the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 26, 2012, 9:14 pm
50/50 (USA) Directed by Jonathan Levine  Written by Will Reiser  Starring Joseph Gordon Leavitt; Seth Rogan; Angelica Huston; Bryce Dallas Howard; Phillip Baker Hall; Matt Frewer; Andrew Airlie A strange blend of movie-of-the week subject matter and stoner comedy somehow works in spite of itself,...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 25, 2012, 5:39 pm
... Grant Heslov). Focusing on presidential candidate/ Pennsylvania Governor Mike Morris (Clooney), ... Contender (2000); Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Best Man (1964); and State ... , is still an innocent, maintaining the belief one can mix idealism ... campaign strategy, and carefully mani...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 19, 2012, 8:36 pm
Directed by Jean Luc Godard  Written by Jean Luc Godard Eighty one year old Jean Luc Godard continues his ongoing dialectic about the collapse of traditional cinema (and, for that matter, Western civilization) in his latest video essay - the form which has dominated his career for some twenty five...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 16, 2012, 5:54 pm
... Bucur; Sasa Paul-Szel Arising out of a country that has given us 2005s The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu) and ... life unfold before us. In fact, the scenes usually play out in ... their arrangement and wanting more. On the whole, Paul’s marriage seems ... actors behave truthfull...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 16, 2012, 5:09 pm
Senna (BRIT) Directed by Asif Kapadia; Written by Mandish Pandey Senna is a gripping documentary about the life of Brazilian Formula One race car driver Ayrton Senna. What sounds like a very average set up for a sports bio is transformed into high drama of the first order as director Asif Kapadia m...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 12, 2012, 2:48 pm
The Guard (IRE) Directed by John Michael McDonagh  Written by John Michael McDonagh  Starring Brendan Gleason; Don Cheadle; Liam Cunningham; Mark Strong; David Wilmot; Fionnula Flanagan; Rory Keenan; Dominique McElliott; Katarina Cas; Brother of award winning playwright and In Bruges (2008) write...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 10, 2012, 1:24 pm
Certfied Copy (FR) Directed by Abbas Kiarostami Written by Abbas Kiarostami Starring Juliette Binoche; William Shimmel; Adrian Moore; Gianna Giachetti; Angelo Barbagallo The marvelous Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, who has a history of employing non-actors, steps a bit out of his box to create ...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 9, 2012, 3:31 pm
Mildred Pierce (HBO) Difrected by Todd Haynes  Written by Tod Haynes; Jonathan Raymond  Starring Kate Winslet; Guy Pearce; Evan Rachel Wood; Brian O’Byrne; Mare Winningham; James Legros; Melissa Leo; Morgan Turner; Hope Davis; Marin Ireland; Ronald Guttman; Miriam Shor Melodrama is most often s...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 9, 2012, 12:58 pm
Unguarded (DOC) (USA) Directed by Jonathan Hock Currently being shown on ESPN. Chris Herren is a former NBA basketball player whose struggle with drugs and alcohol is documented in this look at one man’s battle to overcome his own personal demons. Herren grew up in basketball crazy Fall River, ...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 7, 2012, 12:09 pm
Hugo (USA) Directed by Martin Scorcese Written by John Logan Starring Asa Butterfield; Ben Kingsley; Chloe Moretz; Sasha Baron Cohen; Emily Mortimer; Ray Winstone; Christopher Lee; Michael Stuhlbarg; Richard Griffiths For the past twenty-plus years, Director Martin Scorcese’s career could be desc...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 2, 2012, 5:59 am
The Artist (Fr/BELG) Directed by Michael Hazanavicius Written Michael Hazanavicius  Starring Jean Dujardin; Berenice Bejo; John Goodman; James Cromwell; Penelope Anne Miller; Missi Pyle; Malcolm McDowell A twelve million dollar French silent would not, at least on paper, seem like an obvious formu...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Dec 23, 2011, 10:48 pm
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (USA) Directed by David Fincher Written by Steve Zaillian Starring Rooney Mara; Daniel Craig; Christopher Plummer; Robin Wright; Stellan Skarsgard; Joely Richardson; Goran Visnjic This American adaptation of the late Stieg Larson’s first book (in his best selling t...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Oct 27, 2011, 10:13 pm
