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George Clooney reveals that Batman & Robin had the biggest influence on his career

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George Clooney has revealed that Batman & Robin was the film that had the most influence on his career.Batman & Robin hasn’t improved with age and it’s still regarded as one of the weakest entries in Batman’s live-action catalogue. George Clooney has never quite been able to live down his performance as Bruce Wayne but […]

Movie Review – Suburbicon (2017)

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Suburbicon, 2017.Directed by George Clooney. Starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, Glenn Fleshler, Gary Basaraba, Karimah Westbrook, Tony Espinosa, Megan Ferguson, and Oscar Isaac.SYNOPSIS:A home invasion rattles a quiet family town.It’s all too easy to discuss the rather meat-headed prescience of George Clooney’s Suburbicon, a film unable to shift a lingering sense of falsity […]

George Clooney and Matt Charman developing Watergate series

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George Clooney will be diving back into the political drama as he and Bridge of Spies writer Matt Charman develop a limited eight-episode series based on the infamous Watergrate scandal. The series has reportedly gone to Netflix, though that may change as competition for it rises.Watergate was one of the biggest events to have happened in America […]

George Clooney returning to TV with Catch-22 series

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Suburbicon bombed at the box-office, so George Clooney looks to be retreating to the medium that launched his career – the world of television. According to The Hollywood Reporter he will direct and star in a Paramount produced limited series based on Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22.Co-written by Luke Davis (Lion) and David Michod (War Machine), […]

Toronto International Film Festival Review – Suburbicon (2017)

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Suburbicon, 2017.Directed by George Clooney. Starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, and Oscar Isaac.SYNOPSIS:Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns…the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. But the tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as […]

Bill Clinton and James Patterson meeting with Hollywood A-listers over rights to The President Is Missing

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According to THR, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and author James Patterson are meeting with Hollywood heavyweights such as J.J. Abrams, Steven Spielberg and George Clooney with regards to an adaptation of their upcoming novel The President Is Missing.Plot details for the book, set for publication in June 2018, are being kept under wraps, but […]

Movie Review – Suburbicon (2017)

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Suburbicon, 2017.Directed by George Clooney. Starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, Glenn Fleshler, Gary Basaraba, Karimah Westbrook, Tony Espinosa, Megan Ferguson, and Oscar Isaac.SYNOPSIS:A home invasion rattles a quiet family town.At this point, we must accept that George Clooney is a much better actor than director, or at the very least is going through […]

New trailer for George Clooney’s Suburbicon starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore

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Following the release of the new poster for Suburbicon [check it out here], a UK trailer has arrived online for director George Clooney’s latest film which stars Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, and Noah Jupe; watch it below…SEE ALSO: George Clooney says Suburbicon isn’t a comedySuburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic suburban community with affordable […]

Hollywood’s Most Overpaid Actors Are Exactly Who You’d Expect

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at a list of actors who aren’t providing much bang for their buck…Even a person who only vaguely keeps up with film news could have had a decent guess at who would make the top ten most overpaid actors list, which was revealed by Forbes magazine a few days ago.With […]