'Shopgirl' and 'Match Point'

I watched these two films on successive nights on DVD and enjoyed each one.

The lusciousness of a window into the upper crust lifestyle of the British and famous made 'Match Point' much more enjoyable to me, I must say.

The best thing about 'Shopgirl' is Jason Schwartzman's ditsy wanna-be boyfriend, with his somewhat Asperger-ish behavior.

Scarlet Johansson, as always, shows why having her in a film guarantees its success.

For a while Jonathan Rhys Meyers reminded me of the young Malcolm McDowell in both his barely-concealed rage-against-the-poverty-machine ambition and his appearance but after a while you could see why he's a heartthrob in the classic matinee-idol sense as opposed to McDowell's "rough lad" appeal.

Emily Mortimer plays the same character as always, an insecure, winsome lass who's oh so sweet but ever so innocent in the ways of the world such that her lot always seems to be pain not of her own making.

She's the female Mark Ruffalo.