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Movie Review – The Midnight Sky (2020) Directed by George Clooney. Starring George Clooney, Felicity Jones, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Caoilinn Springall, Sophie Rundle, and Ethan Peck. SYNOPSIS: A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe. Those hoping that Netflix were set to wrap up 2020 by throwing yet another awards-chasing hat into the ring may be left a little deflated by George...

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. “The Midnight Sky,” directed by and starring George Clooney, is no different. Adapted by Mark L. Smith (“The Revenant”) from Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel “Good Morning, Midnight,” the film places Cloo...

Copy to Clipboard Demian Bichir as Sanchez and Tiffany Boone as Maya (Netflix) “There’s a longing in this story,” George Clooney — who earlier starred in space films like ‘Solaris’ and ‘Gravity’ — says with a twinkle in his eye. “It’s a real need to connect, deeply connect. And there’s also this conversation about what mankind is capable of doing to mankind that creeps up on you.” An end-of-the-world tale, ‘The Midnight Skyâ...

George Clooney saves humanity & gives a terrific performance in The Midnight Sky; Here’s what netizens think George Clooney’s latest film The Midnight Sky has just released and before you sit down to enjoy the 2-hour film, scroll down to see what Twitterati has to say about the flick. Written By Shree Vrinda Agarwal 4995966 reads Mumbai Updated: December 24, 2020 04:22 pm George Clooney saves humanity & gives a terrific performance in The ...

Arrival (Denis Villeneuve; no scenes in space, but bizarre-looking aliens play charades with Amy Adams), Blade Runner 2049 (Villeneuve again, playing around in Scott’s gloomy sandbox), First Man (Damien Chazelle; not science-fiction but a biopic about the original spaceman counts), and last year, Ad Astra (James Gray). This doesn’t even include thoughtful, small-scale science-fiction efforts from auteurs like Spike Jonze (2013’s Her) or Claire Denis (2019’s High Life), both of whic...

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. Doug Ross on “ER.” Now, with a deadly pandemic raging, all he can do is try to tend to those he cares about most. He worries about his elderly parents, who live in Kentucky. He and his wife have regular...

Quiet and meditative, The Midnight Sky is superb silence fiction George Clooney directs and heads up a cast in a film that balances tidings of gloom with a current of hope Author of the article: Chris Knight Publishing date: Dec 23, 2020  •  December 23, 2020  •  4 minute read  •  "Why is it so quiet?" Caoilinn Springall with George Clooney in The Midnight Sky. Photo by Netflix Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may e...

Tue Dec 22, 2020 at 1:59pm ET George Clooney and Caoilinn Springall in The Midnight Sky.  Pic credit: Netflix George Clooney learned a lot about stories set in outer space with Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity and Steven Soderbergh’s Solaris. Now, with Netflix’s The Midnight Sky , he directs and stars in the post-apocalyptic story based on Lily Brooks-Dalton’s 2016 novel Good Morning, Midnight, that plays out on both Earth – in the Arctic — and in space. As the story opens, there has been...

USA TODAY There are worse people to be stuck with in the Arctic Circle, at the end of the world, in a galactically ambitious film, than George Clooney. Brandishing a bushy beard and plenty of gravitas – though this is no “Gravity” – Clooney stars in as well as directs “The Midnight Sky” (★★½ out of four; rated PG-13; in select theaters, streaming Dec. 23 on Netflix), an apocalyptic film that works well as a meditation on mortality and exploration of human connection. For much...

George Clooney: Midnight Sky is The Revenant meets Gravity By George Clooney must protect Caoilinn Springall from arctic elements in "The Midnight Sky." Photo courtesy of Netflix George Clooney stars in and directs "The Midnight Sky." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo George Clooney (L) directs Tiffany Boone in "The Midnight Sky" while Grant Heslov (R) stands by. Photo courtesy of Netflix Felicity Jones and David Oyelowo both influenced changes to their "Midnight Sky" characters. Ph...