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Total Recall: George Clooney's Best Movies

We count down the best-reviewed work of the Men Who Stare at Goats star.
By Jeff Giles on Tuesday, Nov. 03 2009, 04:41 PM comment86 Comments

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. We hear it all the time, but George Clooney is living proof that perseverance pays off: Despite the inauspicious beginnings of a career that threatened to pigeonhole him as a Ted McGinley-style supporting player on fading sitcoms, he's risen to the ranks of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, and has appeared in some of the last decade's most critically and commercially successful films. This fall, Clooney surfaces in three major releases: Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox, Jason Reitman's Up in the Air, and The Men Who Stare at Goats, opening this weekend. If that kind of star power doesn't deserve the Total Recall treatment, what does?

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Ho-ho-horror! 10 Scary Christmas Movies

If you think A Christmas Carol looks scary, check out these 10 holiday frights
By Michael Adams on Wednesday, Nov. 04 2009, 05:44 PM Comment36 Comments

This week's eerie mo-cap rendering of the ghostly, dark Dickens morality tale 'A Christmas Carol' from director Robert Zemeckis is far from being the only yuletide movie where heartwarming ho-ho-hos are as likely as horrific moments. From Saint Nick battling Martians, Satan, takeover bids from misguided Halloween skeletons and alcoholism, to the holiest of holidays run amok with carolling, cackling little green monsters, suicidal family men, deranged slashers and WWF stars dispensing seasonal platitudes, we give you 10 grim stuffing stockers guaranteed to wish you a very scary Christmas. Pass the egg nog, the butcher knife and the animatronic reindeer...

John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview

The legendary thesp on the state of British film.
By Joe Utichi on Wednesday, Nov. 04 2009, 08:35 AM Comment14 Comments

John Hurt has been one of Britain's finest acting talents since his career began in the 60s, but it's his roles in films like Alien, Midnight Express and The Elephant Man -- to name a few -- which put him on the international map and for which he's best remembered. At the Dinard Festival of British Film last month to screen An Englishman in New York, a biopic of gay writer Quentin Crisp's time in the Big Apple, Hurt sat down with RT to talk about the film and his wider career, including Alien, Indiana Jones and his upcoming turn in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

12 Facts About 2012

We take a journey through Roland Emmerich's disaster epic.
By Matt Mueller on Monday, Nov. 02 2009, 07:23 AM Comment132 Comments

Did the Mayans really predict, all those centuries ago, that Earth would be visited by planetary apocalypse three years from now? It's open to interpretation -- Roland Emmerich has a gargantuan disaster movie to sell and even he admits the whole 2012 theory is just, "a nice hook for the audience." John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson and Danny Glover are a few of the stars swept up in Emmerich's latest cataclysmic shocker. Rotten Tomatoes meets the cast and director in Cancun, Mexico - close to the once-throbbing heart of Mayan civilisation -- for a 2012 fact-finding mission.

Terry Gilliam Talks Doctor Parnassus

The legendary director discusses fate, losing his friend Heath Ledger, and why he thinks filmmaking is so 'unreasonable'
By Gaynor Flynn on Sunday, Oct. 25 2009, 10:54 PM Comment30 Comments

He's known as Captain Chaos and his productions are notoriously problematic. Brazil (1985) almost never saw the light of day when battles raged over final cut. On The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Gilliam was almost fired when the budget spiraled out of control. He thought his career was over when The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2000) collapsed six days into shooting after flash floods and the lead actor's herniated disc brought everything to a standstill. But nothing compares to his latest film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, on which his friend and lead actor Heath Ledger was found dead half way through production in January 2008. Here Gilliam talks about fate, losing his friend and why filmmaking is so unreasonable.

Five Favourite Films with 24's Carlos Bernard

Tony Almeida himself chats Season 7 with RT.
By Joe Utichi on Friday, Oct. 23 2009, 10:26 AM Comment33 Comments

24 star Carlos Bernard is one of the show's few fixtures. With all the double-crossings, cliff-hangers and back-stabbings, it's a wonder anyone has survived from the first season, but his character Tony Almeida was an integral part of the season just aired, the seventh in the show's run. All indications suggest that he'll be back in a big way for Day 8, set to kick off in January. The actor came to London this week to promote the DVD release of the show's seventh season - available on Blu-ray for the first time, and RT sat down with him to guage his five favourite films, talk about the show and do our best to learn all we could about Day 8. We failed spectacularly on the latter point, for he choose instead to invent an plot too implausible even by 24 standards, but read on for the rest...

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Wes Anderson Talks Fantastic Mr. Fox - RT Interview

The director on moving into stop-motion.Comment8 Comments

Christopher Smith's Favourite Cult Horror Films

The Triangle director on the films you have to see to believe.Comment14 Comments

Wolverine Creator Len Wein Talks About the Film

The comic book creator chats with RT about X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- and discusses editing Watchmen with Alan Moore and Dave GibbonsComment28 Comments

Gavin Hood Talks Wolverine; Possible Sequel

With X-Men Origins: Wolverine on DVD, we caught up with the director for a chat.Comment56 Comments

Five Favorite Films with F. Gary Gray

The director of Law Abiding Citizen also talks about his career and debuting his films with audiences.Comment29 Comments

Duncan Jones talks Moon, Sam Rockwell, and Mute

Plus: the director on his influences, working at Jim Henson, and making stop-motion movies with his dadComment28 Comments

Emma Stone talks Zombieland - RT Interview

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Five Favorite Films With Kristen Bell

The star of this week's Couples Retreat reveals her most-loved moviesComment49 Comments

Whip It Good: Our Favorite Rollerskating Jams

Drew Barrymore's grrrl-power roller-derby film sent us back to the rink -- and the roller disco -- to pick some of the most memorable movie moments on eight wheelsComment14 Comments

Michael Moore: The RT Interview

The director of Capitalism: A Love Story talks about politics, his detractors, and a recent project.Comment278 Comments

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