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THE FAMILY TREE Trailer And Poster Debut

Check out the first official trailer and poster for director Vivi Friedman’s THE FAMILY TREE. Every family has its hang-ups.

Such a funny trailer and the perfect film going into the Fall & Awards season.

Synopsis:

Life in suburban Serenity, Ohio is never quite as serene as it appears. The dysfunctional Burnett family – Bunnie (Hope Davis), Jack (Dermot Mulroney) and their twin 17 year olds Eric (Max Thieriot) and Kelly (Britt Robertson) – seems like a lost cause. When a freak accident leaves Bunnie with a case of amnesia, the Burnetts get an unexpected second chance at happiness. Meanwhile, next door neighbor Simon (Chi McBride) is relieved that his tryst gone wrong with Bunnie remains undetected, at least for the moment. Before long, a slew of past relationships, kids with guns, a suicidal teacher, a very zealous religious club, misinterpreted advances, corporate down-sizing, and one fateful squirrel combine to create enough mayhem to test the resolve, sanity and future of any family!

THE FAMILY TREE, starring Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Max Thieriot, Britt Robertson, Chi McBride, Keith Carradine, Madeline Zima, Shad “Bow Wow” Moss, Christina Hendricks, Gabrielle Anwar, Evan Handler, and Jane Seymour, is a hilarious, touching, and offbeat comedy which explores the frailties and complexities of the contemporary American family – and what it takes to survive in a suburban jungle.

From Entertainment One U.S., THE FAMILY TREE will be in theaters August 26, 2011.

Visit the film’s official site: http://www.thefamilytreemovie.com/

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Burn Notice’ Season 2

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The Show:

Jeffrey Donovan is one of my favorite actors and a very underrated actor. When I first saw that he had a new show about spies I knew that it would instantly become a favorite. The show slipped my viewing and the first season came and went without me having watched any of the episodes. I quickly got caught up on DVD, and was stoked to find out we were getting Season 2 on Blu-Ray. I immediately popped it in and started watching it, unable to turn it off I finished the entire season in just under a week.

Season 2 picks up where the first season leaves off and you are immediately back in the chase to find out exactly who burned him. Bruce Campbell is back as Sam and Gabrielle Anwar is still tearing it up as sexy Fiona. Season 2 comes in at 16 episodes and I think that this season far better than the first. We don’t need as much back story since that was all set previously and we just get down to hashing out the plot.

What I love most about ‘Burn Notice’ is the fact that every episode carries 2 plot lines, the main plot to figure out who burned him, and the subplots of him working as a PI. The episodes are all smart and witty while maintaining a believability to the show, are rarely coming off as cheesy.

By far my favorite episode is ‘Trust Me’ which features a guest starring role by Patrick Favian, who you may also know as Professor Lasky from ‘Saved by the Bell: The College Years’. He plays Zeke, a nightclub owner who cons an unassuming club patron, Andy, out of $200,000 which he claims is being invested in another club, but this one is in Cuba. When the money is taken during an “FBI raid” the loan sharks then come after Andy to recover their money, plus the juice. Michael and Fiona decide that this con cant go unpunished so they go after Zeke by setting him up in a con of their own.

The Disc:

Since the show is set in Miami, watching it all in hi-def is absolutely brilliant. The shots of the Miami beaches and ocean literally jump off the screen and you almost feel like you could be there, if only Will Smith was with you. The audio comes through perfectly and it makes me never want to watch this show in SD again.

There are 3 commentary tracks for the special features, but unfortunately Jeffrey Donovan and Gabrielle Anwar aren’t on any of them. Outside of that the special features leave a lot to be desired, good thing the show makes up for it!

Overall: 4 out of 5