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(The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- George Clooney has made some bonehead moves when it comes to his acting career.

He jumped off the successful "ER" bandwagon in favor of the tragic demise of the Batman franchise -- the horrific "Batman and Robin." He even took a stab at critical credibility with the commercial bomb "Solaris."

Perhaps these missteps make Clooney's latest film and directorial debut, the Chuck Barris biopic "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," so magnificent. Clooney's monotonous stoicism is finally beneficial, aiding his role as the indifferent Jim Byrd, a shadowy CIA agent who recruits Barris as an ...

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