Noticias

Everything’s a game in the latest episode of The Mentalist (TV), "18-4-5." A young man is running for his life through a shadowy garden. He can’t find his way out. In the shadows, a clown with a face straight out of Stephen King’s "It" lurks, pulling a gun and shooting the young man. After which, the clown cuts off the dead man’s index finger and disappears. Oh, yes. I think that’s a great beginning to a horror flick. Agent Lisbon (Robin Tunney) and Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) arrive on scene to discover that their all-points bulletin has rounded up a menagerie of suspects fitting the description of the shooter: more clowns. I think I had a nightmare once about that many clowns in one place. Immediately, Jane see through the ruse to deflect the officers so that the real killer can get away, so instead,...

Up in the Air is a film adaptation of the 2001 novel, Up in the Air, written by Walter Kirn. The screenplay was penned by Jason Reitman and Sheldon, with Reitman also sitting in the director's chair. Jason Reitman is best known for writing/directing Thank You for Smoking, as well as directing Diablo Cody's into to screen writing, Juno. The story follows career transition counselor Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) who travels around the country terminating corporate employees and delivering motivational speeches while remaining anonymous during his excursions. Living hub to hub and free of a personal/social life, Ryan desensitizes himself with promiscuous sex with women, drugs, and alcohol, but his company has now grounded him in Omaha, Nebraska at the corporate headquarters. Up in the Air also stars Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride, Melanie Lynskey, Amy Morton, Sam Elliott, J.K. Simmons, Zach Galifianakis, Tamala Jones,...