Posts Tagged ‘chris cooper’

Trailers: The Company Men

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

John WellsThe Company Men has finally gotten a trailer.  The film is about a man who’s closer to forty than thirty and has just lost his job and needs to find something to believe in.  The film was praised at festivals as the film of the moment after Jason Reitman‘s Up In The Air tackled the topic of the American economy through the businessman.  See the trailer below: (more…)

Top Ten Bad Parents in Film

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Top Ten - Parents

This week I’ll be seeing Precious, which seems to be sporting some bad parenting tips for the younger generation to pick up on and I decided to list what seems to be some bad parents that I’ve noticed over the years that have been put on the big screen for us to enjoy. (more…)

Loving the 90s [American Beauty]

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Lester Burnham [Kevin Spacey] is a stereotypical suburban father and his wife, Carolyn Burnham [Anette Benning], and a daughter Jane Burnham [Thora Birch] is the stereotypical suburban family. Until of course they stop making those fake smiles like they’re taking a family photo. Lester is going through a case of depression, while Carolyn is trying to be more successful at her job and begins to cheat on Lester, and Jane hates her parents since they are so ‘weird’ and she starts to get interested in the odd drug-dealer boy who lives next door.

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