Breaking Bad (AMC) Renewed for one more (16 episode) season this past August, Breaking Bad wrapped its fourth earlier this month, and it was as good as any of the ones previous. Vince Gilligan’s marvelous story about high school science teacher/cancer patient Walter White’s (Bryan Cranston) desc...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Oct 26, 2011, 2:57 am
Beats, Rhymes, and Life: The Travels of a tribe Called Quest (USA) Directed by Michael Rapaport The title comes from A Tribe Called Quest’s 1996 Grammy Award nominated fourth album. Director Michael Rapaport, better known for his acting talents, examines the history of one of hip hop’s most bel...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Oct 24, 2011, 9:35 pm
Page One: Inside the New York Times (USA) Directed by Andrew Rossi Written by Andrew Ross; Kate Novack Page One is an examination of the inner workings The New York Times, a newspaper that has been on the vanguard of journalism for the past 160 years, but rather than a strict procedural the film is...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Oct 22, 2011, 11:58 pm
... not much different from some of the better R rated studio comedies ... Bosses; The Hangover; Wedding Crashes; Superbad; 40 year Old Virgin, et ... turn owed a tip of the hat to Bobcat Goldwait’s ... sugar daddy. Diaz joyfully embraces the despicable nature of her character ... as Princi...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Oct 19, 2011, 9:21 am
Horrible Bosses (USA) Directed by Seth Gordon Written by Michael Markowitz; John Francis Daley; Jonathan Goldstein   Starring Jason Sudekis; Jason Batemen; Charlie Day; Colin Farrell; Jennifer Aniston; Kevin Spacey; Jamie Foxx; Donald Sutherland; Lindsay Sloane; Julie Bowen Seth Gordon (Four Chris...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Oct 16, 2011, 1:09 am
Bill Cunningham New York (USA) Directed by Richard Press Fascinating and engagingly human portrait of New York Times fashion/society photographer Bill Cunningham, an octogenarian whose regular photo columns, On The Street and Evening Hours, have been mainstays for the publication’s print and onli...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Oct 15, 2011, 10:16 pm
... vibe, mixed with seventies American Cinema (think Harold and Maude); with a dollop of Catcher in the Rye for good measure. Once upon a time one can imagine Michael Cera in an American version of the film, doing a riff on his outsider character who’s so square he’s hip (Scott Pilgrim; Youth ...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Oct 10, 2011, 9:22 am
Moneyball (USA) Directed by Bennett Miller  Written by Aaron Sorkin; Steve Zaillian  Starring Brad Pitt; Jonah Hill; Phillip Seymour Hoffman; Robin Wright Penn; Chris Pratt; Spike Jonze; Kerri Dorsey; Robert Kotick Based on Michael Lewis’ 2003 book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, ...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Oct 1, 2011, 11:35 pm
Win Win (USA) Directed by Thomas McCarthy  Written by Thomas McCarthy Starring Paul Giamatti; Amy Ryan; Bobby Cannavale; Jeffrey Tambor; Burt Young; Melanie Lynskey; Alex Shafffer; Margo Martindale Win Win is writer/director Thomas McCarthy’s follow up to his timely 2007 critical darling, The V...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Sep 28, 2011, 6:06 pm
... Written by Scott Z. Burns  Starring Matt Damon; Kate Winslet; Jude Law; Gwyneth Paltrow; Lawrence Fishburne; Marion Cotilliard; Sanaa Lathan; Elliott Gould; John Hawkes; Demetri ... of the CDC (Center for Disease Control); Kate Winslet, a CDC investigator working for Cheever; Jude Law as Al...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Sep 26, 2011, 7:14 pm
Meek’s Cutoff (USA) Directed by Kelly Reichardt  Written by Jonathan Raymond  Starring Michelle Williams; Paul Dano; Will Patton; Bruce Greenwood; Zoe Kazan; Neal Huff; Tommy Nelson; Rod Rondeaux Based on a script from frequent collaborator Jonathan Raymond, Oregon native Kelly Reichardt’s ...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Sep 22, 2011, 3:54 am
Drive (USA) Directed by Nicholas Winding Refn  Written by Hossein Amini  Starring Ryan Gosling; Carey Mulligan; Bryan Cranston; Albert Brooks; Ron Perlman; Christina Hendricks; Oscar Isaac; Kaden Leos Based on a book by James Sallis, Drive also shares a number of similarities with the 1978 Walter...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Aug 10, 2011, 4:51 pm
Crazy Stupid Love (USA) Directed by Glenn Ficara; John Requa   Written by Dan Fogelman  Starring Steve Carrell; Julianne Moore; Ryan Gosling; Analeigh Tipton; Jonah Bobo; Marisa Tomei; Kevin Bacon; John Carroll Lynch; Beth Littleford; Liza Lapira; Josh Groban; Liza Laira Without Judd Apatow there...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Aug 3, 2011, 10:31 pm
