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Despite its bleak subject matter, The Midnight Sky has been a big hit for Netflix over the festive period, topping the most-watched chart worldwide. (Sorry It doesn't necessarily strike you as a Christmas watch given that it's set at the end of the world as we know it, especially after the year we've had. However, George Clooney – who directs and stars as terminally ill scientist Augustine Lofthouse – believes it's a story about hope, rather than devastation. Perhaps that's what has drawn audiences to the tale of Augustine's race against time to stop Sully (Felicity Jones) and the rest ...

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 Clooney, as accomplished astronomer Augustine Lofthouse, in the midst of a global cataclysm in the year ...

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 Sky’ follows two parallel threads. In one, a lonely scientist occupying a snowy Arctic outpost rides...

It’s been a bleak year, so our gift to you is George Clooney’s thoughts on movies, murder hornets and mince pie Ann Hornaday © Netflix George Clooney as Augustine Lofthouse in “The Midnight Sky.” George Clooney’s on the line. It’s early December, and he’s calling from his house in Los Angeles, where the family’s 165-pound Saint Bernard, Rosie, is barreling toward 3-year-old Alexander. (His twin sister, Ella, seems to be staying safely out of range.) Midway through his dad’s conversation, Alexander starts babbling into the phone. “Alexander, say ‘H...

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 Midnight Sky; Here’s what netizens think Sometimes a downer of a movie can make you feel a ...