Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Now It's Ben Mendelsohn's Turn...

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... to outshine Jake Gyllenhaal, maybe? It seems whenever Jake does a buddy movie, it's the buddy and not the Jake that gets all the praise. I only have two examples of this - Brokeback Mountain with Heath Ledger and End of Watch with Michael Pena - but I'm rolling with my theory anyway. Jake brings out the best in people! And so now here comes Mississppi Grind, from the married duo who made Half Nelson, which'll star Jake and Animal Kingdom's Ben Mendelsohn as gambling budddies hitting the road for life lessons and what not. Mendelsohn's really been shining the past couple of years (he's great in Killing Them Softly) - perhaps this little Gyllen-injection to take him up another notch. (Sigh. Gyllen-injection.)
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