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The Monuments Men-A Movie Review

June 4, 2014July 9, 2014 B. John 308 Views 0 Comments Bill Murray, Biography, Bob Balaban, Cate Blanchett, Dimitri Leonidas, Drama, George Clooney, Hugh Bonneville, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Justus von Dohnányi, Matt Damon, War

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys possibly hope to succeed? It wasn’t terrible, but it was like an attempt at a noble documentary. I think it would have been better as a documentary.

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Gravity – A Movie Review

October 18, 2013October 18, 2013 B. John 312 Views 0 Comments 3D, Alfonso Cuarón, Amy Warren, Astronauts, Ed Harris, Fantasy, George Clooney, Orto Ignatiussen, Paul Sharma, Sandra Bullock, Sci-Fi, Shuttle, space, Space Station

Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone – tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. On the whole, the movie just didn’t come anywhere close to the hype.

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The American – A Movie Review

September 6, 2010August 10, 2015 249 Views 0 Comments Adaptation, Anton Corbijn, George Clooney, Irina Bjorklund, Paolo Bonacelli, Romance, Thekla Reuten, Thriller, Violante Placido

I couldn’t make any sense out of this film. I swear there is no story whatsoever. Do not let the trailers fool you, there is about 10mins total of action in this film. The bulk of this film is long shots of Clooney, coming to grasp with his life and going about completing his last job. Most “one last job” movies are high-energy action flicks driven by a veteran actor playing a character with a troubled history, but Anton Corbijn’s “The American” operates as a character-driven mood piece, a precise and quiet visual portrayal of a man trying to quit his dangerous profession who is constantly haunted and pervasively paranoid.

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Men Who Stare at Goats, The – A Movie Review

November 13, 2009 B. John 282 Views 0 Comments Comedy, Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Iraq, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Thriller, War

Reporter Bob Wilton is in search of his next big story when he encounters Lyn Cassady, a shadowy figure who claims to be part of an experimental U.S. military unit. According to Cassady, the New Earth Army is changing the way wars are fought. A legion of “Warrior Monks” with unparalleled psychic powers can read the enemy’s thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat simply by staring at it. Not a terrible movie, but I was expecting more.

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Burn After Reading – A Movie Review

January 3, 2009 B. John 283 Views 0 Comments Brad Pitt, Comedy, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Joel Coen, John Malkovich

An ousted CIA official’s memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find.

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Leatherheads – A Movie Review

November 23, 2008 B. John 202 Views 0 Comments Comedy, football, George Clooney, John Krasinski, Jonathan Pryce, Renee Zellweger, Sports, Wayne Duvall

In 1925, Dodge Connolly is a charming, brash football hero who is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country’s attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America’s favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that’s the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter’s war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections.

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