Jason Bateman
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Movies of the Week #15 (2025): Finding Yourself in Chaos and Quiet
This week’s movies cover identity, performance, and the struggle to connect—whether through boxing gloves, pop stardom, snappy narration, or an in-flight thriller. Small, Slow but Steady and Perfect Blue quietly but powerfully explore the pressure of self-definition, while Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Carry-On revel in genre fun, even if they sometimes strain credibility. Bill… Read more
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The Family Fang (2015): Sibling Togetherness
After ‘Bad Words’, Bateman the director appears to be heading in the right direction and takes on a more ambitious, layered project. This film deals not only with a dysfunctional family, a concept that has fascinated American cinema ever since American Beauty (1999), but also with the relation between art and life. Thematically, the family Read more
