*SIX OSCAR NOMINATIONS*
One of the most well-received movies of this year is the third film from young, Oscar-nominated director Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You for Smoking). George Clooney, in top form, stars as a carefree, loner businessman, a career transition counselor—i.e. hatchet man—whose company has just hired a cost-effective new trainee (Anna Kendrick, Twilight) to learn his job so she can fire people via video-conferencing. Besides not being able to reach his nearly-attained elitist goal of ten million frequent flyer miles if he is grounded, he will see much less of another frequent traveler (Vera Farmiga) who has caught his eye. This loose adaptation of Walter Kirn’s clever novel is surprising, smart, timeless and original.