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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Watching "The Girl Next Door"

A mid-list sex comedy about a porn star moving in to a suburban neighborhood.

It stars Emile Hirsch who won a bunch of acting awards for Into The Wild and Milk; Timothy Oliphant who I think will win an Emmy for Justified some time soon; and Paul Dano who won a bunch of awards for There Will Be Blood and Little Miss Sunshine.

For some reason, I've always liked movies like that.  It's nothing special - Risky Business for the porn age - but you have this extraordinary collection of young talented actors in it.  Oh, and Elisha Cuthbert.  Was it really good casting director?  A director with an eye for talent?

Oh, and awesome soundtrack.

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