The Adjustment Bureau (USA) Directed by George Nolfi   Written by George Nolfi  Starring Matt Damon; Emily Blunt; John Slattery; Terrence Stamp Screenwriter George Nolti contributed to one of the atrocious Ocean’s sequels and to The Bourne Ultimatum, and here teams with one of the stars of tho...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jul 26, 2011, 5:51 am
British Director Ken Loach The marvelous British social realist filmmaker Ken Loach has a channel, Ken Loach Films, on YouTube at   http://www.youtube.com/user/KenLoachFilms. Loach and his producing partner Rebecca O’Brien, through their Sixteen Films, provide an opportunity to view trailers, cl...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jul 22, 2011, 8:46 pm
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jul 7, 2011, 6:51 pm
Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinema (FR) Directed by Jacques Richard Following a 1970 documentary entitled Henri Langlois, this French production’s title refers to a man who was not an actor, director, or producer, but whom nevertheless looms as one of the most influential figures in cinema his...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jul 5, 2011, 11:54 pm
Any list - particularly one involving television with its massive viewership and serial nature, is open to debate. For every group of Mad Men devotees there are no doubt an equally massive number of passionate fans of Family Guy, NCIS, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, or True Blood. This is, the...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jun 27, 2011, 7:56 pm
The Trip (UK) Directed by Michael Winterbottom   Starring Steve Coogan; Rob Brydon; Claire Keelan; Rebecca Johnson; Kerry Shale; Margo Stilley There are several moments in Michael Winterbottom’s latest that recall sections of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s brilliant The Wind Will Carry U...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jun 19, 2011, 5:39 pm
Tree of Life (USA) Directed by Terrence Malick   Written by Terrence Malick   Starring Brad Pitt; Jessica Chastain; Sean Penn; Hunter McKracken; Laramie Eppler; Tye Sheridan Sixty Seven year old Terrence Malick, he of the breathtakingly sumptuous Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978), has fa...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jun 19, 2011, 3:03 pm
Apologies for my recent hiatus, but I am back and will once again be posting. Appreciate all the kind words of encouragement. - The Cinema Guy
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Feb 27, 2011, 3:15 pm
Biutiful (SPAN) Directed by Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu   Written by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu; Nicolas Giacabone; Armando Bo  Starring Javier Bardem; Marciel Alvarez; Hanna Bouchaib (Ana); Guillermo Estrella (Mateo); Eduard Ferndez; Cheikh Ndiaye; Diaryatao Daff; Lang Sofia; Luo Jin Lin; Cheng ...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Feb 25, 2011, 12:32 pm
Another Year (BRIT) Directed by Mike Leigh   Written by Mike Leigh  Starring Jim Broadbent; Ruth Sheen; Lesley Manville; Imelda Staunton; Oliver Maltman; Peter Wight; David Bradley; Martin Savage; Karina Fernandez; Michele Austin; Philip Davis Sixty eight year old Mike Leigh has been producing re...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 21, 2011, 11:50 pm
Rabbit Hole (USA)  Directed by John Cameron Mitchell   Written by David Lindsay-Abaire  Starring Nicole Kidman; Aaron Eckhart; Sandra Oh; Dianne Weist; Miles Teller; Giancarlo Esposito; Jon Tenney; Tammy Blanchard David Lyndsay-Abaire adapted the screenplay for Rabbit Hole from his own play (wh...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 9, 2011, 1:25 am
Blue Valentine  Directed by Derek Cianfrance  Written by Derek Cianfrance; Joey Curtis; Cami Delavigne  Starring Ryan Gosling; Michele Williams; John Doman; Jen Jones; Faith Wladya; Mike Vogel Not that it’s some kind of secret, but let it be said that Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl; Ha...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 6, 2011, 3:03 am
True Grit (USA) Directed by Joel Coen; Ethan Cohen  Written by Joel Coen; Ethan Coen  Starring Jeff Bridges; Matt Damon; Hailee Steinfeld; Josh Brolin; Barry Pepper; There was a time when it seemed that the American Western had all but died out, but along came Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven (1992)...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 5, 2011, 10:38 pm
