Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti) is a struggling small time lawyer with a wife, two kids, and huge cash flow problems. To catch a break he becomes a legal guardian of prosperous Leo Poplar (Burt Young) who is slipping into senility with no family to take care of him. Despite the court order and Leo’s express wishes to stay at his own house, he places ( Read more... )

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“Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” Painfully familiar phrase uttered during administration of a witness’s oath. And even though there is a penalty for perjury, you’ve been made aware of the fact that if the court of law doesn’t scare you, there’s always higher justice. We are all ( Read more... )

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What can be better than an adventure? Almost everything. The whole thing is completely overrated. To an average person the very idea can seem appealing only temporarily, because what’s nice in a book, in real life constitutes crime news. For most people even a streetcar ride is filled with adrenalin. At home we would like to savour once and for all ( Read more... )

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