No more farm animals, Clooney says Nov 7, 2009
The movie also features Jeff Bridges as founder of the top-secret New Earth Army program, Ewan McGregor as a reporter who gets entangled with Cassady and Kevin Spacey as a renegade psychic. This goat was a particularly nice goat. (CNN)
Review: 'Stare at Goats' is baaaaaad Nov 7, 2009
Actors like Jeff Bridges (in a ponytail) and Kevin Spacey (in the worst hairpiece of his career) jabber away as if locked in their own private acting classes, and Ewan McGregor, as the reporter who tags along with Clooney when the troop is revived to help fight the war in Iraq (see, it's a topical movie. looks about as lost as you'll feel. (CNN)
The goats stared back Nov 7, 2009
Regular everyday goats and movie magic eventually did the job in The Men Who Stare at Goats, which was inspired by Jon Ronsons nonfiction best-seller of the same name and stars Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. Ronsons book chronicles military efforts to harness New Age techniques in order to fight nonlethal wars, and details a post-Vietnam unit of psychic warriors whose goals included making themselves invisible, passing through walls and... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
10 Questions for Ewan McGregor Nov 6, 2009
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‘Goats’ suffers from a lack of concentration Nov 6, 2009
Clooney works best when there s a Normal for him to bounce off; here that Normal is journalist Bob Wilton, a fictional stand-in for Ronson who (unlike the author) is American and who s played by British actor Ewan McGregor with a vaguely East Coast accent that should never have made it through Customs ... Starring: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey. (Boston Globe)
'Goats' takes good with the b-a-a-a-d Nov 6, 2009
It flutters and flaps in "The Men Who Stare at Goats," an odder-than-odd farce about a small-town reporter (Ewan McGregor) who stumbles across the graduates of an Army "psychic" soldier program, self-described "Jedi Warriors" taught to fly, walk through walls, and practice mind control and "cloud bursting" - concentrating on a cloud until it breaks up, then taking the credit for it ... With a premise this rich - occult hoo-ha as an allegory for the insanity of war - and a cast including George... (Fresno Bee)
You'd better not pout Nov 6, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. A Christmas Carol's Jim Carrey. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'The Men Who Stare at Goats' Nov 5, 2009
Cast: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges ... The filmmakers have added a character, reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor), whose life in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The Men Who Stare at Goats lacks focus Nov 4, 2009
Ewan McGregor here, as in Amelia, struggling to sound flatly American plays Bob Wilton, an out-of-work reporter from the Midwest who travels to Kuwait in the early days of the second Gulf War in the hopes of being embedded with a combat battalion ... Starring: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin SpaceyDirector: Grant HeslovRun time: 1 hour, 30 minutesMPAA rating: R. (MSNBC -- News)
'Men Who Stare at Goats' has fuzzy vision Nov 4, 2009
Delivered with goofy gusto by Clooney and co-stars Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey, "Goats" is fitful, undemanding, and ultimately lightweight humor. Something of a stand-in for Ronson, McGregor's Bob Wilton is a reporter who stumbles onto the story of the New Earth Army, founded by Vietnam vet Bill Django (Bridges), the pioneer of New Age techniques meant to give his troops a spiritual edge and superpowers to win over enemies -- or wipe them out. (Albany Times Union)
Ewan McGregor: Goat-starer extraordinaire Nov 2, 2009
And a little kid will lead them to water: George Clooney, left, is a paranormal operative and Ewan McGregor is a reporter in The Men Who Stare at Goats, an anti-war farce about training psychic soldiers. TITULAR GOATS. (USA Today)
Making Peace Nov 2, 2009
Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, and George Clooney in Grant Heslov s movie ... Our Ronson-like protagonist is an American reporter named Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor). (New Yorker)
Best Bets: Visitors return with V remake Nov 2, 2009
Ewan McGregor stars as a reporter in Iraq who thinks hes stumbled onto the story of a lifetime when he meets a man (Clooney) who claims to be a former member of an army unit that has paranormal skills. Chud. (MSNBC -- News)
Nicole's singing fear Oct 31, 2009
co-star Ewan McGregor and British singer Robbie Williams insists she hates performing in front of people and had to be persuaded to sing in new musical movie 'Nine. She said: "I was terrified of it. I am not a natural singer in the sense that I don't love getting up in front of a group of people and just belting out a tune. It needs to be coaxed out of me because I want my voice to tell a story and sometimes it doesn't have the capacity to do that.". (iAfrica.com)
Holiday films roll out some heavy subjects Oct 30, 2009
