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Review: 'The American' misses the mark

George Clooney's new thriller "The American" takes itself very seriously. Not the bait-and-switch seriousness you would find in a Jason Bourne movie, where "realism" is just a camera style; and not the op-ed seriousness we get from "Michael Clayton," or "Syriana", where liberalism makes a pact with entertainment. No, this is a different register altogether: a hit-man movie concerned purely with ...

Paul Thomas : Mid life crisis in land of the free

Observing American politics these days is a bit like watching an old family friend go through a mid-life identity crisis. He's dumped his wife for a pole-dancer, become a Buddhist and got himself a tattoo and a ponytail. You wonder:...

Review: ‘The American’

“The American” (opening September 1 in select San Diego theaters) is George Clooney’s “Eat Pray Love.” I couldn’t swallow Julia’s self-indulgent spree and the same goes for Clooney’s.

Real Life Intrigue Equals Stieg Larsson's Plots

The first American version of the film "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is getting a lot of hype and it's not even opening until December 2011. It's no wonder. Stieg Larsson's immensely successful Millennium trilogy soared to the top of the best-seller lists.

The American: movie review

In ‘The American,’ George Clooney plays an assassin ready for the quiet life in a picturesque Italian village.