Posts Tagged ‘sam mendes’

Sam Mendes is one of the few directors out there today who loves to examine the idea of family.  In each of his movies he loves to give us one or another version of a different family who is at a different stage in their relationship whether they’re just starting out, facing their first real crisis or at the end of the whole thing.   Mr. Mendes was (and still is) a theatre director before he became a great young film director after giving us his debut film, American Beauty (1999), which he won a best directing Oscar for. (more…)

Here Dougas, Andrew and Damion decide to give the final and last rant against our local theatre, Carib5, and review Hedwig and the AngryInch. (more…)

 

 The Unnamed Movie Podcast [Episode 17 - Hedwig and the Angry Inch] [121:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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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