The Oscars...

82nd Academy Awards

While I think that The Hurt Locker will get both Best Picture and Best Director, I'm rooting for District 9. Hands down the best (and most original) film of 2009.

In the best actor/actress categories I think that Jeff Bridges, Christoph Waltz, and Mo'Nique are surefire winners. But if the Razzie nominee Sandra Bullock wins an Oscar...then I will go and slit my wrists...or jump off a cliff...or both hahaa:)

WATCH THE OSCARS TONIGHT @ 7PM CENTRAL ON ABC!!!

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The Girlfriend Experience

See It With Someone You ****

I think director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) has taken a whole lot of nothing and turned it into something with his latest film -- The Girlfriend Experience. The film itself has the touch and feel of a documentary and therefore adds a sense of realism to the story. While I think that the plot (the life of a high priced NYC hooker...sorry, I meant to say "escort") is quite intriguing, I think the best part of the story is the time line -- the film takes place during the 2008 Wall Street crisis and adequately portrays the everyday (financial) fears of not only the high end escorts, but also the clientele of these "service providers" at the brink of the Wall street collapse. I work for a financial firm myself and can vividly remember those days. Not pretty...

3 out of 5.

Did I mention that Sasha Grey is uber-hot??:)

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Viira is back for 2010...

The critically acclaimed, self-proclaimed, and angry film critic "Viira" is back for 2010...

Keep checking back for my thoughts and opinions on the Oscars (tonight @ 7pm), Shutter Island, and Steven Soderbergh's (Traffic) latest film -- The Girlfriend Experience.


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