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The Good Heart – Poster Giveaway
Those who saw There Will Be Blood ought to err on the side of hyperbole when describing Paul Dano’s performance in that film.
Movies like Little Miss Sunshine and Gigantic have shown Dano to be an actor who isn’t just earning roles based on how he looks on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, espousing him as the next new “IT” actor, he’s getting work because he’s just good at what he does.
That looks like it’s continuing with the movie The Good Heart, a film by Dagur Kári. Kári directed 2003’s wonderful Nói, a movie about a boy looking to escape his life in one of the more honest and truthful looks into teenage frustration ever to be made. The Good Heart looks like it is another film that wants to just zero in on a few people and let the actors work their way through it. It’s an intimate portrait of people living on the edge of nothingness and, in support of the film, I have two posters SIGNED by Paul Dano himself. If you’re interested in winning just shoot me your favorite Paul Dano movie and I’ll enter you in a drawing to win one of these beauties. The address is Christopher_Stipp@yahoo.com.
The Good Heart opens today in theaters.
The film’s synoposis:
Brian Cox stars as Jacques, the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty  New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas (Dano), a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing, schooling him in the male-centric laws of his alcoholic clubhouse: no new customers, no fraternizing with customers and, absolutely no women. Lucas is a quick study, but their friendship is put to the test when the distraught and beautiful April (Isild Le Besco) shows up at the bar seeking shelter, and Lucas insists they help her out.
It’s Complicated – DVD Giveaway
I realize that this movie’s inclusion into such a testosterone fulled column is a little strange, weird even.
Fact of the matter remains, though, that like LL Cool J, the ladies love me. Hey, it’s not a fact I really want to believe but how can I deny the 50% of my audience who carry the double X the opportunity to feel special? So, in that regard I am bringing you a contest to win one of a few DVDs for the latest cinematic gem from Nancy Meyers, directorial talent behind Something’s Gotta Give, What Women Want, and even The Holiday. Clearly, if you haven’t seen any of these movies you haven’t had a significant other in quite some time. On top of feeling sorry for you I am going to humbly request you not enter this contest as I want people who have an idea of what Hollywood thinks of love to get this little gem added to their collection.
All you need to do in order to be entered into this drawing is to send me your name and address to Christopher_Stipp@yahoo.com.
It’s Complicated is now out on DVD and Blu-ray
More about the film:
Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has—after a decade of divorce—an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake (Baldwin). But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son’s college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable—an affair. With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness (Lake Bell), Jane is now, of all things, the other woman.
Caught in the middle of their renewed romance is Adam (Martin), an architect hired to remodel Jane’s kitchen. Healing from a divorce of his own, Adam starts to fall for Jane, but soon realizes he’s become part of a love triangle. Should Jane and Jake move on with their lives, or is love truly lovelier the second time around? It’s…complicated.
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