Player Affinity writes: "Aw, what troubled times we live in. 2008 saw many an investor off themselves with the economic downturn. It was only a matter of time before filmmakers and Hollywood at large turned their attention towards the crisis. One of the films yielded from this is The Company Men starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Kevin Costner. I finally had the opportunity to see this after missing it at Sundance 2010 and having its release delayed a couple times. Ben Affleck plays an upper-middle-class salesman who finds himself among the thousands laid off from their jobs at that time. Jones is a higher level executive that believes company bonuses should go before the jobs of people that need them."
There's the Greek debt crisis, the Chinese stock plunge, and other financial disasters going on now. If you want to learn more, here are videos to help you.
David Weaver from Home And Theater writes: I apologize up front for the length of this episode. We got a little carried away with out 2011 Oscars discussion. In case you don't care about what we had to say I have graciously included a time code at the end of this for you if you just want to skip around the episode. In any case, the first film up is the new Nicolas Cage car action fetish flick "Drive Angry" which may lead to some people leaving the theater angry. Miguel goes digging in our country's tainted history with the documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room". We wrap things up with a long overdue look at the 2011 Oscar award winner for best film of the year "The King's Speech" where we come to the conclusion that maybe we were a little too harsh on it before. Featured music is from the films "Drive Angry" and "The King's Speech".
Sometimes I wonder if people actually are interested in podcasts or if they have enough time to listen to over an hour of people talking.
I can't speak for other people of course but I usually listen to them during my commute to work and back in the car.
And to the point of it being over an hour long, there is nothing making anybody listen to that whole hour in one sitting. Two of my favorite podcasts (slashfilm and giantbomb) are often near 2 hours long each but it usually takes me an entire week to get through them (in 30 to 40 minute chunks). And by the time I have finished with them the new ones are up.
I guess it really comes down to if you are interested in what the people are saying. It is no different that talk radio other than you having to download it instead of just changing stations on your car radio.
Enron, the stage play that has enraptured the West End with its depiction of an energy giant's rise and fall, is to be adapted for the big screen by George Clooney, the Observer has learned.
I also hate this economy. Man, let's go back tot the good old days, where a gallon of milk or gallon of gas was a few cents only. Sigh...