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The Porn Star Who Loved Art Flicks
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I catch The Rotten Tomatoes Show pretty much every week, especially now that co-host Ellen Fox and I are officially engaged (but don't tell her; it's a surprise), and I'm always on the lookout for the best clips to share with you guys. Recently The RT Show had actress / cyber-smut starlet / attractive female Sasha Grey pop up to share her top five films, what with her 'legit' debut just hitting the scene recently. (It's Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience, and I'm still looking forward to checking it out.)So I'm guessing the producers of The RT Show were expecting a fairly standard list of favorite flicks from Ms. Grey. Maybe something like Pretty Woman or The Sixth Sense or (aha) Boogie Nights ... but Sasha is clearly a very discerning gal, and it sure seems like her tastes run towards the indie, the foreign, and the artsy. I won't ruin the surprises, but embedded below is a porn star who not only adores Cassavetes, Breillat, and Herzog, but she speaks about them well enough to prove she's not faking it! (I hate porn stars who fake it.) And then, just to add a little tweak to the list, her #1 pick is so cool, it made me want to ... give Sasha Grey a nice big kiss. On the cheek. Her face's cheek. Honest.
Rotten Tomatoes Heads for the Boob Tube
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There's been a hole in the television world since At the Movies lost Ebert and Roeper, gained Lyons and Mankiewicz, and made a whole lot of people really ticked off. Could Rotten Tomatoes be the answer to everything?The Hollywood Reporter posts that Current Media has cooked up a deal with the website to air a half hour series on Current TV and Current.com called "The Rotten Tomatoes Show on Current." Unfortunately, while I have always hoped for some sort of rotten tomato slinging in real life for the terrible stinkers that come out of Hollywood, the show will be fruit-free, featuring "movie news and information" while also giving "viewers the chance to participate in and influence the content of the series via both sites."
Congratulations to our friends over at RT for scoring such a deal! But I have to wonder: Are "film reviews for the audience and by the audience" the answer to cinema criticism in the future? Or more immediately, the key to a successful movie-centric show? I could see this being a great opportunity for budding writers, and an excellent way to increase buzz on smaller films, but only with some serious editing (but then it's not really by and for the people). It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out.
If you were in charge of bringing Rotten Tomatoes to the TV, how would you format it?
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