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In six short years Reitman has given us plenty to munch on with Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007) and Up in the Air (2009) and if I had to put money on it, this might just be the film that has the least appeal but might score the filmmaker his highest praise. Returning to a female protag via his Diablo Cody, apparently this tackles some of the darker sides of the human condition and might just make us forget about all the terrible career choice moves Charlize Theron has made since winning Oscar. I'm calling this the dark horse pick for 2011.

I'm making this sound like I'm a naysayer, there is plenty to appreciate, Clooney was spot on and could grab a Oscar nom as a modern day Cary Grant, and Jason Reitman adds a lot more subtext than what is apparently offered in the novel, but I didn't much care for the more attempted mature aspects in the final act...

Jason Reitman shows up at media day in a very anti-establishment, dressed-down style - an indication that this is how the next generation of filmmakers might present themselves: plain jeans, shabby shirt and non-groomed hair. I wouldn’t care how I looked either. With the wind behind his back, if the critics' predictions turn out to be correct, Reitman and his new movie, Juno, will be hitting Oscar's red carpet nominated in more than one category (best original screenplay?)....and besides, he has come to this New York hotel to talk about a movie whose main character has enough of a personality to not worry about what people may think about him.

Lots of familiar Sundance faces are the make up of the six juries that will be judging the films in various sections of the...

Looks like won't be the be all and end all for The Duplass brothers, as Jason Reitman's Right of Way Films and John Malkovich's Mr. Mudd have signed on as producers for Mark and Jay Duplass' new project entitled, Jeff Who Lives at Home.