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January
22nd 2008
Oscar Time! And the Nominees Are…

Posted under Free for All & George Clooney & Viggo Mortensen & Cate Blanchett & Tom Wilkinson & Casey Affleck & Johnny Depp & Daniel Day Lewis & Julie Christie & Marion Cotillard & Laura LInney & Ellen Page & Javier Bardem & Hal Holbrook & Philip Seymour Hoffman & Ruby Dee & Saoirse Ronan & Amy Ryan & Tilda Swinton

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The great Cate

Well, Keira Knightley got snubbed, and, despite her brilliant turn as a plain Jane, so did Charlize Thereon, but the Academy has spoken…

Now let’s just cross our fingers that the studios and the writers can work it out before show time!

And the nominees for all the juicy awards are…

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Dreamy Mc Clooney looking pensive in Michael Clayton

Best Picture: “Atonement,” “Juno,” “Michael Clayton,” “No Country for Old Men,” “There Will Be Blood.”

A depressing lot of movies!

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Actor: George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”; Daniel Day Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”; Johnny Depp, “Sweeney Todd the Demon read more ....

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October
14th 2007
Michael Clayton, ‘The Truth Can be Adjusted…

Posted under Free for All & movies & George Clooney & Tom Wilkinson

… and so can the continuity and the forensic evidence by the look of this movie.

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Michael Clayton
(George Clooney), is the in-house fixer at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York, working on damage limitation for anything from “shoplifting wives to crooked politicians.”

Suddenly he finds himself having to work his magic when Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson), in a state of mental delusion, decides to get all moralistic and sabotage U-North, the company he works for, in the closing stages of a multi-million dollar class action suit.

Believing the firm has become too proficient at making read more ....

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