Movie update

Saw The Girlfriend Experience – Sasha Grey was better than I expected (nervousness under a cool exterior was a good match for her character) but there wasn’t much substance to the film itself; watch Bubble first if you haven’t or better yet Schizopolis. Tried five minutes of The Ramen Girl, Brittany Murphy’s Japan-only (right?) film about a girl who gets dumped by her boyfriend while visiting Tokyo, distractingly bad production values, turned it off. Also saw FILM OF THE YEAR, Crank 2. That’s right, Crank 2. I didn’t see Crank 1, and you don’t have to either, this film stands alone. Get past the superficial racism and sexism and you’re left with a pretty astonishing…live action experimental cartoon. Tomorrow: Star Trek. Looking forward to: Trick ‘r’ Treat, District 9, Mother (Bong Joon-ho – you guys remember how much I liked The Host and parts of Memories of Murder) and above all, Soudain le Vide/Enter The Void.