gawker.com | by Richard Rushfield | Fri, Sep 11
Fri, Sep 11
The second Clooney onslaught comes with The Men Who Stare at Goats. Produced by George, directed by his long-time collaborator Grant Heslov, the film once again takes Clooney into his favorite world of national security — with a wacky twist — telling the story of a secret Defense Departme...
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Movie Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats
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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
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WELL ABOVE PAR:George Clooney and Ewan McGregor pull off acting above par in the latest film from director Grant Heslov. George Clooney is a curious case. ... and more »
Published Tue, Nov 17
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Overture) George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Lang, Robert Patrick, Waleed Zuaiter, Stephen Root, Rebecca Mader, Glenn Morshower, Nick Offerman, Tim Griffin, Jacob Browne, Todd La Tourette. Directed by Grant Heslov
Published Mon, Nov 16
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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 
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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