The Midnight Sky: A misfire from Clooney
The Hollywood megastar’s latest foray into directing promises more than it ultimately delivers
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The Midnight Sky
Directed by George Clooney
Netflix, 12
Rating: ***
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Directed by Regina King
IFI, no cert
Rating: ****
In his first film role in four years, George Clooney directs himself in The Midnight Sky. He plays a terminally ill scientist named Augustine Lofthouse, hiding out in a remote Arctic research station in 2049 after an unspoken apocalypse, known only as The Event, drove the few people ...