The Informant

(Warner Brothers) In Steven Soderbergh 's newest movie The Informant! , Matt Damon , sporting a feathery mustache and thirty extra pounds, plays Mark Whitacre , a dumpy, doofy VP at agricorp Archer Daniels Midland. When the special project he's heading up begins to skid off the rails due to a virus infecting the corn, he comes to his bosses with shocking news: a Japanese competitor is sabotaging their supply, costing the company $7 million a month. What's more, a mysterious Japanese businessman can make it all go away, and reveal the name of the mole, for just $10 million. Eventually the FBI, headed ... Read Full Story

Matt Damon packed on 30 pounds to play a wacky, delusional corporate whistle-blower in The Informant!, a comedy which reunites the actor with his Ocean's 11, 12 and 13 director Steven Soderbergh. One of the most entertaining, well-written and funny movies of 2009, The Informant! was worth the weight gain for Damon as he delivers what's easily his best performance to date. Damon is absolutely hysterical as a pudgy corporate semi-bigwig who agrees to cooperate with the FBI. Director Soderbergh shows a steady hand at the helm, letting scenes build and Damon shine as this bizarrely engaging nerdy guy with an inflated belief in ... Read Full Story

Dir: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey ‘The Informant!’ is the true(ish) story of Mark Whitacre, the highest ranking whistleblower in corporate history. Mark (Damon) is a biochemist who has been promoted to the heady heights of agricultural giant ADM’s corporate infrastructure. But when his division loses money for a record year, he pretends that a Japanese competitor has infected ADM’s corn stock, and before he knows it the FBI is involved. Mark is clearly not a man who thinks his decisions through very carefully – he is one of those polite and hopelessly naïve Americans that we don’t ... Read Full Story

COOP COOPER is an independently syndicated film critic with a split personality. His “Southern Side” prints mainstream reviews that appear in various print publications across the mid-south. His “Dark Side” from Los Angeles befouls the site with reviews of horror and grindhouse flicks. Welcome to the site where COOP’s two halves (and his contributors) review and debate the latest film/DVD releases… Home About Coop About Dark Side Subscribe Contributors Favorite Movies Publications Downloads Add me on… Movie Showtimes Clarksdale, Miss. “Best of” Posted on September 25th, 2009 Posted on September 25th, 2009 I didn’t laugh until about 40 minutes into this artsy, awkwardly-styled independent ... Read Full Story

COOP COOPER is an independently syndicated film critic with a split personality. His “Southern Side” prints mainstream reviews that appear in various print publications across the mid-south. His “Dark Side” from Los Angeles befouls the site with reviews of horror and grindhouse flicks. Welcome to the site where COOP’s two halves (and his contributors) review and debate the latest film/DVD releases… Home About Coop About Dark Side Subscribe Contributors Favorite Movies Publications Downloads Add me on… Movie Showtimes Clarksdale, Miss. “Best of” Posted on September 25th, 2009 Posted on September 25th, 2009 I didn’t laugh until about 40 minutes into this artsy, awkwardly-styled independent ... Read Full Story