The Girlfriend Experience

Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience is a unique depiction of a semi high end to high end call girl in New York City played by pornstar Sasha Grey, who plays the role quite well. The film is not about the escort experience but more about the experience of being a escort. Chelsea (Grey) is a rising star within the escort scene and has aspirations on growing her clientele into more prestigious circles. This involves meeting with insiders within the escort world to put a good word to your name. Soderbergh depicts this process wonderfully with creative cinematography much like his HBO series "K Street."

The film's narrative is very nonlinear, which certainly makes the audience stay on their toes and pay attention to details, but it certainly does not deter the viewing experience.

If you are looking for a compelling sex centric movie regarding the escort scene then you might want to skip this and turn on Cinemax. On the other hand if you are interested in an authentic portrayal of what the day and the life of a New York call girl consists of then I would check this movie out.

The Getaway

Steve McQueen shows off his classic persona (you know the one where he doesn't say much but instead conveys more what he is talking about through a simple look) in The Getaway. This was a very popular movie in its day due to the fact Ali MacGraw had an affair with McQueen during the making of this movie and would later marry him. The studio would exploit this Hollywood gossip to help generate buzz to drive up ticket sales. Regardless of this Hollywood hoopla The Getaway is a good film. It is hard not to appreciate well choreographed car chases that use zero CGI and special effects, and this movie has several. What is more amazing about this film is that it was a big studio movie in 1972. However today it would be deemed a small independent picture, and I enjoyed every minute of it.