Burn After Reading
A recently dismissed CIA analyst is blackmailed by a pair of hapless gym workers who stumble on a CD ROM containing his memoirs. Linda and Chad (Frances McDormand and Brad […]
Tag Archives: George Clooney
Money Monster
George Clooney, Jack O’Connell and Cenk Uygur star in Money Monster, not to be confused with the Honey Monster – though like Sugar Puffs, the film is enjoyable at the time but ultimately unsatisfying. During […]
Hail, Caesar!
Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest movie stars Josh Brolin as a square-headed fixer for a Hollywood studio in the 1950s. Thin on plot but full of ideas, Hail, Caesar! is more a series […]
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Modern retellings of classic tales are nothing new, from Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet to Blancanieves, Snow White set in 1930s Spain. But this interpretation of Homer’s Odyssey – set […]
Charlie Kaufman: Human Nature and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
My love of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich is well documented on this blog, so naturally I expanded my viewing further into the world of Charlie Kaufman, the screen writer […]
Gravity
Three astronauts are doing a space walk on the exterior of a satellite orbiting the earth, but when a debris storm damages their craft they are sent adrift in space. […]
On iPlayer: Good Night, and Good Luck
Set in McCarthy era America, Good Night, and Good Luck is George Clooney’s 2005 drama based on true events – there are no ghosts in it, unless you count the spectre of […]
