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George Clooney didn’t like Batman & Robin’s Freeze puns and calls his own performance “terrible”

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George Clooney, who starred in Batman & Robin, says he was “terrible” in the film and that he is not a fan of the movie’s Mr. Freeze puns. Batman & Robin is one of the worst received Batman films in history. The over-the-top, incredibly camp adventure hasn’t improved much in the public consciousness over-time, and […]

Movie Review – Hail, Caesar! (2016)

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Hail, Caesar!, 2016. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes and Alden Ehrenreich. SYNOPSIS: Whilst trying to juggle the everyday dramas that he faces in his job, studio fixer Eddie Mannix must now find his main star, after they are kidnapped and held […]

First trailer for George Clooney’s post-apocalyptic drama The Midnight Sky

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Netflix has debuted the first trailer and a poster for director George Clooney’s post-apocalyptic drama The Midnight Sky. Based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s acclaimed novel Good Morning, Midnight, the film stars Clooney alongside David Oyelowo, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir and Tiffany Boone; watch it here… This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine (George Clooney), a lonely scientist in […]

Top 5 Movies to Stream Online (25.11.15) – Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Gravity, The Imitation Game and more…

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Movie Review – Money Monster (2016)

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Money Monster 2016 Directed by Jodie Foster Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo Esposito SYNOPSIS: Flamboyant TV host Lee Gates (George Clooney) is fronting his daily show about the financial markets when he’s taken hostage by a distraught investor (Jack O’Connell), who bursts into the studio armed to the […]

Felicity Jones cast in George Clooney’s Good Morning, Midnight

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After setting himself in to star in and direct an adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s 2017 sci-fi novel Good Morning, Midnight, George Clooney has just made his first casting decision for the Netflix film with Deadline reporting that Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) has signed on to the sci-fi film. Good Morning, Midnight follows two […]

Netflix taps George Clooney to direct and star in Good Morning, Midnight

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Fresh off adapting the novel Catch-22 into a limited series at Hulu, George Clooney is heading over to Netflix to turn Lily Brooks-Dalton’s 2017 sci-fi novel Good Morning, Midnight into a feature film. He will star in as well as direct the film with Mark L. Smith (Overlord) adapting the novel into a screenplay. Good Morning, Midnight follows […]

Hulu’s Catch-22 series gets a new trailer

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With a little over three weeks to go until its premiere, a new trailer has arrived online for Catch-22, Hulu’s small-screen adaptation of Joseph Heller’s classic novel. The limited drama series stars Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, Hugh Laurie, Daniel David Stewart, Austin Stowell, Rafi Gavron, Graham Patrick Martin, Pico Alexander, Jon Rudnitsky, Gerran […]