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Updated: 9:38 AM EST December 10, 2020 ST. LOUIS — Augustine (George Clooney) has the look of a man who has failed at life. Weary dialed up to 12 and carrying an additional dose of weathered guilt, this isolated scientist in the Arctic seems to lock away all his shortcomings in his long gray and white bushy beard, like a roadblock between the brain and heart. The year is 2049 and Earth is being suddenly evacuated. Due to a catastrophic event — according to Augustine, it invo...

WONDER WOMAN 1984: 3 STARS The release of “Wonder Woman 1984,” now available in theatres and as a 48-hour rental on digital movie stores for $29.99, comes as an answer to one of the worst dad jokes of all time. Do you know why Diana Prince was called Wonder Woman? Because we all wondered what she was going to do next. I know, it’s a terrible joke, but there was a great deal of talk about what was next for the character and, in pandemic times, when and how we’d be seeing the finished...

It may be the unique circumstances in which we are living, but it feels like every movie released in 2020 turns out to be about subsistence. Right until the final light is extinguished (or the final fade to black), it’s all about getting by as best we can, for as long as that may be. “Th

LOS ANGELES — George Clooney has long been one of Hollywood’s most globetrotting stars, but these days he is hunkered down with his wife, Amal, and their two young children in their home in Studio City, California. When Clooney bought this house in 1995, he was saving lives every Thursda

comments "The Midnight Sky" opens with Augustine (George Clooney) in a sterile environment — the Barbeau observatory in the Arctic Circle. It is February 2049, three weeks after "the event," and he is alone, monitoring the spaceship Aether. The crew is returning home after a two-year mission to see if it the planet K23 "would be our future." (Things didnt turn out as they planned).  However, when Aether crewmember Sully (Felicity Jones) is unable to make contact with NASA, and the ship veers...

When Felicity Jones found out she was pregnant on the eve of shooting her latest picture,

George Clooney has long been one of Hollywood’s most globetrotting stars, but these days he is hunkered down with his wife, Amal, and their two young children in their home in Studio City, Calif. When Clooney bought this house in 1995, he was saving lives every Thursday night on NBC as Dr. Dou

Mandatory Streamers Special Edition Highlighting the Best Movies to Stream Over the Holiday! Mandatory Streamers Special Edition Highlighting the Best Movies to Stream Over the Holiday! Welcome to Mandatory Streamers, our column covering the best new streaming content coming your way every week! For the week of December 21, we’re changing things up a little to highlight the best new movies to stream over the holiday, from Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 to Disney and Pixar’s new ani...

The Midnight Sky Is Now on Netflix ✖ Netflix has spent the past few weeks building up hype for one of its biggest original projects of 2020, The Midnight Sky is a film about a scientist who remains on a nearly-inhabitable planet. When he realizes the crew of a space exploration are on their way back to Earth, having no idea what has happened since they left, he does everything he can to help them turn around. The dramatic and cautionary science fiction tale has been gaining momentum as the ...

George Clooney brings bleakness and humanity with The Midnight Sky The Midnight Sky. Felicity Jones and David Oyelowo in The Midnight Sky. George Clooney in Photo by Philippe Antonello/Netflix The year 2020 has played host to a nightmarish global catastrophe, so ending the year with a movie about a nightmarish global catastrophe may not be at the top of many people’s lists. That’s the divide which the new Netflix movie The Midnight Sky must bridge, something made easier by the presenc...