Cast: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Stephen Root, Kevin Spacey Produced by: George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Paul Lister Directed by: Grant Heslov Written by: Peter Straughan, Jon Ronson. Pirate Radio. (Fresno Bee)
Newcomer Sidibe starts award season with win Oct 28, 2009
Presenters included Sandra Bullock, Ewan McGregor, Kate Beckinsale, Morgan Freeman and "Juno" screenwriter Diablo Cody. "I first came to this show a couple years ago, and we won for 'Juno,'" Cody said. (MSNBC -- News)
`Paranormal Activity' slays `Saw' with $22 million Oct 26, 2009
This is a biopic on autopilot, providing the facts but not the passions of Earhart's achievements, her marriage to her promoter (Richard Gere) and her fling with a fellow pilot (Ewan McGregor). Swank's Earhart repeatedly tells people how she has to fly or die. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
David Denby: Tales of Amelia Earhart, Valery Gergiev, and the Paris Opera Ballet. Oct 26, 2009
I was hoping that things would pick up when Ewan McGregor makes his entrance as Gene Vidal (Gore s father), the airline executive who becomes Earhart s business partner. Earhart s affair with Vidal has been whispered about for decades, but Nair treats it delicately, remotely. (New Yorker)
"Amelia": What becomes a legend most? Oct 26, 2009
Nair also tries to delve into Earhart's unconventional love life: In the movie's vision, this freedom-loving explorer reluctantly agrees to marry her longtime friend and publicist Putnam (Richard Gere), and even though she's happy in that marriage, she can't resist the brainy, dashing Vidal (Ewan McGregor). Nair treats the love triangle, wisely, as if it were a delicate dance whose steps can't be diagrammed -- there's no moralism or judgment in her approach. (Salon)
'Saints' march again Oct 25, 2009
Duffy refused to meet with Brad Pitt, ticked off Ewan McGregor by arguing with him about the death penalty and made arrogant proclamations such as, The line of a - - kissers is getting longer every day ... Duffy refused to meet with Brad Pitt, ticked off Ewan McGregor by arguing with him about the death penalty and made arrogant proclamations such as, The line of a - - kissers is getting longer every day. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Movie capsules Oct 25, 2009
Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor play the men in Earhart s life. (111 min., PG) (Ty Burr). (Boston Globe)
New Biopic: Amelia Earhart Must Be Rolling in Her Watery Grave Oct 25, 2009
After she cheats on her husband with aviation pioneer Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor, taking his usual glazed inertia to new heights), Amelia must be shown breaking off the affair and weeping with regretin real life, it's not clear that she and Vidal ever stopped seeing each other. As for the rumors about Earhart's lesbianism, they're addressed only in two oblique scenes, one where, sitting in a bar with Vidal, she admires a woman's legs, and another where she turns down Putnam's proposal with... (Slate)
Review: 'Amelia' Suffers Ups, Downs Oct 24, 2009
Screenwriters Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan, working from two Earhart biographies, scratch the surface of "Lady Lindy." The film covers a distinct time period in Earhart's life, beginning with the 1928 flight that made her famous as the first woman to cross the Atlantic (she was a passenger, however), her marriage to George Putnam (Richard Gere), her affair with pilot Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor) and her doomed endeavor piloting her own plane around the world in 1937. In the movie, Earhart... (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Review: 'Amelia' can't overcome obstacle Oct 24, 2009
But the movie soon pivots from that to concentrate on her personal life, on her marriage to publisher George Putnam (Gere) and her affair with Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor). Aside from the obvious - Earhart was distinctive because she was an aviator, not because she had a sex life, so why concentrate on the less interesting element. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Review: 'Amelia' doesn't fly Oct 24, 2009
For a time, the freethinking woman also conducted a love affair with aeronautics pioneer Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor), now best known as the father of writer Gore Vidal. Swank delivers long, carefully composed explications of Earhart's unorthodox attitude toward marriage and feminine autonomy, taken from her journal entries, in studied accents somewhere between those of the Kansas plains of Earhart's birth and those of Katharine Hepburn in her most famous trouser-wearing, gumption-gal roles. (CNN)
Stodgy Amelia never gets off the ground Oct 23, 2009
Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregorDirector: Mira NairRun time: 1 hour, 51 minutesMPAA rating: PG. Over the course of Earharts life, we see her fall in love with and marry publisher George Putnam (Richard Gere) and pursue an affair with aviation expert Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor), whos most famous these days as the father of author Gore Vidal. (MSNBC -- News)
