George Clooney
Batman on Film: Joel Schumacher Almost Kills the Batman Franchise
Like most fans of the feature length, live-action Batman motion pictures, I tried to pretend Joel Schumacher’s offerings don’t exist. I usually do a pretty good job of it too, but because I’m a fanatic, and a completist, they get watched once every couple years when a new Batman film is released in the multiplexes across the globe. This time around though, I’m taking you with me. You got to revel ...[Read More]
Detroit Film Critics Society Announces the Best of 2011 Nominations
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2011 nominees in ten categories. The society was founded in spring 2007 and consists of a group of twenty-two film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan. Each critic submitted t...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Descendants
You need to know this from the start – there are no negatives when it comes to The Descendants. The movie is a nearly perfect package. Yes, this is George Clooney’s greatest role (more on that later), but the other key pieces – supporting actors, writing, directing, cinematography, and music – all fit together like a customized glove to make writer/director Alexander Payne’s drama/comedy about a w...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Ides of March
Dipping into his A-list Rolodex, George Clooney assembles an enviable cast to bring to life his fourth directorial effort – the heated political drama The Ides of March. Clooney has often deflected questions of actual political aspirations while maintaining a strong presence in left-leaning causes which he now voices with plainspoken idealism through his character Governor Mike Morris. On the prim...[Read More]