In the real-time, high stakes thriller, George Clooney and Julia Roberts star as financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty, who are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor who has lost everything (Jack O’Connell) forcefully takes over their studio. During a tense standoff broadcast to millions on live TV, Lee […]
“Money Monster” is director Jodie Foster’s first feature since the 2011 drama “The Beaver”. Which element of that film was considered more controversial is still up for debate: Mel Gibson’s character or the actual beaver puppet. Foster turns to more commercial fare for “Money Monster”, admitting that because “it’s a genre film [from] a mainstream […]