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It took military action to prompt Pres. Obama to make an appearance on “ARGH!” Central.
Tomorrow, he specifically addresses our readers.
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Despite my misgivings about WIN WIN as a whole, it is one of the better films I’ve seen so far in 2011. Let’s face it: for anyone who hasn’t been lobotomized, it’s been a dismal year for film. (For my Movie Review Cartoon™ of WIN WIN, please go HERE.)
Continue Reading...(SPOILER ALERT! Key story and character elements are discussed throughout this recording. Press PLAY above to listen to the entire WIN WIN Q & A session with screenwriter/director Tom McCarthy and actor Alex Shaffer. Seattle International Film Festival Creative Director Carl Spence moderated the event following the film’s screening on March 21, 2011.)
Despite my misgivings about WIN WIN as a whole, it is one of the better films I’ve seen so far in 2011. Let’s face it: for anyone who hasn’t been lobotomized, it’s been a dismal year for film. (For my Movie Review Cartoon™ of WIN WIN, please go HERE.)
Battle:LA (read my Movie Review Review HERE)? Mars Needs Moms? Unknown (read my Review HERE)? Red Riding Hood? Drive Angry 3-D (read my Movie Review Cartoon HERE)? The movie that’s earned the “Making Battle:LA Seem Subtle” prize, however, is Sucker Punch (don’t miss my Movie Review Cartoon this Friday!)
I’m certain many more films will join the Mediocre Film Class of 2011.
If you want to avoid 2011’s full-frontal badness, many options await at your local RedBox, video store, or Netflix account. As a point of reference, you don’t have to reach further than the creative forces behind WIN WIN.
Here are some highlights:
Paul Giamatti:
He is a consistent workhorse in everything I have seen him in. Whether it’s a supporting role (as Bob Zmuda to Jim Carrey’s Andy Kaufman in Man On The Moon) or a lead performance (his exploration of depressed comic book icon Harvey Pekar in American Splendor cannot be missed!), he earns your attention. I even respect his Cleveland Heep in M. Night Shyamalan’s WTF?! cinematic catastrophe Lady In The Water; he fully committed himself and did his damnedest to sell some incredibly preposterous dialogue. Of course, he is unforgettable in Sideways as the middle-aged disaster known as Miles.
Jeffrey Tambor:
His take as the insecure Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show is hilarious. I enjoyed his take on bureaucratic sourpuss Tom Manning in both Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army. But, for me, the role that best served his sardonic sensibilities was George Bluth Sr. in Arrested Development, the show that didn’t stand a chance of surviving TV because it was too darn smart (R.I.P.).
Tom McCarthy:
See his The Station Agent and The Visitor and let me know what you think. (Richard Jenkins‘ performance in the latter…wow!)
Amy Ryan:
Check out her performance as Officer Beatrice “Beadie” Russell in the HBO series The Wire. (Ryan also worked with McCarthy as Scott Templeton in the last year of the series.)
After reading this and especially after Friday’s Movie Review Cartoon™ of Sucker Punch, there are alternatives to self-torture. The performances mentioned above are gifts you can give yourself.
– Paul Sundstrom
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WIN WIN’s screenwriter-director Tom McCarthy and first-time actor Alex Shaffer stuck around following last week’s Seattle screening for a short Q & A.
Although my movie review cartoon portrays WIN WIN as “so so,” this Q & A session provided some interesting tidbits about screenwriting, filmmaking, and hair.
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