A League of Morons
Oh well. The Coen brothers’ latest, Burn After Reading, is a bit of a disappointment. Their last film, the Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men, was a brilliant but awfully serious affair, so I don’t...
View Article"Why can’t my hair last?"
George Clooney is vlogging — that’s video blogging for those not hip to interweb lingo — and despite the fact that he’s doing it to raise awareness of the situation in Chad, the quick dispatches are...
View ArticleThe Force Is Not Strong Here
Sometimes, when you set out to make a movie that’s wacky funny, you end up instead with something that’s strange and unfunny. Such is the case with The Men Who Stare at Goats, one of those classic...
View ArticleWhat the Cuss?
It’s pretty clear early on that Fantastic Mr. Fox is going to be a very special movie. It’s during the first scene, when Mr. Fox (George Clooney) and his wife, Felicity (Meryl Streep), raid a chicken...
View ArticleMiles Above the Rest
In the film Love Actually, Hugh Grant says that if you want to see true love, all you have to do is go to the airport. Well, chances are good Grant’s never met Ryan Bingham, the main character in Up in...
View ArticleAn Entertaining Year
There was a lot to like this year, entertainment-wise. For example, it was inconsistent and frustrating at times, but when it was great, there were few shows I enjoyed as much as Glee. I didn’t read as...
View ArticleItalian American
Not much happens in The American, and for a while, that’s alright. George Clooney’s Jack, in Italy to take care of one last job, is a man of few words and even fewer personal connections. We watch as...
View ArticleClooney for President?
That all in politics is not as it seems is hardly breaking news. Alas, in the film The Ides of March, that’s exactly the theme. In George Clooney’s latest writing and directing effort, Ryan Gosling...
View ArticlePerfectly Imperfect
One of my favorite pastimes is reading magazine articles about (and watching interviews with) George Clooney. The man’s a charmer who just does everything right. He’s got the life, but he’s not rubbing...
View Article2011′s Movies Hit a Home Run
If you haven’t noticed, I see a lot of movies. As I sit down to write this blog post, this year alone, of the ones that are considered 2011 releases, I’ve seen 50. Last year I saw 60, so I’m a little...
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