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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 an unrevealed accident on Earth which has caused a global catastrophe and made the planet uninhabit...

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 of its runtime, though, it rockily bounces between survival thriller and familiar space drama until...

TV Editor Despite the times we're in, George Clooney remains a man of hope. Here, John Byrne catches up with The Midnight Sky director/lead actor and co-star Felicity Jones as the post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie lands on Netflix It might seem a bit inappropriate that Hollywood is producing dystopian movies at this time, given that we’re in a pandemic. It’s a bit of a buzz-kill when a bit of cheering-up might be what’s required at Christmastime. But it’s also giving us a bit of perspective. And maybe even a beacon of hope. As bad as these Covid-19 days are, things could be a whole lot w...

Directed by George Clooney. Starring George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Caoilinn Springall, Kyle Chandler, Demian Bichir, Tiffany Boone, Sophie Rundle and Ethan Peck. SYNOPSIS: One isolated scientist (George Clooney) remains behind at a research station in the Arctic. His only responsibility to ensure that a group of astronauts are dissuaded from returning to an inhospitable planet Earth. It is rare that an Oscar winning actor director manages to make mediocrity, but George Clooney has done just that with The Midnight Sky. There is no denying the premise is poignant, topical and ...

The New Paper Movie review: The Midnight Sky In his latest passion project, actor-director George Clooney plays a cancer-stricken scientist trying to save a group of astronauts from returning to a desolate Earth. PHOTO: NETFLIX 0 Engagements After Suburbicon (2017) and Catch-22 (2019), George Clooney's latest passion project that he stars in, directed and produced is not exactly the movie experience one might expect. For an apocalyptic sci-fi drama, The Midnight Sky - which premieres on Netflix tomorrow - is so meditative and languidly paced, it may lull you into a state of slumber. Clooney p...