IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
GEORGE Clooney’s Oscar tipped comedy drama Up In The Air has been named film of the year by America’s National Board of Review. Adapted from the novel by Walter Kirn, Jason Reitman’s film follows the fortunes of a corporate down-sizer with a penchant for travelling whose own personal life is about to experience some turbulence. Clooney also shared the best actor prize with Morgan...
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here’s the latest TV Spot for George Clooney’s “Up In The Air.” Up In The Air Jason Reitman (”Thank You for Smoking,” “Juno”) both directed and wrote the script based on Walter Kirn’s novel of the same name. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road but is forced to fight [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK — "Up in the Air" was named best picture from the National Board of Review and won a total of four awards. Directed by Jason Reitman ("Juno," "Thank You for Smoking"), the film stars George Clooney as a perpetually traveling contractor who fires people for a living. The National Board of Review, which announced its awards Thursday, also chose Clooney as...
Lessons of Darkness (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Amiable and innocuous, Up in the Air offers a disingenuously smooth flight over choppy waters and rugged terrain. Based on Walter Kirn’s 2001 novel, Jason Reitman’s follow-up to Juno has timeliness on its side, focused as it is on the...
Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Los Angeles Times 'Up in the Air' flies straight and truemsnbc.comOn rare occasions, putting a novel through the Hollywood wringer does the story a real service. The rather whiny tone of Walter Kirn's "Up in the Air" vanishes in Jason Reitman's extreme makeover of this travelogue comedy about a guy …Anatomy of a Contender: 'Up in [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Last month, during an early round of promotion pegged to this week's release of his Up in the Air , director Jason Reitman posted to Twitter a cute pie chart cataloging the topics of every question he'd been asked in interviews. Why? Maybe it was for posterity, or to challenge reporters to be a little more creative, or perhaps it was simply meant as a scathing indictment of modern junket journalism...
A Writer's Desk (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
New York Magazine has invited seven writers to submit short stories featuring contemporary political figures. (And you can play, too.) Short stories on the site include Paul Rudnick's "Going Nog," (What's a Palin-family Christmas without a certain almost son-in-law?) and Walter Kirn's "Celestial Marriage" (The Romneys experience couples' massage). Enjoy!
adrianam712z | 11/30/2009
NEW YORK – The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside. It's a view rarely offered, but Jason Reitman, the director of "Juno" and "Thank You for Smoking," has done just that. Reitman has spent much of October and November promoting his new film, "Up in the Air," all the while documenting the process. He has taken photographs
ratatcd09 | 11/29/2009
NEW YORK – The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside. It's a view rarely offered, but Jason Reitman, the director of "Juno" and "Thank You for Smoking," has done just that. Reitman has spent much of October and November promoting his new film, "Up in the Air," all the while documenting the process. He has taken photographs
MoviesOnline! (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
In his first two feature films, Oscar-nominated director Jason Reitman established himself as an original, smart and funny storyteller known for his pitch-perfect commentaries on society. Reitman has a distinctive talent for taking provocative anti-heroes – a tobacco lobbyist in “Thank You for Smoking” and a pregnant teenager in the Oscar-winning “Juno” – and telling...
amalie2iwk4 | 11/27/2009
NEW YORK – The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside. It's a view rarely offered, but Jason Reitman, the director of "Juno" and "Thank You for Smoking," has done just that. Reitman has spent much of October and November promoting his new film, "Up in the Air," all the while documenting the process. He has taken photographs
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
After getting Oscar attention for JUNO, director Jason Reitman turns to this adaptation of Walter Kirn's comic novel.
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Up in the Air is a comedy-drama directed by Jason Reitman ( Thank You for Smoking and Juno .) It is an adaptation of the 2001 novel of the same name, written by Walter Kirn. According to Reitman, “The movie is about the examination of a philosophy -- what if you decided to live hub to hub, with nothing, with nobody'” Well, what if the “you” was George Clooney? In that case,...
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
An extended TV Spot for Jason Reitman’s “Up In The Air” movie starring George Clooney has been released. Jason Reitman (”Thank You for Smoking,” “Juno”) Oscar nominated director also wrote the script based on Walter Kirn’s novel of the same name. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road but [...]
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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adrianam712z | 11/30/2009
NEW YORK – The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside. It's a view rarely offered, but Jason Reitman, the director of "Juno" and "Thank You for Smoking," has done just that. Reitman has spent much of October and November promoting his new film, "Up in the Air," all the while documenting the process. He has taken photographs of the journalists who interviewed...
ratatcd09 | 11/29/2009
NEW YORK – The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside. It's a view rarely offered, but Jason Reitman, the director of "Juno" and "Thank You for Smoking," has done just that. Reitman has spent much of October and November promoting his new film, "Up in the Air," all the while documenting the process. He has taken photographs of the journalists who interviewed...
amalie2iwk4 | 11/27/2009
NEW YORK – The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside. It's a view rarely offered, but Jason Reitman, the director of "Juno" and "Thank You for Smoking," has done just that. Reitman has spent much of October and November promoting his new film, "Up in the Air," all the while documenting the process. He has taken photographs of the journalists who interviewed...
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