They say timing is everything. Given the many stories about the cost Americans are paying for their dependency on foreign oil, it's not surprising that a new movie tackles that topic, and that it tackles it with big stars like George Clooney and Matt Damon. Based on the memoir of former CIA agent Robert Baer, Syriana is a political thriller that explores the lives touched and changed by oil, one of the hot commodities of our age. It just goes to show you that glamour and greed always go hand in hand at the movies. Catch an early glimpse of a much "inflated" Clooney in our picture preview...

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