Philip Seymour Hoffman

Jack is a limo driver who most people would look past when walking down the street. Jack is socially uncomfortable around most people except his long time friends coworker Clyde and his wife Lucy. Clyde and Lucy set-up Jack with Lucy’s coworker Connie, who has faced difficulties in her life as well. Jack invests everything he has in learning how to swim, boating, and cooking, all to make make his new girlfriend happy. Jack Goes Boating is at first a quirky low key movie about misfits that...Read Full Story

The John le Carre best-seling spy novel turned spy film, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy earned the seriously underrated Gary Oldman an Oscar nomination for his performance, one of which I regretfully haven't seen yet.  Now former Best Actor award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman has his sights set on portraying another famous character from the works of the acclaimed writer.  Coming Soon reports Hoffman has signed on to star in A Most Wanted Man , which will be helmed by The American director Anton...Read Full Story

The Bottom Line Should you see it? Yes. Why? May not exceed expectations, but a very solid political drama starring some of the best talent in Hollywood. High hopes for this film: George Clooney will recreate the magic of Good Night and Good Luck , Ryan Gosling will bring his trademark intensity to what seems like a garden-variety role, the Shakesperean title will deliver a killer denouement. Not to say The Ides of March is a disappointment, because the film is solid, but The Ides of March is...Read Full Story

Director: George Clooney, 2011. (R) The closing scene mirrors the opening: the same person sits in front of TV cameras in a large room. Yet as he looks coldly at the camera in the final frame, we realize he is not the same person. Stephen Meyers (Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl ) has changed. And the film follows the change in his character, a dark deterioration of his soul. This political drama, directed by George Clooney from his own screenplay, focuses not on the two political parties...Read Full Story

Directed and starring George Clooney, ‘The Ides of March’ takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, where an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate’s shot at the presidency. Alongside Ryan Gosling and George Clooney the film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Max Minghella, Jeffrey Wright and Evan Rachel Wood. ‘The Ides...Read Full Story