Tim to redress the party balance

Saw 2 more films today, and stood within 50 feet of some stars!

1st the new Michel Gondry movie 'Be Kind Rewind' which I was surprised to really enjoy. I was like the only person in all of Islington and Notting hill Gate to not enjoy Eternal Sunshine mainly because I'm a heartless bastard, and I avoided Science of Sleep like the plague because it looked like it was a festival of hi-end gawkishness and this one... Well it's very charming, has alot of stuff (ie anything with Jack Black) that is funny as shit and rally comes from the heart. The story of 2 luckless video store guys who accidentally erase the entire shops stock (because Jack Black is magnetised whilst trying to sabtage a power station) and then have to refilm every single film themselves on VHS thus sparking off a neighbourhood craze ... it's kind of Gondry's letter from the soul - a hymn to DIY, low fi genius that can bring people together and heal communities. If that sounds like it skirts with cheesiness - it does. But it was quite lovely too - I thought. Others in my party were not so convinced.

Then 'Smart People' the first feature by super amazing commercials director Noam Murro. This was a very funny character piece cut from the same cloth as 'Juno' or 'Little Miss Sunshine' all about a disfunctional, bittersweet family trying to get along. It was very funny - had lots of laugh out loud lines and beautifully acted. Didn't quite go anywhere - but a very enjoyable way to spend 90 minutes. And the awesome Thomas Hayden Church is hysterical - and gave good Q&A after. Paris Hilton was sitting in the audience and everyone leapt to their feet as one to gawk at the bloodless little minx.

Now, It is time to redress the party balance. Having failed to get into any parties last night, one can only do better right? A couple of the actors have arrived so perhaps their boyish charms will help my chances of slipping into a dodgy venue and supping at some unnameable sponsor brand cocktail while watching people in parkas go by.