In Good Company
I watched two good movies - "Devil In A Blue Dress" with Denzel Washington and "In Good Company" with Dennis Quaid. I wanted to see "Devil In A Blue Dress" because I'm reading Walter Mosley's books and it's based on his detective character Easy Rawlins from his first novel. It was a good action movie and now when I read the books I'll be able to visualize Easy (Denzel Washington) and Mouse (Don Cheadle.) I'm on my third book of his. I finished his newest one "Cinnamon Kiss" and the one before it "Little Scarlet." I'm reading them backwards. "In Good Company" had a good story about the effects of corporate takeovers on people. There were some funny parts and it had a good ending.
Synopsis - "In Good Company"
Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. His new boss, Tom (Topher Grace) is half his age -- a business school prodigy who preaches corporate Synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Tom cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and "Krispity Krunch," an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella. Both men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters - Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16 - and is shocked when his wife tells him she's pregnant with a new child. Between college tuition, the mortgage and a new baby, Dan can't afford to lose his job in the wave of corporate layoffs. Tom, in the meanwhile, is dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his promotion. Dan and Tom's uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when Tom falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan's daughter Alex (Scarlett Johansson).
Synopsis - "Devil In A Blue Dress"
"Easy" Rawlins (Denzel Washington), a black World War II veteran in 1948 Los Angeles, becomes an accidental private eye in this stylish period drama set against Los Angeles's lush jazz scene. When a corrupt politician shows up in his neighborhood looking for help tracking down a mysterious missing white woman, Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), it leads to blackmail and murder Based on the novel by Walter Mosley, Carl Franklin's film is an original twist on the film noir/private detective genre, featuring an unforgettable supporting turn by "Mouse" (Don Cheadle)
Synopsis - "In Good Company"
Dan Foreman (Dennis Quaid) is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. His new boss, Tom (Topher Grace) is half his age -- a business school prodigy who preaches corporate Synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Tom cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and "Krispity Krunch," an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella. Both men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters - Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16 - and is shocked when his wife tells him she's pregnant with a new child. Between college tuition, the mortgage and a new baby, Dan can't afford to lose his job in the wave of corporate layoffs. Tom, in the meanwhile, is dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his promotion. Dan and Tom's uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when Tom falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan's daughter Alex (Scarlett Johansson).
Synopsis - "Devil In A Blue Dress"
"Easy" Rawlins (Denzel Washington), a black World War II veteran in 1948 Los Angeles, becomes an accidental private eye in this stylish period drama set against Los Angeles's lush jazz scene. When a corrupt politician shows up in his neighborhood looking for help tracking down a mysterious missing white woman, Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), it leads to blackmail and murder Based on the novel by Walter Mosley, Carl Franklin's film is an original twist on the film noir/private detective genre, featuring an unforgettable supporting turn by "Mouse" (Don Cheadle)
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