Jay Kelly: Portrait of an empty man Jay Kelly is very good at being Jay Kelly, that is Jay Kelly the international film star who’s been gracing audiences with his presence on the world’s movie screens for 35 years. It’s a role he can play in his sleep. But the other Jay Kelly, the eager, […]
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Monuments Men missing momentum
George Clooney as Frank Stokes George Clooney’s The Monuments Men has the sort of pedigree that Oscar winners are made of. What with an all-star cast, including former Academy Awards recipients Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Jean Dujardin (as well as Clooney) and Bill Murray, John Goodman and Bob Balaban, as well as a subject matter […]
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Groundbreaking visuals save Gravity
Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone and George Clooney as Matt Kowalski in Gravity. PHOTO COURTESY WARNER BROS. PICTURES’ Movie studios, and film critics, are prone to hyperbole, so it’s often advisable to take anything that either says with a grain of salt. That being said, you need to trust me when I say that […]
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Beating them about the head with a shtick
I’ve always made people laugh with my self-deprecating humor, but I was complaining about not having much luck with the ladies recently, and my buddy told me that my humor is a problem. He said I come off as kind of a downer to women. Other guy friends told me not to listen to him; […]
