Clooney is back in the director’s chair with a Coen Brothers script and Damon to boot. The film’s synopsis reads: “Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic, suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns – the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. “But […]
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‘Suburbicon’ Review: A Waste of Talent and Time [TIFF]
It’s not often that one film attempts so many different things and manages to make none of them work, but gosh darn it, Suburbicon somehow makes such blundering seem easy. Director George Clooney packs a whole lot of ideas into his tale of the underbelly of 1950s suburbia, but they’re really bad, lazy ideas, which […]
‘Suburbicon’ Trailer: Matt Damon’s Suburban Life Gets Delightfully Twisted
This fall brings a reteaming of filmmaking duo Joel & Ethan Coen and superstar George Clooney, but not in the capacity that we’re used to see them collaborate. Instead, Suburbicon sees the Coen brothers only writing the script, and George Clooney is directing without starring in the movie himself, which is something he’s never done […]
Watch Oscar Isaac, Matt Damon, and Julianne Moore Destroy a Vision of ’50s American Pleasantry in ‘Suburbicon’ Trailer
The just-released first trailer for the George Clooney-directed Suburbicon looks like a Coen brothers take on Revolutionary Road. The Coen-y vibes come not only from the fact that all of its stars — Julianne Moore (The Big Lebowski), Matt Damon (True Grit), and Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) — and its director (O Brother Where Art Thou, Hail, Caesar!) have […]
‘Suburbicon’ First Look: George Clooney’s Coen Brothers-Scripted Dark Comedy
George Clooney and Joel and Ethan Coen have been working together for 17 wonderful years. The filmmakers often turn one of our most charismatic, confident and thoughtful actors into a complete and utter buffoon. For years, they’ve made Clooney play some of their most appealing dim-witted characters. In their latest collaboration, he ain’t playing no moron. In fact, he’s playing […]