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Tag: george clooney

reviews

SUBURBICON

There is a world of difference between a Coen Brothers Film, and merely Coen-esque.

Posted on November 13, 2017September 22, 2019
reviews

MONEY MONSTER

What hope is there for the masses when second estate goes unchecked, and the fifth estate is ill-prepared?

Posted on May 15, 2016September 11, 2020
reviews

HAIL, CAESAR!

Who needs talent when you have luck? Who needs edge when you have absurdity?

Posted on February 7, 2016September 28, 2019
trailers

HAIL, CAESAR! Trailer

Oh god – The Coens have gone goofy again.

Posted on October 15, 2015February 6, 2016
reviews

TOMORROWLAND

A memento from our past and a plea for our future, but not as rose-coloured as either era.

Posted on May 24, 2015June 4, 2015
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 106 – MONUMENTS MEN

Talkin’ THE MONUMENTS MEN with Mike Lane. He and Ryan also field listener feedback casting heist films and flip the record over to play the other side.

Posted on February 16, 2014January 28, 2015
reviews

THE MONUMENTS MEN

George Clooney steps back behind his easel and shows us that while his concepts are strong, his brushstrokes lack technique.

Posted on February 9, 2014February 16, 2014
reviews

GRAVITY

A wise Star Trek character once called space danger wrapped in darkness and silence. Who knew that Alfonso CuarĂ³n was such a Star Trek fan?

Posted on October 6, 2013February 28, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

GRAVITY plays TIFF 2013

Make that twice that the hype should be believed.

Posted on September 12, 2013September 15, 2013
trailers

Treasure: MONUMENTS MEN Trailer

Some have called it “What if OCEAN’S ELEVEN met in Nazi-occupied France?” If that’s the case, where do I sign?

Posted on August 14, 2013August 19, 2013
trailers

In The Darkness – GRAVITY Trailer

The director of Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN has returned in 2013 with a whole new space odyssey.

Posted on May 15, 2013May 20, 2013
reviews

THE DESCENDANTS

Death is Never The End of The Story: It’s Just the Start of Chapters You Never Knew Were Written.

Posted on December 4, 2011December 8, 2011

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