‘Amelia’ explores how a pilot became a celebrity Oct 23, 2009
And she kept an open marriage, carrying on a relationship with aeronautics expert Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor) that Putnam, by then her husband, had little choice but to accept ... Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor. (Boston Globe)
Amelia boresA lazy coffee-table book of a movie, "Amelia" is dressed to the... Oct 23, 2009
The film discreetly tiptoes around rumors of Earhart's reputed bisexuality ("Maybe at one time," she says) and her relationship with aviation pioneer Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor impersonating a department-store dummy). Some historians believe Vidal was Earhart's lover, but Nair leaves it at one improbable kiss in a hotel elevator (remember, she was the most famous woman in the world) and several scenes of Amelia inspiring Vidal's young son Gore, who grew up to be a famous novelist. (New York Post -- News)
Bland biopic fails to capture Earhart's spirit Oct 23, 2009
Amelia * * 1/2 out of four Stars: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Cherry JonesDirector: Mira NairDistributor: 20th Century FoxRating: PG for some sensuality, language, thematic elements and smokingRunning time: 1 hour, 51 minutesOpens Friday nationwide. By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY Amelia goes airborne but never fully soars. (USA Today -- Life)
Weak script and lethargic acting ground 'Amelia' Oct 23, 2009
We get the facts of Earhart's pioneering achievements, her marriage to her promoter (Richard Gere), her fling with a fellow pilot (Ewan McGregor) ... " And yet this film, coming 72 years after Earhart vanished, plays it awfully safe. Under Mira Nair's direction, "Amelia" is respectable and respectful, with a solid performance from two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank. Capsule reviews: `Amelia' and others Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "Amelia" - Considering the risks Amelia Earhart... (Fresno Bee)
Hollywood's Amelia Earhart: Lost at Sea Oct 23, 2009
" In the movie, she writes with the groom snoozing behind her, then reads it out loud. Languishing against the pillows, hand over eyes, Putnam mutters that such brutal words are tolerable only coming from her. Gere struggles to sell the melodrama, and we struggle to buy the logic. Why did she say yes again? Then there's her friendship and apparent long-standing affair with Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor), a West Point flying instructor who became head of the aeronautics branch of the Department of... (Time.com)
Mini movie reviews Oct 22, 2009
Co-starring Richard Gere as her husband and Ewan McGregor as her lover. Augusta Exchange. (The Augusta Chronicle)
What's Playing Oct 22, 2009
Co-starring Richard Gere as her husband and Ewan McGregor as her lover. Directed by Mira Nair ("The Perez Family," "Monsoon Wedding"). (Athens Banner-Herald)
RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR.: Stories that give you hope Oct 22, 2009
We get the facts of Earhart's pioneering achievements, her marriage to her promoter (Richard Gere), her fling with a fellow pilot (Ewan McGregor). And we get pretty pictures of airplanes in flight. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Ewan McGregor, Hilary Swank Celebrate 'Amelia' Premiere Oct 22, 2009
Ewan McGregor ( MTV News ). NEW YORK Ewan McGregor, Hilary Swank and Richard Gere all stepped out on Tuesday night to celebrate the New York premiere of "Amelia," their lavish biopic about legendary pilot Amelia Earhart. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Best bets: Swank hopes to soar with Amelia Oct 19, 2009
The film looks at her adventurous spirit and her great loves (played by Ewan McGregor and Richard Gere). (Opens Oct. 23). (MSNBC -- News)
Polanski 'finishing film in jail' Oct 15, 2009
Polanski's film stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Kim Cattrall ... The movie stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Kim Cattrall. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
'Don't be yourself' Oct 13, 2009
Ewan McGregor says it's vital that you "believe in yourself absolutely" ... Goyder has just written a book called "The Star Qualities," which includes a chapter on how to shine in job interviews, taking tips from movie stars including Ewan McGregor and Sarah Jessica Parker ... Ewan McGregor says, "Believe in yourself absolutely. Do think that you can do it, that you can succeed, that you can have a career doing it.". (CNN -- International)
Fall Film Releases 2009 Oct 9, 2009
Starring: Hilary Swank, Joe Anderson, Mia Wasikowska, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor and Virginia Madsen. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire s Assistant, rated PG-13. (Carroll County Times, MD)
When sceptics fight back Oct 7, 2009
He is about to come to greater prominence after being portrayed by Ewan McGregor in the upcoming film, The Men who Stare at Goats, also starring George Clooney. Ronson's book of the same name revealed that the US operated a secret army of psychic spies in the 1970s and 80s. (BBC News -- UK)
