Tag archive: George Clooney

We just finished watching the live nominee announcements for the 84th annual Academy Awards. The nominations were quite enlightening, to say the least. 2011 was a year without many standout films. Usually we go into these awards with an idea of what might be nominated, but this year, almost anything was up for grabs. They also confirm a point Roger Ebert made in his predictions piece yesterday: many of the nominations this year are all about… Read More

Hitting theaters today is George Clooney’s newest indie-flick, The American. Directed by Anton Corbijn (Control), The American is an experiment in suspense and character development that flashes with moments of beauty, but will ultimately split audiences. The first thing you need to know about The American is that the trailers and ads are wildly misleading.  In fact, rarely has there been a movie where the promotion has been so different than… Read More

“The American” stars George Clooney as an aging Assassin who agrees to do one final job. The film is directed by Anton Corbijn and is set to be released on September 1, 2010. Synopsis: Alone among assassins, Jack is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Larry that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he… Read More

The words “MySpace” and “genocide” don't often appear in the same sentence—usually it's just “stalking” or “school bomb threat”—but today social networking giant MySpace announced a partnership with humanitarian organization Oxfam and nearly two dozen bands to raise awareness of—and funds for—the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. The… Read More