George Judges Clooney

John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, and George Clooney in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Sam Jones for TIME
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His Favorite Films


Out Of Sight 1998
"It does everything. It's a great romance. Really good humor. There's danger in it. If you watch it now, it's as good as or better than it was."

Three Kings 1999
"Being in a really good film is being in a good film. After an awful experience making it, you want to have a film that good."

O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000
"Like most Coen brothers films, it gets better the more you watch it."

Good Night, and Good Luck 2005
"Not because of the issues it was written for, but because the story holds up."


His Least Favorite Films


The Peacemaker 1997
"There was a good story to be told: the breakup of the Soviet Union and what happens to the nukes. We started making a thriller and wound up making an action movie; that's always a mistake."

Batman & Robin 1997
"Batman was one of those movies that started terrible and got worse. It's one of those things that had a start date and then they said, 'Now make a movie.'"

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  • CHRISTOPHER EMMETT,
  • right before his death by lethal injection. Emmett argued that Virginia's execution methods were unconstitutional and Gov. Tim Kaine declined to intervene