Posts Tagged: Up in the Air
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'Up in the Air': A Look Back in Anger

Would it be okay, now that everyone knows the "surprise" ending of the film Up in the Air, for me to lodge a formal protest against the catastrophic sexual politics of this movie?

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Flicked Off: 'Up in the Air'

There's so many different reasons to see a movie! Sometimes, you will be walking by a theater, and it will be playing A Serious Man, starting in fifteen minutes, and you'll think "What the hell!" And then, 110 minutes later, you'll be like, "Hey, that was a kickass, awesome godamned movie, why did I not see it before?" Or sometimes I, like many people in America, will go to a film just see an actor (which is why I have seen every Julianne Moore and Frances McDormand and Holly Hunter movie ever). By those standards, Up in the Air is a damn fine bit of bait. George Clooney, at 48 [...]