question of the day: What was the most underrated or underappreciated movie of 2010?
Mine must be Agora, which my fellow critics ignored and audiences never had a chance to find…
American
question of the day: What actors will you watch in anything?
I wonder whether the big draw of *The American* was George Clooney. Are there more folks out there who, like me, would watch Clooney in absolutely anything?
cinematic roots of: ‘The American’
In *The American,* George Clooney’s murder-weary professional assassin mopes around rural mountain Italy while doing one last job before he’s out, out, he tells ya. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
the end of torture porn?; the end of the Internet?; what TV viewers want more of (and what they’re going to get instead); more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
The American (review)
I was certain that there was no movie that I could not endure if it meant I could gaze at George Clooney for two hours. I was wrong.
female gazing at: George Clooney
Can’t believe it took me this long to get around to George. We could have been female-gazing at him every day.
trailer break: ‘The American’
Ooo, George Clooney as a burnt-out, sad assassin. Come here, honey, and let me hug you…
