Movies with Mary: Dark is The Midnight Sky
Mary Cox The Telegraph
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If you want to be completely depressed and bored, “The Midnight Sky” is the movie for you. A Netflix original, this is a space movie, set in 2049.
Dying scientist Augustine (Academy Award-winner George Clooney) is working alone at a remote Arctic research station when he learns of a mysterious global disaster. At the same time, he discovers a mute 7-year-old girl, Iris (Caoilinn Springall), who was accidentally abandoned in the Arctic when her mother was evacuated. He enlists her help to stop the Aether spaceship from returning to Earth from K23, a moon of Jupiter that was inhabitable for Earthlings.
By MARK VIOLA
I don’t get early screeners of movies, so I don’t get to watch a film until it is released to everyone. In the era of coronavirus (COVID-19), sometimes I don’t watch a movie until well after its release. As such, it’s hard to not hear other opinions on movies, despite how hard I try to avoid them.
Sometimes a film gets nothing but praise, which tends to raise my expectations despite my best efforts, and the film suffers when it ultimately does not live up to the praise. Other times, I hear nothing but negative opinions, which obviously lowers my expectations. Often, in the latter case, I will just skip a movie if I have better options available.
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It s safe to assume that you re familiar with George Clooney, the actor. The A-lister is one of the most famous people on the planet, a celebrity the likes of which we rarely ever see anymore. But Clooney has gained a good bit of clout as a filmmaker over the past two decades, too, with his seventh feature,
The Midnight Sky, now on Netflix. While Clooney s latest movie hasn t received the warmest response, this sci-fi/drama streaming release sees the actor returning to the director s chair
and in front of the screen, as he hasn t starred in a movie since 2016 s
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âThe Midnight Skyâ is available in theaters and on Netflix, as is âMa Raineyâs Black Bottom.â âHerselfâ opens in limited release in theaters this week and on Amazon Prime beginning January 8.
THE MIDNIGHT SKY
A dark dystopian epic tale elevated by its stunning visuals by cinematographer Martin Ruhe and a powerful performance from lead actor and director George Clooney, âThe Midnight Skyâ takes place during 2049 on a doomed Earth, and, in outer space aboard Aether, a space craft returning to Earth from K-23, one of Jupiterâs moons.
Based on âGood Morning, Midnightâ by Lily Brooks-Dalton, the sci-fi drama focuses on astronomer Augustine (Clooney), who stays behind at his post near the Arctic Circle while everyone evacuates because of an unnamed worldwide catastrophe.