Matt Damon
360 Staff Pick: The Informant!
Strangely overlooked in this year’s Oscar nominations — even for Marvin Hamlisch’s kinetic score — The Informant! gets inside the highly unreliable thoughts of Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon), a biochemist turned whistleblower for Archer Daniels Midland. Amid beige cubicles, the story unravels in surprising and funny ways, complete with bad disguises and James Bond-style tactics […]
New Book Warns of a Real-Life ‘Contagion’
The movie “Contagion” swept the box office this fall. While the film featured an ensemble cast of famous faces – from Kate Winslet to Matt Damon to Gwyneth Paltrow – the real star of “Contagion” was the virus that murdered millions throughout the movie. Biologist Nathan Wolfe served as a consultant on the film. And while the movie […]
New Movies: ‘Contagion’ and ‘Warrior’
The biggest release this weekend is the thriller “Contagion,” which has a formidable cast of big names in Hollywood: Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburn, and Jude Law. “Warrior,” a mixed martial arts movie starring Nick Nolte, is also opening this weekend. Rafer Guzman and Kristen Meinzer, hosts of The Takeaway’s Movie Date podcast, give their […]
Matt Damon
In the Coen Brothers’ film “True Grit,” Matt Damon plays a Texas Ranger on the hunt for a killer. But the swagger stops there. “He’s a total windbag,” Damon admits about the character. He tells Kurt about the Coens’ unique directing style and recalls the movie from his childhood that set him on the path […]