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The Company Men

Unemployed? It's Your Own Fault -- Unless It's Someone Else's

Dennis Palumbo | Posted 12.18.2011 | Business
Read More: Unemployment, Ben Affleck, Bruce Springsteen, Unemployment Blame, Unemployed, Unemployment Fault, Long Term Unemployment, , The Company Men, Unemployment Effects, Business News
Dennis Palumbo

Unless we challenge the idea that unemployment is a character flaw, that the "blame" dwells either within ourselves or in some alien, dangerous "other," we'll remain divided and disheartened.

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Best Films and More About Work, for Labor Day

Wyatt Closs | Posted 11.01.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Way Down in the Hole, Stanley Nelson, Wasteland, Made in Dagenham, Locked Out, A Better Life, Gael Garcia Bernal, Paul Giamatti, Ben Affleck, Miranda Richardson, Brazil, Even the Rain, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Hbo, Too Big to Fail, Ilwu, Wyatt Closs, Summit Entertainment, Kevin Costner, Freedom Riders, Colorado Coalfied War, Sally Hawkins, The Company Men, Chris Weitz, William Hurt, Miners, Curtis Hanson, Eric Eason, Freedom Rides, Demian Bichir, Popwork, Entertainment News
Wyatt Closs

This Labor Day week, we take a look at a listing of nominees for best films, tv shows, and other artistic expressions in what are called the "2011 Workers' Voice Awards" from PopWork USA.

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Redford Honored at AARP Movie Awards for Grownup Films

Jay Weston | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: 127 Hours, Aarp, Hal Holbrook, Robert Redford, The King's Speech, Movies for Grownups, AARP the Magazine, Phylicia Rashad, Another Year, The Company Men, Colin Firth, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

Robert Redford looked a bit weather-beaten, but still magnificent, at the AARP The Magazine's Movies for Grownups Award Gala.

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When There's No Clock to Punch: Writer-Director John Wells on The Company Men

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Roger Deakins, Shameless, John Wells, Er, Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, TNT Southland, Tommy Lee Jones, Unemployment, The West Wing, 2008, Kevin Costner, Great Recession, The Company Men, Sundance, Television, John Wells the Company Men, Sundance Film Festival 2011, John Wells Director, Entertainment News
Dan Lybarger

For a film that deals with misfortune and a cast that includes four Oscar-winners -- Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper and Kevin Costner -- John Wells has a surprising amount of luck.

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WATCH: Sneak Peek At Ben Affleck Recession Drama

Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Company Men Release Date, Ben Affleck, Craig T. Nelson, Video, Company Men Preview, The Company Men, Poll, Film, Movies, Tommy Lee Jones, Entertainment News

Ben Affleck plays a family man who loses his lucrative job - and the outsize lifestyle that came with it - in 'The Company Men.' Director John Wells s...

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HuffPost Review: The Company Men

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Craig T. Nelson, John Wells, Trickle-Down Economics, Ben Affleck, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Rosemarie DeWitt, Chris Cooper, Movies, Tommy Lee Jones, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Maria Bello, The Company Men Movie Review, The West Wing, E.R., Kevin Costner, The Company Men, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

John Wells' The Company Men is a solid if predictable story of the lives of the suddenly unemployed. If you've invested your time and identity into your job, who are you when that job is taken away from you?

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