Gorgeous George
George Clooney has come a long way from playing ‘Lip Syncing Transvestite’ in 1992’s The Harvest. From the twinkly-eyed Doc Ross on ER to conflicted dad Matt King in this week’s Film Club pick The Descendants, he’s been in a lot of good movies.
Here are our faves…
FROM DUSK TIL DAWN George’s first big movie, shot in 1996 before he was quite such a silver fox. He plays lowlife scumbucket Seth Gecko, who happens upon a strip club full of vampires while running from a bank robbery. Don’t you just hate it when that happens?
Of course, this being a horror flick written by Quentin Tarantino, the gorefest isn’t long in coming. The vampires (including a VERY scantily clad Salma Hayek) bite the dust in graphic fashion and George rides off into the sunrise with a pretty girl and an A-list movie career. Not bad for a night’s work!
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK Clooney got all serious on us in this 2005 thriller, which he also directed and co-wrote. The story of newsman Ed Murrow and his attempt to bring down Communist-baiter Joe McCarthy, it’s a flick that doesn’t feature too much George but is worth including for no other reason than his character being named Fred Friendly.
Also starring Robert Downey Jr and an excellent selection of retro glasses, Good Night is good. Really, really good.
UP IN THE AIR Travelling up and down the country firing people probably sounds more fun than it actually is. That’s certainly the case for Clooney-character Ryan Bingham in this flick, anywhos.
If you’ve ever doubted Clooney’s acting chops, this is the movie to convert you. He. Is. Amazing. Funny, sweet, mean, desperately sad…his performance really does have something for everyone. And there’s one moment in particular, near the end, which will just snap your cold, dead heart right in two.
O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? This Coen Brothers adap of Homer’s Odyssey is probably the lulziest Clooney flick out there (second Coen collaboration Burn After Reading doesn’t count, on account of it not being funny). Set in the Deep South, it sees our hero embarking on a series of utterly mental adventures, with side-splitting consequences. And that famous soundtrack? It’s, like, totes amaze.
Some things to note – considering Clooney is actually from Kentucky, his Southern accent is pretty poor. And that big singing scene? Dubbed. Never mind eh, GC?
And finally…
OUT OF SIGHT Not actually a good film but a hell of a lot of fun. And we bet Georgie-boy didn’t mind getting locked in a car boot with J-Lo, either.
The Descendants is in cinemas now. Here’s the trailer:
But just what is this Film Club malarkey all about? It’s simples, really. Each week we send a pair of cinema tix (ODEON or Cineworld, whichever is best) to 10 of our most active Facebook/Twitter followers. We put the film we’re going to see to the vote, and the winning film is the one we all go to see. Then we all sit around on Facebook on the Sunday night (6.30) and chat about it. Magic. Sound like something you want to get involved with? Drop us a line at twitter.com/f_t_r_c or on Facebook at on.fb.me/d4dMv8
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