George Clooney

14665_0210_brother

Last Minute Listing: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The last in this year’s season of free films at The Scoop in More London, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, will be screened tonight at 7pm tonight. Rooting Homer’s Odyssey in the lush topography of Depression-era Mississippi, the Coen brothers’ film pits George Clooney, John …

8538_clooney

Clooney & Zellweger Come To Town

The arrival of two Hollywood heavyweights in our fair city has given the local media the perfect opportunity to do what they do best: namely, sneer at the lady while swooning over the gent. Renee Zellweger and George Clooney have been in town this week …

6927_170907tussauds

London’s waxy export

As befits a truly global capital, London has established itself as a hub in the important international trade of tourist-attracting human reproductions, importing Chinese warriors and exporting waxwork celebrities. While the first crowds were taking a gander at 20 members of the Emperor Ying’s terracotta …

2901_syriana

Friday Film News

This week: Syriana, Kidulthood, and The Matador. Plus a scoop of film news and two Trailers of the Week. We’d have figured after the advance attack of Good Night and Good Luck that George Clooney’s other political stab, Syriana, would have been a shoo in …

2816_clooneysmile

Clooney To Tread Our Boards?

George Clooney might be coming to the West End. We say ‘might’ because this story reads like proper showbiz news (“Oscar nominated star George Clooney is reportedly planning to stage a play in London’s West End for his next big challenge,” blah blah blah) until …

2765_goodnightandgoodluck

Good Night and Good Luck

Watching Return of the Killer Tomatoes! back in the day it would have taken a brave person to point at the bepermed George Clooney and say “One day he’ll be a major Hollywood player… ” While we loved him in E.R. doing the buddy buddy …

2751_edward_murrow

This is London

Good Night and Good Luck, George Clooney’s stunning portrayal of journalist Ed Murrow banging heads with Senator Joseph McCarthy opens on Friday (we’ll be reviewing it tomorrow – short version: give it all the damn Oscars) which is great timing as Murrow has just been …

2696_gclooney

Nice Guy Clooney

George Clooney. Ladies love him. Men can only admire him. Actor, producer, director, heartthrob, clearly there is nothing this man cannot do. Too good to be true? Judging by his exploits last night, quite possibly. The Cloonster was out on the town last night (we’re …

1699_lff

Hellbent for Film: The 49th London Film Festival

Just got back from the press launch of the 49th London Film Festival and it looks like there’s even more on offer this year than ever. Amanda Nevill, the director of the British Film Institute (which last year alone screened an astonishing 3000+ films in …

1586_gnagl

LFF Update

The London Film Festival has just announced its opening and closing movies. The Opening Night Gala will celebrate the UK Premiere of Fernando Meirelles’ THE CONSTANT GARDENER starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Based on the best-selling novel by John le Carré, THE CONSTANT GARDENER …