Tag Archives: Sam Mendes

Skyfall (2012)

Directed by Sam Mendes, In Skyfall, Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Meanwhile, as M plans to relocate the agency, emerging Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee Mallory raises concerns about her competence while attempting to usurp her position, and Q becomes a crucial ally. Now the only person who can restore M’s reputation is 007. Operating in the dark with only field agent Eve to guide him, the world’s top secret agent works to root out an enigmatic criminal mastermind named Silva as a major storm brews on the horizon.

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American Beauty (1999)

Directed by Sam Mendes, Lester Burnham’s wife Carolyn, who’s cheating on him, hates him, his daughter Jane regards him with contempt, and his boss is positioning him for the ax – the typical suburban nightmare. When you’ve got nothing to lose, you might as well risk everything. Provoked by forbidden passions, Lester decides to make a few changes in his life that are less mid-life crisis than adolescence redux. The freer he gets, the happier he gets, which is even more maddening to wife and daughter alike. A pandora’s box of fantasies as he begins lust after his daughter’s over-developed friend. But Lester is about to learn that the ultimate freedom comes at the ultimate price.

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Directed by Sam Mendes, It’s 1955. Frank and April Wheeler, in the seventh year of their marriage, have fallen into a life that appears to most as being perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job while April stays at home as a housewife. But they’re not happy. April has forgone her dream of becoming an actress, and Frank hates his job – one where he places little effort – although he has never figured out what his passion in life is, determine never to be trapped by the social confines of their era, the Wheelers find themselves becoming exactly what they didn’t expect.

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