George Clooney as a hit man planning his exit strategy in ‘The American’ follows a long line of assassins (and bank robbers and jewel thieves) who decide to pull that legendary “last job” before retiring to a hard-earned life of luxury. Of course, everything always goes wrong as a…

I’ve had a feeling that this was the best year for documentaries ever. But I also thought the feeling had to do with the fact I’m seeing a whole lot more docs now that I’m the resident doc guy here at Cinematical . I also went to my first…

Last night the Emmy Awards aired, seeing television’s finest come out and celebrate the magic of the small screen. Claire Danes’ Temple Grandin won five awards, including Best Actress for Danes, who really hasn’t had critical love like this since her small-screen, short-lived phenomenon My So-Called Life . Many…