The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2003 features Jason’s personal pick, Ridley Scott’s Matchstick Men. Directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Ted and Nicholas Griffin and starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman and Bruce McGill, Matchstick Men premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/matchstick-men-2003), Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2003/09/10/matchstick-men-4/), and Lou Lumenick in the New York Post (https://nypost.com/2003/09/12/not-nics-best-flick/).

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2003 installment featuring the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, Harvey Pekar adaptation American Splendor.