Tag Archives: Amy Madigan

Pollock (2000)

Directed by Ed Harris, Based on a true story, In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: “Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?”  Already well-known in the New York art world, he had become a household name–America’s first “Art Star”–and his bold and radical style of painting continued to change the course of modern art. But the torments that had plagued the artist all of his life–perhaps the ones that drove him to paint in the first place, or that helped script his fiercely original art–continued to haunt him. As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral that would threaten to destroy the foundations of his marriage, the promise of his career, and his life.

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Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Directed by Ben Affleck, When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl’s aunt Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detective freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons – they’re not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they are about to solve their case, they are faced with a moral dilemma.

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