Tobey McGuire, who is widely known for his role as Peter Parker in the Spider-Man franchise, takes quite a departure for his role in the film Brothers. McGuire plays a war veteran stationed in Afghanistan and believed to be dead by his wife (portrayed by Natalie Portman) and children. In his absence, his wife becomes romantically involved with his brother(played by Jake Gyllenhaal). The Jim Sheridan directed thriller hit’s theaters December 4th.
Following his previous documentary Sicko, where he took on the the failed US health care system, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore continues to question the problematic issues of America in his next film. This time Moore takes on the top tier corporations of Wall Street involved in one way or another with the government’s $700 billion bailout.
Filming started just 6 months prior to the global economic meltdown and will “explore the root causes of the global economic meltdown and take a comical look at the corporate and political shenanigans that culminated in what Moore has described as “the biggest robbery in the history of this country”.
In the current climate of the right wing vs. left wing, democrats vs republicans and the wealthy vs the working class, expect this film to ruffle some feathers when fingers are pointed. Congressmen, Senators and State Reps as well as executives from AIG, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch are all game.
The official trailer, complete with the sounds of the M.I.A. anthem “Paper Planes” (No… it’s not called Swagger Like Us):
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After a long time in the making, “Che”, the biopic based on the life of revolutionary leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been receiving critical acclaim around the globe. The film directed by Steven Soderbergh, stars Benicio Del -Toro as Che has been broken into two separate films. Che: Part One – The Argentine focuses on the early years of Guevara and his alliance with Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro to overthrow the Batista regime. Che: Part Two – Guerilla focuses on the latter years, where Guevara, along with a small guerilla army attempt to overthrow the militarist movement in Bolivia. This period was actually written about by Guevara himself in “The Bolivian Diary” originally released in 1968, shortly after his death.
The film has received critical claim after screening at several film festivals, both as a two part film as well as a streamlined single film clocking in at just over 4 hours. IFC Films acquired the film’s US rights and released the film on December 12, 2008 to qualify the film for the Academy Awards.
In 2004, another film based on the life of Che Guevara was released “The Motorcycle Diaries”. Also based on writings from the diary of Guevara himself, The Motorcycle Diaries book. This Motorcycle Diaries film casts actor Gael Garcia Bernal as Che Guevara.
