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American

question of the day: What was the most underrated or underappreciated movie of 2010?

Thu, Dec 30, 2010
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Mine must be Agora, which my fellow critics ignored and audiences never had a chance to find…

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question of the day: What actors will you watch in anything?

Tue, Sep 07, 2010
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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?

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cinematic roots of: ‘The American’

Sun, Sep 05, 2010
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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)…

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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

Sun, Sep 05, 2010
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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…

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The American (review)

Tue, Aug 31, 2010
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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.

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female gazing at: George Clooney

Thu, Aug 26, 2010
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Can’t believe it took me this long to get around to George. We could have been female-gazing at him every day.

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trailer break: ‘The American’

Wed, Aug 11, 2010
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Ooo, George Clooney as a burnt-out, sad assassin. Come here, honey, and let me hug you…

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