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"We are in the middle of a genuine mystery here!" The Orchard has released an official trailer for a strange holiday existential comedy titled Holly Star, the latest from filmmaker Michael A. Nickles. The film is about a broke puppeteer who returns home for the holidays and gets caught up in a treasure hunt with her paintball-obsessed best friend, her tango-dancing grandmother, and a childhood sweetheart. Yeah, that's the premise though the footage is a bit more odd than that. Holly Star stars Katlyn Carlson as Sloan, along with Brian Muller, Teya Patt, Gary Galone, Elaine Adam, and Erik Van Wyck. The comedy is so dry and awkward, and the plot is a mix of 10 ideas. Check it out below. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Michael A. Nickles' Holly Star, direct from YouTube: Sloan (Katlyn Carlson) returns home for the holidays and gets caught up in a...

Director John Wells' critically-acclaimed drama The Company Men will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 7. The standard DVD will be priced at $29.98 Srp, while the Blu-ray will cost $39.99 Srp. You can take a look at the cover artwork and special features details below.

In The Company Men, Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) is living the American Dream, until he is stunned to find himself the latest casualty of corporate downsizing. Suddenly, Bobby - along with his co-workers Phil Woodward (Chris Cooper) and Gene McClary (Tommy Lee Jones) - is forced to re-evaluate his self-worth as a husband, as a father, and as a man. For as long as he can remember, he's given his life to his job. Now, with only the love of his wife and family, it's time to take his life back.

With humor, pathos, and keen observation, writer-director John Wells introduces us to the new realities of American life,...

John Wells discusses his feature film directorial debut

John Wells began his career as a writer and director on the popular '80s series China Beach, but made a name for himself as en executive producer of such groundbreaking television series as ER, The West Wing and Southland. Wells has also had a hand in producing such popular films as The Peacemaker, One Hour Photo, Far From Heaven, White Oleander, Infamous and I'm Not There. Now the producer returns to writing and directing with his feature film debut, The Company Men, which opens in theaters on January 21st.

The film stars an all-star cast that includes Oscar winners Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting), Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive), Chris Cooper (Adaptation) and Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves), as well Maria Bello (Grown Ups), Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married) and Craig T. Nelson (The Proposal). The movie takes place in Massachusetts...

"The company men"; with Ben Affleck, Thomas Kee and Gary Galone; directed by John Wells.

By Craig Younkin - December 10, 2010

“Company Men” has a nice cast and John Wells is the very talented creator of one of television’s best dramas (ER), but you have to wonder, why would anyone want to watch this dismal film about the economic crisis? Ben Affleck plays Bobby Walker, a sales associate laid off by ship-building company Gtx. For Bobby--used to conveying a sense of class with his Porsche and golf-club membership--to come to the realization that he is now just another person in a sea of displaced people isn't easy. After being rejected, jerked around, and forced to make sacrifices in order to pay the bills, Bobby decides, for the good of his family, that he must take a construction job with his wife’s brother (Kevin Costner). Phil (Chris Cooper) is not so lucky.