Somewhere (USA) Directed by Sofia Coppola   Written by Sofia Coppola  Starring Stephen Dorff; Elle Fanning; Chris Pontius; Lala Sloatman There has, in recent years, seemingly been a lot of negative verbiage dedicated to the relative abilities of writer/director Sofia Coppola. At 39, with four f...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 2, 2011, 7:00 pm
The King’s Speech (BRIT) Directed by Tom Hooper  Written by David Seidler  Starring Colin Firth; Geoffrey Rush; Helena Bonham Carter; Derek Jacobi; Timothy Spall; Michael Gambon; Guy Pearce; Claire Bloom; Eve Best; Roger Parrott; Jennifer Ehle Fifty year old Colin Firth is most often seen playi...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Jan 2, 2011, 2:15 am
MicMacs (FR) Directed by Jean-Pierre Juenet  Written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Guillaume Laurant  Starring Dany Boon; Andre Dussollier; Nicolas Marie; Yolande Moreau; Jean-Pierre Marielle; Julie Ferrer; Dominique Pignon; Omar Sy; Michel Cremades Early on in Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s career he ...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Dec 27, 2010, 4:30 pm
Tiny Furniture (USA) Directed by Lena Dunham   Written by Lena Dunham   Starring Lena Dunham; Laurie Simmons; Grace Dunham; Alex Karpovsky; Jemima Kirke; Merritt Weaver; David Call( Keith); Amy Seimetz Festival hit Tiny Furniture comes from twenty four year old writer/director Lena Durham, who al...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Dec 21, 2010, 7:53 pm
127 Hours (USA) Directed by Danny Boyle  Written by Simon Beaufroy; Danny Boyle  Starring James Franco; Kate Mara; Amber Tamblyn; Lizzy Caplan; Treat Williams; Kate Burton; Rebecca Olsen Having started acting some thirteen years ago, for some time now thirty two year old James Franco has been l...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Dec 20, 2010, 5:52 pm
The Fighter (USA) Directed by David O. Russell   Written by  Scott Silver; Paul Tamasy; Eric Johnson    Starring Mark Wahlberg; Christian Bale; Melissa Leo; Amy Adams; Jack McGee; Mickey O’Keefe In an era fraught with scandal and controversy within the sport, Junior Welterweight “Irish” ...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Oct 14, 2010, 11:44 pm
The Social Network(USA) Directed by David Fincher   Written by Aaron Sorkin  Starring Jesse Eisenberg; Justin Timberlake; Rooney Mara; Andrew Garfield; Max Minghella; Armie Hammer; Joseph Mozzello Hollywood has every resource its disposal - the money to buy the best technology and technicia...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Sep 28, 2010, 3:39 am
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (USA) Directed by Oliver Stone  Written by Allen Loeb; Stephen Schiff   Starring Michael Douglas; Shia Labeouf; Carey Mulligan; Josh Brolin; Susan Sarandon; Eli Wallach; Frank Langella; Austin Pendleton; Jason Clarke; Vanessa Ferlito        Sixty four yea...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Sep 22, 2010, 4:08 pm
I’m Still Here (USA) Directed by Casey Affleck I’m Still Here arises out of a tradition that includes Spinal Tap; Sasha Baron Cohen’s Borat; and Bruno; the films of Christopher Guest; and the work of Andy Kaufman, performance art played out in a mockumentary format. The best of this type of w...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Sep 17, 2010, 9:57 pm
The Town (USA) Directed by Ben Affleck  Written by Ben Affleck; Aaron Stockard; Peter Craig   Starring Ben Affleck; Jeremy Renner; Rebecca Hall; Jon Hamm; Peter Postelwaite; Blake Lively; Slaine; Owen Burke; Titus Welliver In director years Ben Affleck, at age 38, is a kid, still honing his c...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Sep 13, 2010, 11:21 pm
Animal Kingdom (USA) Directed by David Michod  Written by David Michod  Starring Ben Mendelsohn; Joel Edgerton; Guy Pearce; Luke Ford; Sullivan Stapleton; James Frecheville; Dan Wyllie; Jacki Weaver; Laura Wheelwright In recent years, there has, seemingly, been a dearth of meaningful cinema arisi...
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the cinema guy posted an article on The Cinema Guy - Sep 10, 2010, 10:27 pm
Solitary Man (USA) Directed by  David Levien; Brian Koppelman  Written by Brian Koppelman    Starring Michael Douglas; Susan Sarandon; Jenna Fischer ; Imogen Poots; Mary-Louise Parker; Danny Devito; Jesse Eisenberg; Richard Schiff; Gary Costabile; Olivia Thirlby; Ben Shenkman; Jake Richard Si...
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