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Thanksgiving Special: Top 10 Most Awkward Dinner Scenes in Film

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 1:30PM - By

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Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude, family and large, sometimes awkward dinners. We’d like to honor this feast holiday, with a Top 10 list filled with the most awkward dinner scenes in film. Do you remember the impromptu musical number from My Best Friend’s Wedding? How about Kevin Spacey‘s ‘asparagus’ outburst during American Beauty? And who can forget the infamous ‘milking cat’ dinner scene from Meet the Parents? So before you head home for the holidays, enjoy these uncomfortable yet somewhat hilarious dinners.

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Revolutionary Road Review: Mendes’ Adaptation the Perfect American Beauty Companion

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:44PM - By

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Revolutionary Road is a sobering yet intriguing tale of conformity and suburban discontent, using the disintegration of a marriage to illustrate how the dreams of two former free spirits has turned sour. Set in 1955, the plot focuses on the hopes and aspirations of the ambitious Frank and April Wheeler, who leave the city to raise their children in the Connecticut suburbs, where they see themselves as very different from their neighbors in the Revolutionary Hill Estates.

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