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MOVIE REVIEW
Not so scary ‘Roommate’ BY NICKY DIAZ CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER
“The Roommate” is nothing more than a fusion of “Single White Female” and “Fatal Attraction.” Director Christian E. Christiansen’s attempt at a thriller failed miserably, considering how scarce this movie is on scares. However, it is impossible to expect much after watching the trailer. Sara Matthews (Minka Kelly) is a fashion design student at the University of Los Angeles. “Gossip Girl’s” Leighton Meester plays Matthews’ new roommate and stalker, Rebecca. At first, Rebecca seems like just an overbearing friend. However, things take a dark turn when Rebecca murders someone to protect Matthews. In addition to the unoriginal plotline, the first half of the movie is incredibly slow. It seems like all the suspense and action are thrown into the last 15 minutes of the film. The final scenes are probably the most entertaining part of the poorly executed thriller. On a more positive note, Meester gives a de-
cent performance, as does Kelly. Unfortunately, they don't ease the dullness of the plot. Perhaps a few additional scares throughout the movie could have made it more enjoyable. Nicky Diaz may be contacted at ndiaz@ themiamihurricane.com.
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LOOKING BACK: Visitors admire the Rafel Soriano exhibit during the LoweDown Happy Hour event at the Lowe Art Museum Thursday.
Cuban painter at the Lowe
“The Roommate” STARRING: Minka Kelly, Leighton Meester DIRECTED BY:
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Christian E. Christiansen MPAA RATING: PG-13
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OBSESSIVE OTHER: Leighton Meester stars in Christian E. Christiansen’s “The Roommate.” Meester plays the role of Rebecca, a creepy roommate.
February 7 - February 9, 2011
styles in the 40s. Soriano became unpopular with the government of Fidel Castro and in 1962, he left Cuba for On Jan. 29, the Lowe Art Mu- Miami with his daughter and wife. Following his exile from Cuba, seum introduced a new retrospective exhibition on the work of Cuban ex- Soriano was mentally and emotionile Rafael Soriano titled “Rafael So- ally unable to paint and initially reluctant to identify with what it meant riano: Other Worlds Within.” Soriano’s daughter Hortensia re- to be Cuban-American. “He will never forget Cuba,” members a childhood shaped by her relationship with her father and his said Gladys Gómez-Rossié, the comlove of art. On Thursday, she hosted munity relations coordinator of the the first tour of her father’s exhibit Cuban Heritage Collection at the at the Lowe Art Museum during the Richter Library. “The United States is our second land, but we belong to LoweDown Happy Hour. “I think (my father’s paintings) Cuba.” But one night, influenced me to Soriano had a see the world with dream that helped all its beauty and For the full him accept his all its ugliness,” version, new home. After Hortensia said. “I log on to this experience, feel very honored themiamihurricane. Soriano began to that the Lowe Art com. paint again, but his Museum had my style completely father’s work on changed. His first their walls.” painting after reloSoriano’s exhibition at the Lowe is a collection cating to Miami, “Ventana Cósmiof 75 paintings spanning over six ca” (1966), demonstrated a developdecades, including his last painting ing stage in the evolution of his style. According to Brian Dursum, di“Planeta.” Upon completion of “Planeta” in 2000, he retired his easel rector and chief curator at the Lowe, and put his paintbrush down forever. the museum has a long tradition of “This exhibition is a testimony featuring older generations of artists. not only of my work but of the trajec- Soriano’s collection will be featured tory of my life and how it has mani- at the Lowe until March 27. fested in my paintings,” Soriano said. Soriano, 90, was born in Cidras, Chloe Herring may be contacted at Cuba and began experimenting with cherring@themiamihurricane.com. various geometric abstraction art BY CHLOE HERRING CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER