Las Vegas Strip Clubs: Distinctive with No “Hangover,” CineVegas Maintains Great Groove
June 17, 2009 by diamond
If the CineVegas Film Festival opened a mere two weeks earlier, one could imagine the opening night slot going to Warner Bros’ newly released comedy “The Hangover.” As the summer’s first big hit, its tremendous eruption of popularity suggests that Vegas’s party vibe lies squarely within the collective imagination of the moviegoing public. Alas, the timing didn’t quite work out, and the festival opened with “Saint John of Las Vegas,” a thoroughly mediocre Steve Buscemi vehicle that nevertheless contains all the requisite environmental details (particularly gambling and strippers). At the end of the day, “Saint John” did the job of setting the scene so the festival could redirect attention from the obvious local characteristics to more audacious aspects of the program. Besides, if anyone wanted to see “The Hangover,” it was playing in the same theater at Palms Casino Resort where the majority of the festival unspooled. For most CineVegas audiences, however, “The Hangover” could wait.
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