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Posts Tagged ‘George Clooney’

Michael Clayton

By Jandy • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: Capsule Reviews

I rated this Well Above Average upon watching it, so I’ll let it stand, but I’m tempted to knock it down to Above Average. I wanted to be blown away by this – the lone mainstream film in last year’s Oscar race? A thinking person’s corporate thriller? Sounds like one to get excited about. And [...]



Leatherheads

By Jandy • Jun 11th, 2008 • Category: Capsule Reviews

Ah, back when pro football was in its infancy, playing with hand-me-down balls and uniforms and players culled from the mines and farms, to which they could easily have to go back when they ran out of money to rent the field for the next game. Clooney plays one of these footballers, trying to create [...]



Three Kings

By Jandy • Jan 5th, 2008 • Category: Capsule Reviews

George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg lead a quartet of Desert Storm soldiers who go after a cache of Kuwaiti gold once peace is declared. Not unexpectedly, everything goes wrong as their quest sparks violence between Iraqi Republic Guard and the underground resistance to Saddam Hussein’s reign. The film starts off farcical in tone, gradually moving [...]



The Good German

By Jandy • Sep 14th, 2007 • Category: Capsule Reviews

AKA Steven Soderbergh’s incredibly obvious homage to 1940s cinema in general and Casablanca in particular. George Clooney investigates the death of a journalist (Tobey Maguire) in post-WWII Berlin and finds it’s tied up with a former flame of his (Cate Blanchett) and her husband, a scientist trying to get out of the country. Shot in [...]



Ocean’s Thirteen

By Jandy • Aug 21st, 2007 • Category: Capsule Reviews

Danny Ocean and Company (George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, etc.) are back, this time teaming with nemesis Andy Garcia to take out the new casino on the strip, whose owner (Al Pacino) ripped off Reuben, a senior member of the Ocean posse. All the elements are here, from ventilation system infiltration to super-suave high [...]