Movie Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats
In The Men Who Stare At Goats, Ewan McGregor plays Bob Wilton, a lowly reporter from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who finds himself stationed in Kuwait, waiting to cross the border into Iraq to cover Operation Iraqi Freedom. With his personal life in shambles after his wife left him for a one-armed man, Wilton figures that he can head to Iraq, look like a hero with some Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism and win back the love of his life. Wilton has no idea, however, how his life is about to change when he meets up with a character named Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who claims to be a recently re-activated member of the U.S. Army’s New Earth Battalion, a unit that trained its soldiers to use paranormal powers on their missions. The men are made to believe that they can split clouds, become invisible, pass through solid walls and kill with a simple look – a practice they test out on goats. Cassady takes Wilton through the history of the classified military program, where we are introduced to characters like Lieutenant Colonel Bill Django (Jeff Bridges), the off-the-wall founder of the program and the man in charge of training the soldiers and Larry Hooper (Kevin Spacey), a psychic soldier and Lyn’s former nemesis, who is now stationed in Iraq. As Wilton points out in the movie, he headed to Iraq looking for a story and Lyn Cassady brought him an adventure. Read more
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The family dramedy centers on a wealthy landowner who takes his two daughters on a search for his wife’s lover in the hopes of keeping his family together. Nat Faxon and Jim Rash wrote the screenplay based on Kaui Hart Hemmings’ debut novel of the same name. Filming is scheduled to begin in February in Hawaii.
Clooney stars this weekend in The Men Who Stare at Goats and will also be in theaters in the coming weeks in Fantastic Mr. Fox and Up in the Air.
Up In the Air Trailer
/Film has debuted the teaser trailer for Jason Reitman’s Up In the Air starring George Clooney, Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga. The trailer asks the question “How much does your life weigh?” While initially watching the video, I was having internet connection/buffering issues and thought it asked “How much does your wife weigh?” I thought that was a little inappropriate, but sorted it all out after stopping the Flash player and downloading the HD version instead. That’s why QuickTime will always be better than Flash. (Incidentally, I’m quite happy with what my wife weighs, thank you very much.)
The trailer also provides a brief look at some of the film’s other characters played by the likes Reitman regulars J.K. Simmons (Thank You For Smoking and Juno) and Jason Bateman (Juno) as well as Danny McBride and Zach Galifianakis to name a few. Check out the video below or head over to /Film to watch in HD.
Up In the Air will be playing this weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival and will open in theaters December 4th.
First Clip from Up In the Air
The first clip from Jason Reitman’s Up In the Air is online at Apple. The movie stars George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert who flies around the country firing people and collecting frequent flyer miles. Just as he’s about to reach his goal of ten million miles, a new colleague named Natalie (Anna Kendrick) is hired to modernize the way people are fired using video conferencing. This, of course, would render Ryan obsolete and get in his way of achieving his goal. So, he decides to take Natalie on a road trip to show her how to fire somebody face to face. The movie also stars Vera Farmiga as a fellow business traveler with whom Ryan develops a relationship.
Up In the Air had its first public screening this past weekend at Telluride and will be showing this coming weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival. We’ll be seeing the movie and bringing you more from TIFF. Until then, check out Apple for the clip.
The Men Who Stare At Goats Trailer
The first trailer for The Men Who Stare At Goats is now online. Directed by Grant Heslov, the movie is based on the book by the Guardian columnist Jon Ronson. Ewan McGregor will play Bob Wilton, a reporter who investigates a U.S. Army unit that creates soldiers with paranormal powers. George Clooney, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey also star in the film.
The Men Who Stare At Goats will premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be in theatres on November 6th. I’ll be seeing the movie next week so I will be sure to give you my thoughts on it.
Check out the trailer below.
Up In The Air Movie Poster
Empire Online has a first look at the movie poster for Up In The Air. The movie, directed by Jason Reitman, stars George Clooney as a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he’s met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick also star. The movie makes its debut next month at the Toronto Film Festival. Check out the goods below.
Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer
Yahoo! Movies has premiered the trailer for Fantastic Mr. Fox directed by Wes Anderson. Voices in the movie include George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Meryl Streep. The movie will be in theatres on November 13th. Check out the trailer below.
Mr. Fox Pics
A couple of better quality photos from Fantastic Mr. Fox are now online. The stop-motion film is directed by Wes Anderson, his first foray into the world of animation. It is an adaptation of a classic children’s story about a clever fox who must outwit three mean, dimwitted farmers who are trying to hurt Mr. Fox and his family. George Clooney will voice Mr. Fox and Cate Blanchett voices his wife. Other voices in the movie include Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Meryl Streep. It will be in theatres on November 13th.
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