Tag: George Clooney

Wolfs

“Wolfs” is a 2024 Apple TV+ Thriller/ Dark Comedy starring George Clooney (Ocean’s Eleven), Brad Pitt (Bullet Train), and Austin Abrams (Euphoria).

Two fixers (Pitt, Clooney) are both called to the same hotel to clean up the death of a young man that occurred in NYC DA’s hotel room. Both men work alone but are now forced to work together. However, not everything is as it appears to be.

This isn’t a fast-paced thriller but it’s really good. It has an excellent mixture of comedy and action. I’d say it leans more on the dark comedy side even though it’s classified as a thriller. Pitt, Clooney, and Abrams all play great roles. It does have a major plot hole at the end when they figure out what’s going on. Still, it’s a great movie, which I would give it higher if it wasn’t for that. I give it an 8.5/10.

Hail, Caesar!

‘Hail, Caesar!’ is a 2016 mystery/comedy currently streaming on Netflix, which is more mystery than comedy. It features a block buster cast, seriously a lot of heavy hitters in this one, including Josh Brolin (Deadpool 2, Avengers: Endgame), George Clooney, Tilda Swinton (Avengers: Endgame, Doctor Strange), Ralph Fiennes (Kubo and the Two Strings, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), Jonah Hill (War Dogs, 21 Jump Street), Channing Tatum (Magic Mike, 21 Jump Street), Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Endgame), and Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story). Plus a few others, it’s hard to think of another movie with this many top actors and actresses.

‘Hail, Caesar!’ is a period piece set in the golden age of Hollywood. It follows a studio fixer going through his daily struggles of righting what’s wrong in the Hollywood studio. I love period films centered around the golden age of Hollywood, I always find it as an interesting time in Hollywood and history in general. There are several mini plots in this movie and one main one with George Clooney being kidnapped on set and held for ransom. With as much fire power as this movie has it’s just an okay film. It’s interesting but that’s about it, it jumps around trying to fill in all the stars without really focusing on one direction. It reminds me of AHS when you see the star for the first time in a season and get really excited. It’s another movie with too many heavy hitters that just becomes okay at best. I give it a 6/10