George Clooney

Movie Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats

source: chasness (WordPress)

McGregor is believable but not as much as Clooney. The again Clooney is the variable and McGregor is the “everyman” constant, so it does work better that way. Bridges doesn’t channel The Dude from “The Big Lebowski” as much as he shows a variant of that personality. Spacey doesn’t do a lot for m...

Published Tue, Dec 8

Alex Remington: The Men Who Stare At Goats: Would You Believe the Book Is Better Than the Movie?

source: Huffington Post

There's a dispute currently brewing on who did what. Ronson frequently interjects himself into the narrative, but John Sergeant -- producer of the BBC documentary that inspired Ronson's book -- claims that he discovered many of the sources and was the person who first persuaded them to t...

Published Mon, Dec 7

Miscellaneous Debris, November 2009 Edition

source: bluemoviereviews (WordPress)

3. Someone else said – but we’re happy to originate the idea – that George Clooney has two screen personae: there’s the talented ensemble actor, the guy that does offbeat work like O Brother, Where Art Thou and The Men Who Stare At Goats, and there’s his American Leading Man mode that you see i...

Published Mon, Nov 30

Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats

source: fingertipsfilm (WordPress)

Debut director Grant Heslov’s eccentric Coen-esque military comedy brings to mind a before and after shot of a botched breast implant – grimly intriguing, yet utterly horrible. Ewan McGregor plays journalist Bob Wilton who stumbles upon the story after meeting Special Forces soldier...

Published Wed, Nov 18

The Men Who Stare At Goats

source: andrewsidea (WordPress)

As has been well documented, The Men Who Stare At Goats is no Dr. Strangelove, but then it isn’t trying to be. A satire in the vein of Kubrick’s masterpiece, it differs in part by having a more-or-less straight man (Ewan McGregor) at its center who narrates the film through voiceover and serve...

Published Sat, Nov 14

The Men Who Stare At Goats - Movie Review - George Clooney- Jeff Bridges - Ewan McGregor - Kevin Spacey - Goat

source: theideagirlsays (WordPress)

The Men Who Stare At Goats was one of the best movie’s that I’ve seen George Clooney do. I love psychic stuff, so this movie was right up my alley! George has the power to stop the heart of a goat. The Men Who Stare At Goats was one of the best movie’s that I’ve seen George Clooney do.

Published Fri, Nov 13

It's 'A Christmas Carol, The Action Picture'

source: Explorer News

New York Daily News But "The Men Who Stare at Goats," starring George Clooney, mostly comes across as a botched cross between "Dr. Strangelove" and "Three Kings" (which also ... Weekend box office: Bah, humbug; Hooray, "Precious"Boston Globe

Published Wed, Nov 11

"The Men Who Stare at Goats" Film Review

source: moviereview1 (WordPress)

“The Men Who Stare at Goats” (my 0-10 quality rating: 6) Genre: Comedy Director: Grant Heslov Screenplay: Peter Straughan, based on the 2004 Jon Ronson nonfiction bestseller Cast: George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey Time: 1 hr., 33 min.

Published Wed, Nov 11