links between the Jewish and Roma strands that comprise klezmer music. It also introduces us the the recurring theme of the album and what makes Berner tick - his Jewishness.
"I'm internationally recognised
As a really lucky guy.
Everybody knows that I'm
The Lucky Goddam Jew ...
Advantages: Hillarious film with Sandler and Barrymore. Disadvantages: None!
This was the first Adam Sandler film I ever watched when it first came out in 1998, I remember my sister having the film on VHS and we used to sit there watching it every time I stayed at her house. And ever since its been my all time favourite film.
The Plot:
The film is about a wedding singer Robbie, who is getting married himself, until his fiance breaks up with him on their wedding day, and dumps him at the alter...or just leaves him standing there more like. Robbie slumps into a deep depression, and even ends up giving up on his job, which he used to love.
Meanwhile, Julie, who Robbie met briefly before his failed wedding. Is engaged to Glenn, is ecstatic when he finally sets a date, and she gets to planning her wedding.
Julie and Robbie's friendship blossoms and Robbie slowly comes back around to weddings ...
Advantages: The chemistry between the charecters comes across very well. Disadvantages: Quite predictable.
The Wedding Date is a brilliant romantic comedy about Kat Ellis who travels home from New York to London for her sister Amys wedding. Kat decides she cant face going to the wedding alone and with her ex fiance being there it gives her an addded reason to take a partner.
The film starts with a very worried overly anxious Kat trying to get hold of her date who is a very desirable male escort Nick. They finally meet on the plane to London to begin their venture to fool her friends and family into beliving they are madly in love. During their stay Kat and Nick stay in her old room at her parents house while joining in with all the events Amy and Ed have planned for the wedding party. Kat has a turbulet ride in London with loads of ups and downs where she eventually finds herself and figures out what is the best path for her to take her ...
