I don’t know about you, but I love a good dramedy. Although it’s a style of movie that a lot of people are trying to imitate nowadays, I find that the movies that can make you laugh while also telling a serious dramatic story are still something of a rare treat. Tamara Jenkins’ upcoming film The Savages looks to have all the right elements in place however, and after watching the newly released trailer I think this is a movie we’ll be hearing a lot about in the near future. The movie stars Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman as a sister and brother who must come together to care for their estranged father when he falls ill. Of course, their father (Philip Bosco) is a cranky old bastard who is developing dementia (typical comedy tool, yes, but stick with me here) and they struggle with the decision to put him in an old age home. I’m sure this is going to be a movie that hits home with a lot of people, and with two amazing actors like Hoffman and Linney you really can’t go wrong. After Alan Arkin took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor this year, could Bosco do the same here? We’ll see. Speaking of overused tools, why does every indie flick have to use the same Spoon song in their trailers lately? The Savages is expected to hit theatres sometime later this year.