Meet the Savages

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  • Title: The Savages
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The SavagesWritten and directed by Tamara Jenkins (Slums of Beverly Hills) The Savages tells the tale of a dysfunctional family brought back together to deal with illness and the hovering specter of death.  With a bittersweet tone, finding humor in human frailty and the stark drama, it’s a film definitely worth you time.

Jon Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a college professor and writer of scholarly work in Buffalo.  Wendy Savage (Laura Linney) works temp jobs and is a struggling playwright in New York City.  The pair are brought back together to deal with their estranged father’s (Philip Bosco) increasing dementia and failing health.

This is a film about the tough choices and circumstances families go through with the ailing of their parents.  It doesn’t shy away from the pain and guilt inherent in the tough but necessary choices so many families are put through dealing with parents who can no longer take care of themselves.

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Happy Holidays

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All of us here wish you and yours festive holiday fun.  Due to X-Mas hitting on a Tuesday this year our regular posts will be pushed back to match the delays.  You will find our DVD posts on Wednesday, when the new DVD’s will hit the stores, and the latest edition of our Comics Rack on Friday, when comics finally make it out to the shops.  And make sure you come by Thursday for the 3rd Annual Razorblade Awards!  Of course we’ll have new movie reviews scattered throughout the week including Ian’s review today of The Bucket List.  So from all of us here, and of course Santa Jesus, Happy Holidays folks!

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This Week in Independent Film

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Daniel Day Lewis stars as an oil man in the early 20th century in this bleak, and also darkly funny, view of the human condition based off the work of Upton Sinclair.  Paul Dano, Ciaran Hinds, and Dillon Freasier also star.  Check out the official site.  Many critics are raving about the film, come back Wednesday when opens exclusively in New York and Los Angeles and find out if we think the praise is justly deserved.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

There Will Be Blood
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This Week in Film

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Grumpy, Dying, Old Men?  Strangers Edward (Jack Nicholson) and Carter (Morgan Freeman) connect in the hospital and decide to take a road trip together to fullfill their last wishes before they each die of cancer.  Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, Rob Morrow, and Rowena King also star.  Check out the official site.  We’ll have the review for you on Christmas Day when the film opens in limited release in select cities.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

The Bucket List
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This Week in Foreign Film

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Laura (Belen Rueda), her husband (Fernando Cayo) and their son Simon (Roger Princep) move into the former orphange where Laura grew up only to discover that more than memories might be haunting their new home.  Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla, and Edgar Vivar also star.  Check out the official site.  The film, presented in Spanish with English subtitles, opens in limited release in select cities on Friday, and we’ll have the review!  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

The Orphanage (Orfanto, El)
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