It feels like Greg Kinnear was in a new movie just a few weeks ago (because he was: Ghost Town). He must be trying to set a record or something, because he also stars in Flash of Genius, about the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper (no, really; that's what it's about) only to have the invention stolen from him by Ford. It claims to be based on a true story, and SPOILER ALERT it holds up (that link is to a news story, though, so don't read if you don't want to know how it all turned out in real life). It sounds like the silliest concept in the world, right? I mean, most of us have just taken our intermittent windshield wipers for granted, and haven't thought about who might've invented them -- let alone a guy who sued an auto giant for millions of dollars for stealing said invention. But, judging by the trailer, this actually looks like a terrific movie, with fantastic performances from Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, and Alan Alda. After all, everything started out as someone's idea. Even something as mundane as the windshield wiper.

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