9 posts tagged ‘george clooney’
The January Canon: 20 good movies released during Hollywood’s worst dump month
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Historically and annually speaking, January is a bad month for Hollywood movies. It’s a “dump month,” that time of year when the major studios offload the projects in which they have no faith. Sandwiched between the holidays and the Super Bowl, these four weeks are generally treated like a write-off season, as bad… Read more...
R.I.P. Tom Wilkinson, from The Full Monty and In The Bedroom
Tom Wilkinson has died. A veteran actor of both stage and screen, Wilkinson might be best remembered for his co-starring role in 1997's The Full Monty, which earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the BAFTAs. Other professional recognition included a pair of Oscar noms—for In The Bedroom in 2001 and Michael… Read more...
The Boys In The Boat's rowing scenes are actually kind of great, the Snyderverse is still pretty terrible, and more of the week's top film stories
There have been several reasons for cinephiles to rejoice in 2023, but few are more exciting than the return of Michael Mann. Absent from theaters since 2015, the 80-year-old director has come roaring back with the high-speed biopic Ferrari. The film gives Mann, known chiefly for crime thrillers grounded in process… Read more...
11 movies to check out on Netflix this January
Netflix kicks off 2024 with some high-profile originals, fan favorites, and cinema classics. J.A. Bayona’s Society Of The Snow is based on the true story of the Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster and its 16 survivors. In his directorial debut, Schitt’s Creek actor Dan Levy also wrote and stars in the comedy-drama Goo… Read more...
I'm a coxswain. Here's what I think of the rowing in The Boys In The Boat.
There are very few things rowers love more than watching other people row badly. Annual “Head Of The Charles Destruction” and other boat crash videos regularly rack up thousands of views on YouTube. Many rowers I’ve met love to reference in regular conversation an infamous incident where a team rowed directly into a… Read more...
Hadley Robinson says George Clooney made everyone feel chill on The Boys In The Boat
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December's most anticipated films: Ferrari, The Color Purple, Wonka, and more
December has always been one of the most important moviegoing months of the year; you’ve got all the prestige pics competing for Oscar nominations, plus plenty of family-friendly crowd-pleasers for the holiday season. This year, Ferrari and The Color Purple are the big awards-season blockbusters to watch out for,… Read more...
Fantastic Mr. Fox is the best Thanksgiving movie
Thanksgiving gets totally bulldozed by Christmas, doesn’t it? There are certainly far fewer shows and movies to watch to get in the spirit of the thing. Sure, we’ve got some Thanksgiving episodes and a handful of films explicitly or tangentially about the holiday, including the beloved-but-dated classic Planes, Trains… Read more...