trailer trash - The Girlfriend Experience

I first read about The Girlfriend Experience well before Halloween and Stephen Soderbergh's forray into 3-d Musicals about some hot dead chick named Cleopatra, but didn't think too much of it because I was too busy wondering how Soderbergh was going to convince Clooney to play Marc Antony and sing on screen...(come to think of it he could just get this guy, but he is nowhere near as hot.)

The film stars real life porn star Sasha Grey in her mainstream debut (well aside from those American Apparel ads,) playing a $2000 an hour escort, and it follows her over the course of being interviewed, going on dates with guys who want more than just sex and for her to be pretend to be their girlfriend, hence the title of the film. The film is full of non professional actors so there's a real sense of verite. But what I found most intriguing about all the research I've done is that the film, which already premiered at The Sundance and Tribeca Flm Festivals, will be released in theatres on May 22nd, but was released on DVD and On Demand on April 30th, virtually creating a new business model for the release of films.

Exxotica Miami Beach starts tomorrow, and it's THE biggest XXX convention on the East Coast and Sasha Grey will be there. & of course everyone will want a piece of her, but I just want to ask her for Soderbergh's #...

"Burn After Reading" review

so i went and saw the Coen's Brother's "Burn After Reading" opening weekend and it was pretty damn fantastic. the trailer lays out the plot, but certainly doens't give anything away, or give the brilliant performances justice. Frances McDormand is such a great actress that i couldn't stand her character, a true sign of great acting. there was just something desperately pathetic about her, which is why Frances is so great, she's always able to provoke emotions you least expect out of her audience. while there just wasn't enough Tilda Swinton in my opinion. John Malkovich needs to be in more films, because watching him reminded me of why he inspires me as an actor and why "Being John Malkovich" is more relevant every year. Brad stole every scene he was in, while Clooney was pitch perfect as a giddy, yet clueless sleazeball. the movie starts out a bit slow, but progresses quickly and its denouement is executed to perfection to wrap the movie up the way it's meant to, quickly and hilariously. the tone and sentiment are the exact opposite of the Coen Brother's last film, the Oscar winner for Best Picture "No Country for Old Men," but the film is utterly delightful and definitely worth seeing in the theatre.

i went with a former friend [i write former because he never responded to my request for a review and we know how i can get when that happens] who was just as excited to see the movie as i was, that he went so far as to dress up like Brad's character "Chad Feldheimer" in the movie! My rating: 9.2/10

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trailer trash - Burn After Reading

"Burn After Reading" is the Coen Brother's latest oeuvre, starring George Clooney, Richard Jenkins, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, JK Simmons and Tilda Swinton. if you didn't already know, Frances won an Oscar for "Fargo," Clooney won one for "Syriana," Tilda did for "Michael Clayton," and the Brothers Coen for directing "No Country For Old Men." this movie looks hilarious and everyone in it is has fantastic comedic timing, i hope you enjoy the trailer as much as i do everytime i see it.