GREEN ZONE International Movie Trailer with Matt Damon
Check out the international trailer for GREEN ZONE starring Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, and directed by Paul Greengrass.
Green Zone Synopsis: During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.
Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth.
Green Zone will be released to theaters on March 12, 2010. Watch the international trailer below.
GREEN ZONE Movie Trailer with Matt Damon
Check out the trailer for GREEN ZONE starring Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, and directed by Paul Greengrass.
Green Zone Synopsis: During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.
Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth.
Green Zone will be released to theaters on March 12, 2010. Watch the trailer below.
INVICTUS Movie Trailer with Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman
Check out the trailer for INVICTUS starring Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, and directed by Clint Eastwood.
Invictus Synopsis: A look at life for Nelson Mandela after the fall of apartheid in South Africa during his first term as president when campaigned to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup event as an opportunity to unite his countrymen.
Invictus will be released to theaters on December 11, 2009. Check out the trailer below..
INVICTUS Movie Poster with Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman
The official poster from INVICTUS with Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela has just been revealed by Yahoo!. Hopefully we'll get a trailer soon.
Invictus is directed by Clint Eastwood.
Invictus Synopsis: A look at life for Nelson Mandela after the fall of apartheid in South Africa during his first term as president when campaigned to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup event as an opportunity to unite his countrymen.
Invictus will be released to theaters on December 11, 2009. Check out the full poster below.
INVICTUS Movie Picture with Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman
Check out this new photo from INVICTUS with Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, that Yahoo! just put up.
We posted some pictures from the set a while back, but this is the first official picture to be released. It's pretty exciting especially since Invictus made our Top 10 Christmas movies list.
Invictus is directed by Clint Eastwood.
Invictus Synopsis: A look at life for Nelson Mandela after the fall of apartheid in South Africa during his first term as president when campaigned to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup event as an opportunity to unite his countrymen.
Invictus will be released to theaters on December 11, 2009.
THE INFORMANT! Movie Review
September 20, 2009 by Eric
Filed under Movie Reviews
Yesterday, I had an opportunity to watch the new Matt Damon movie The Informant and I want to share my review of the movie.
The Informant is a true story of one highest ranking corporate whistleblower in US history, Mark Whitacre (played by Matt Damon) who out of the blue reached out to the FBI to reveal one of the biggest price fixing scandal that has ever faced the country.
The scandal concerns the biggest manufacturers of the key ingredients in food who are colluding to decide the price of their products therefore insuring fat profits for themselves. However what starts out as a story of David trying to bring down a Goliath quickly turns into a story of a David trying to steal money from Goliath while taking down Goliath. Oh and David is also a big fat liar.
The criminal part of the story is wildly entertaining if you happen to be into corporate intrigue and have a strong grasp of the economic system. However, if you are like the friend who watched the movie with me, you will find your eyes glazing as the discussions of production levels and prices are pretty prevalent in the movie. Plus the scam perpetrated by Mark Whitacre to extort money from his employer is slightly complicated to understand if you don't really follow the world of finance. Basically, it was too complicated for the average movie watcher and could have been more dumbed down in my opinion.
The part of the story that was far more interesting and more accessible to all was the part where we see Mark Whitacre lying to everyone and I mean everyone. No one is safe from his lying, not even himself as he starts to believe his own BS. Throughout the movie, there is just this weird feeling that we have as we watch the character weave this tale of deception. At times, we feel bad for him as we really think that he is simply delusional and at other times, you just cannot believe how unbelievably stupid he is. It's like watching Michael from 'The Office' for almost 2 hours straight. It's sometimes funny but mostly it's just cringe-worthy.
Did I like The Informant? Yes, I loved it. Mostly because I am into corporate/finance/business intrigue stories where the characters are flawed (in this case, really flawed). However, I think that it is definitely not for everyone, especially if you are not into corporate/finance/business intrigue stories where the characters are flawed (OK, I am really repeating myself but you try naming that genre in three words or less).
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Title: The Informant
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Producer: George Clooney, Jeff Skoll, Michael London
Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Thomas F. Wilson
Synopsis: What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever-changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's rambling imagination. Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history.
Watch the The Informant trailer.
THE INFORMANT Movie Pictures with Matt Damon
Check out some pictures from THE INFORMANT starring Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, and directed by Steven Soderbergh.
The Informant Synopsis: What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever-changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's rambling imagination. Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history.
Anything pairing Matt Damon and Steven Soderbergh, I have to check out.
The Informant will be released to theaters on September 18, 2009. Make sure to check out the trailer as well.
THE INFORMANT Picture with Scott Bakula, Joel McHale & Matt Damon
Check out a new picture from THE INFORMANT with Scott Bakula, Joel McHale and Matt Damon that MTV released along with plenty of other pictures for their Fall Movie Preview 2009.
The Informant puts three actors that I really like together, so I'm pretty much sold. Although I was already sold after watching the trailer.
The Informant will be released to theaters on September 18, 2009.
THE INFORMANT! Movie Posters with Matt Damon
Check out a couple of poster for THE INFORMANT! starring Matt Damon and directed by Steven Soderbergh.
I posted the trailer not too long ago and I think the posters definitely capture the tone that the movie seems to have. They're pretty fun!
The Informant! will be released to theaters on September 18, 2009. Check out another poster below.
The Informant Synopsis: What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever-changing account frustrates the agents and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's rambling imagination. Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history.
PONYO New Movie Trailer
Check out the trailer for PONYO the voices of Noah Cyrus, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
I think I'm enjoying this new Ponyo trailer even more than the first one.
Ponyo will be released to theaters on August 14 2009. Watch the trailer below.
Ponyo Synopsis: From the Academy Award®-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki comes PONYO, a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Little Mermaid." Already a box-office success in Japan, the story of a young and overeager goldfish named Ponyo (voiced by NOAH CYRUS) and her quest to become human.