Polanski's Ghost Oct 5, 2009
When his long-standing aide drowns, a professional ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is sent out to help him finish the book ... Click for more images from Roman Polanski's The Ghost, starring Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor. (IGN FilmForce)
Oscar Watch: George Clooney, The Coen Brothers And More Oct 3, 2009
Based on the true story of the 1937 disappearance of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, "Amelia" places Swank in this biopic adventure with co-stars Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor. It also won't hurt that the film is directed by revered international director Mira Nair, and the script was written by Oscar-winner Ronald Bass ("Rain Man"). (VHI.com -- Music News)
Polanski capture 'always planned' Sep 30, 2009
Page last updated at 09:22 GMT, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 10:22 UK. Polanski capture 'always planned. (BBC News -- Europe)
Polanskis latest film is in limbo due to arrest Sep 30, 2009
Based on the provocative novel by Robert Harris, The Ghost stars Pierce Brosnan as fictional former British leader Adam Lang and Ewan McGregor as a ghostwriter hired to help complete his memoirs. The cast includes Kim Cattrall, Tom Wilkinson, Olivia Williams and James Belushi. (MSNBC -- News)
Trick or Tweet? TWITTER launches crackdown after millions are duped by fake accounts... Sep 20, 2009
And in March this year, actor Ewan McGregor s spokesman claimed the star was considering legal action to remove a fake Twitter account that had attracted 20,000 followers. The Mail on Sunday s own Piers Morgan has also been targeted by an impostor who has accumulated a following of 17,650. (The Drudge Report)
Fall 2009 movie preview Sep 18, 2009
Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey are also implicated in the comedy. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire -- A hit on the festival circuit, this is said to be Mo'Nique's Oscar bid. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Clooneypalooza: George Soars in Two Films at Toronto Film Festival Sep 14, 2009
His student and dupe is Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor), a naive journalist trying to get a scoop for his midwestern newspaper. Cassady tells him of the time he used an ancient Chinese maneuver, the Death Touch, on an adversary. (Time.com)
Clooney, Romero dazzle at film festival Sep 14, 2009
Ewan McGregor sprinted to the door of the Sutton Place Hotel, outrunning some photographers on his tail. Kris Kristofferson greeted fans outside the Intercontinental Hotel, while inside in the restaurant Penelope Cruz entertained a table of 10 reporters and then gave up her seat to "Broken Embraces" co-star Lluis Homar, who brought a translator along to help him through the few rough spots. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
A look at this fall’s movies Sep 13, 2009
Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor play the aviator s men, but the movie will soar or crash (sorry, hard to resist) on the strength of Swank s performance ... The Men Who Stare at Goats In this comedy taken from Jon Ronson s book, a reporter (Ewan McGregor) discovers a covert Army project that trains an elite group of soldiers to fight the war in Iraq using only their minds. (Boston Globe)
ANOTHER TAKE ON TORONTO: The 'Arizona Republic's Goodyblog Sep 12, 2009
" Mondo weird. Most enjoyable. What's it about? Short version: Frustrated reporter (Ewan McGregor) stumbles onto story about a secret Army unit that used psychic superpowers in battle. He follows the decidedly off-kilter Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), a former member of the group, into Iraq (where they hit ... a rock -- get it? Love that) on what may or may not be a mission and ... you know, from there it just gets weirder. McGregor and Clooney are both good, as is Jeff Bridges. Supposed to talk... (USA Today -- Life)
Clooney to help Damon regain 'sexiest man alive' title Sep 12, 2009
In the film, scoop-hungry journalist Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) happens upon Clooney's character, Lyn Cassady, embarking on a mission to find Bill Django (Jeff Bridges), founder of the US Army's secret "psychic soldier" program, in Iraq. The film is based on a book by Jon Ronson about the army's experimentation with New Age concepts and the paranormal, for instance the ability to kill goats by staring at them, begun in the 1970s. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Fuel on the fired Sep 12, 2009
Ewan McGregor (of the "Star Wars" prequels) plays an investigative reporter who, at one point, proclaims, "I've never heard of a Jedi warrior," while Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey are cast as new-age wackos ... Ewan McGregor (of the "Star Wars" prequels) plays an investigative reporter who, at one point, proclaims, "I've never heard of a Jedi warrior," while Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey are cast as new-age wackos. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Boyle is 'edging closer' to Porno Sep 11, 2009
