Rent It!
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Matt Damon, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale
About: Based on the nonfiction book The Informant, which describes Mark Whitacre’s involvement in a price-fixing conspiracy in the 1990s, The Informant! has Matt Damon suiting up to play the Illinois biochemist-turned-businessman. When the FBI starts looking into Whitacre’s employer, Archer Daniels Midland [...]
Tag Archives: Thank You for Smoking
The Informant!
March 16, 2010 – 7:03 pm
Up in the Air
December 30, 2009 – 9:57 am
Back in September, I waited at the barricades, shuffled between fans and paparazzi, to see the stars of Up in the Air. I got a glimpse of Jason Bateman, Anna Kendrick and George Clooney on the red carpet. I even wrote about the experience in a blog post. I hadn’t heard anything about the film [...]
“Love Happens” for “Smoking” Aaron Eckhart
September 20, 2009 – 11:57 am
Ever since watching him spin doctor his way through sticky situations as a representative for the tobacco industry in Thank You for Smoking, I’ve been a fan of Aaron Eckhart. The films Eckhart stars in have a very distinctive quality about them, one that borders between a dark comedy and drama. Although Eckhart has been [...]