George Clooney

New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Hurt Locker is Tops

source: /FILM

Best Director – Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker Best Screenplay – In the Loop Best Actor – George Clooney for Up In The Air and Fantastic Mr. Fox Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds Best First Feature – Hunger,  director Steve McQueen

Published 14 hours ago

Quickie Review: Up in the Air

source: alternatewrites (WordPress)

It is very rare that a film touches the pulse of American culture, Ford’s Depression-era The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and the postwar malaise of Wyler’s Best Years of Our Lives (1946) come most readily to mind; Up in the Air belongs in this category. Director Jason Reitman unapologetically s...

Published 16 hours ago

Can't Wait for "Up in the Air"

source: roadwarriorette (WordPress)

Have you seen the previews for Up in the Air? Every time the trailer comes on I think, “Wow! Those are my people!” or, “How did Jason Reitman get in my head and find out the details of my traveling life?” The reviews are good, there is Oscar buzz…. And then, of course, there’s George Clooney. Love...

Published 18 hours ago

Quick Movie Review: "Up in the Air"

source: theblarg (WordPress)

1. The leading cast is superb, with wonderful performances from George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, and Vera Farmiga (who has a bit of egg on her face recently from the craptastic “Orphan”). Even Danny McBride does a great job, which I didn’t expect at all. I’ve always seen him as somewhat of a one-...

Published Mon, Dec 14

Up in the Air Is The Grapes of Wrath for the Rich and Out of Touch

source: gawker.com

Here is an America whose battered inhabitants realize that the economic deck is stacked against them, gamed by distant, powerful figures they can't see or know. Up in the Air may be a glossy production sprinkled with laughter and sex, but it captures the distinctive topography of our Grea...

Published Sun, Dec 13

Up in the Air Is The Grapes of Wrath for the Rich and Out of Touch

source: Gawker

Here is an America whose battered inhabitants realize that the economic deck is stacked against them, gamed by distant, powerful figures they can't see or know. Up in the Air may be a glossy production sprinkled with laughter and sex, but it captures the distinctive topography of our Grea...

Published Sun, Dec 13

Up in the Air (2009)

source: ctcmr.com

The other characters are good, too, but the credit mostly goes to the actors on that one. Newcomer Anna Kendrick is fantastic as the whiz kid Bingham has to take around the country, same thing goes for Vera Farmiga as Bingham’s potential main squeeze. And I like George Clooney. Even though he...

Published Sun, Dec 13

Movie review: Up in the Air - The Gazette

source: Montreal

CNN Movie review: Up in the Air The Gazette (Montreal) The collaboration between hot writer-director Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You for Smoking) and George Clooney (of George Clooney fame) has been highly ... Up in the AirKTAR.com Up in the Air (Paramount Pictures, R)Play by Play

Published Fri, Dec 11