But Ewan McGregor, who played anti-hero Renton, has said in interviews that a sequel would be a "terrible shame". McGregor is currently starring opposite George Clooney in The Men Who Stare At Goats, which will be screened at this year's London Film Festival. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Clooney gets paranormal with Goats in Venice Sep 9, 2009
Based on Jon Ronsons book of the same name and inspired by true events, the movie features an all-star cast that also includes Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. advertisement. (MSNBC -- News)
Clooney, new Italian girlfriend dazzle Venice red carpet Sep 9, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. " The mission takes Lyn and Bob to prison camp run by another psychic soldier, played by Kevin Spacey. "This wasn't an Iraq war film, but a comedy about some of the crazy ideas that went on starting at the end of the Vietnam war, and then carried on," Clooney said. Also Tuesday, claustrophobics were warned off a real war movie, "Lebanon", by Israeli director Samuel Maoz, shot almost entirely from inside a tank assigned to search a town that had been... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Clooney Promotes 'Goats' In Venice Sep 9, 2009
The movie co-stars Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. It tells the story of a special U.S. army unit experimenting with paranormal powers in warfare. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
The PG's Fall Movie Preview Sep 3, 2009
" Oct. 9 "Couples Retreat": Comedy about Midwesterners who head for a tropical island resort so one pair can work on their marriage and the others vacation but they learn participation in couples therapy is not optional. Oct. 16 "The Road": Esquire magazine called it "the most important movie of the year," and Western Pennsylvania residents are certainly looking forward to it. Based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name, it features Viggo Mortensen and young Kodi Smit-McPhee as father... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Venice out to get back on top Sep 1, 2009
So it is to Mueller's credit that the premieres include films from Michael Moore and Steven Soderbergh, as well as an all-star cast - including George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Ewan McGregor - in a satire on the secret service, Men Who Stare at Goats, directed by Grant Heslov. This is quite a reversal of fortunes for the world's oldest festival. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Vampires, Toys Take To The Screen This Fall Aug 31, 2009
" ___ CLASS ACTS: Hollywood's prestige season includes entries from Academy Award winners Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank as real-life role models. Swank stars as Amelia Earhart in director Mira Nair's "Amelia," co-starring Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor in the life story of the aviation pioneer who vanished on her around-the-world flight in 1937. "Invictus" reunites Freeman with "Million Dollar Baby" and "Unforgiven" director Clint Eastwood for the story of Nelson Mandela's partnership with a... (Click2Houston, TX)
Little Voice stage stars unveiled Aug 21, 2009
Ewan McGregor also starred in the film as pigeon-fancying Billy, who will be played by actor James Cartwright in the new production. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Kutcher plays a gigolo in 'Spread' Aug 10, 2009
" The actor laughs at the notion, but he's apparently serious about the challenge. Not only is the role a radical departure for him, but his choice to direct the piece, Mackenzie, is not exactly a commercial darling. The Scottish filmmaker is known for some bare-knuckled fare with what can politely be called "deeply flawed" male leads. Among his near-sociopathic, sexually compelled protagonists are the voyeur in "Hallam Foe" (or "Mister Foe" in America, played with nervous detachment by "Billy... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Comedy Movie Preview Fall 2009 Aug 6, 2009
Based on the , this dark comedy concerns a downtrodden reporter (Ewan McGregor) looking for a good war story. He meets a Special Forces agent (George Clooney) who reveals surprising secrets about a psychic military unit devoted to creating Warrior Monks with highly developed paranormal powers to win the war. (Suite101.com)
Offensive or funny? Jul 29, 2009
And in Star Stories, which lampoons the life stories of the rich and shameless, Bishop has impersonated the likes of George Michael, Ewan McGregor, Robbie Williams, Simon Cowell, Peter Andre and even God. I'm not going to do a sketch about Jade Goody, Michael Jackson and Maddie McCann. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Actor remembers Hagerstown experience with fondness Jul 27, 2009
The other is called The Men Who Stare at Goats, with George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. Lang said its a pointed satire about paranoia, comparable to Dr. (The Herald-Mail Online)
Daily TV guide Jul 17, 2009
Fuzzy tale of a psychiatrist (Ewan McGregor) trying to stop a young man s suicide. R (2005). (Boston Globe)
