FRIENDS told him not to do it. He'd even turned it down once already. The possible maelstrom of partisan controversy weighed on him. But in deciding to play the Decider for Oliver Stone's new satirical biopic, "W.," Josh Brolin relied on a very non-George W. Bush-like standard: doubt. Unlike the 43rd president of the United States, a man fatally confident of his actions, Brolin wasn't sure he could pull it off.
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Josh Brolin takes a run at the president in 'W.'
Posted: October 12th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
The actor worried about the political fallout from Oliver Stone's Bush biopic, but in the end he couldn't pass up the challenge.
FRIENDS told him not to do it. He'd even turned it down once already. The possible maelstrom of partisan controversy weighed on him. But in deciding to play the Decider for Oliver Stone's new satirical biopic, "W.," Josh Brolin relied on a very non-George W. Bush-like standard: doubt. Unlike the 43rd president of the United States, a man fatally confident of his actions, Brolin wasn't sure he could pull it off. -
Gina Prince-Bythewood's directs 'The Secret Life of Bees'
Posted: October 12th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
The director first dismissed 'Bees,' only to later fall in love with the book and bring it to the screen.
SIX YEARS ago, when Gina Prince-Bythewood was first offered "The Secret Life of Bees" to adapt into a screenplay and direct, she blew it off without even reading the book. Never mind that Sue Monk Kidd's novel about a young white girl growing up in the civil-rights-era South was a bestseller. Prince-Bythewood had just come off directing two movies without a break and she was exhausted. -
'Twilight': The final trailer is here
Posted: October 10th, 2008, 3:49pm EDT
It's bigger, faster, stronger -- just like Edward himself. -
New Oscar rules for songs and music scores
Posted: October 10th, 2008, 3:05pm EDT
New rules will enable more voters to participate in the selection of nominees. -
Oscars predix: 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Milk' and 'Benjamin Button' in the lead
Posted: October 10th, 2008, 2:34pm EDT
In the best-picture race, "Frost/Nixon" garners the most early support. -
Scott Rudin is walking away from 'The Reader'
Posted: October 10th, 2008, 2:33pm EDT
The producer has decided to quit the project and take his name off the film. -
Football great Jim Brown on 'The Express,' Kobe
Posted: October 10th, 2008, 12:13pm EDT
The way Brown sees it, many of today's athletes are simply in it for the money... -
Everyday Hero, your fanboy news roundup
Posted: October 10th, 2008, 12:02pm EDT
Who will wear Green Lantern's ring on the big screen? -
Review: 'Body of Lies'
Posted: October 10th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Director Ridley Scott and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe can't make up for a thin story.
" Body of Lies" is a film in disguise. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, except in this case the disguise is better than what it's covering up. -
Review: 'City of Ember'
Posted: October 10th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
Gil Kenan's sci-fi feature is set in a subterranean city where inhabitants won't leave.
The exasperated rumble of dying machinery -- to our pampered ears, the sound of civilization ending -- is the aural backdrop of "City of Ember," a grim fantasy about a cloistered subterranean metropolis that wants to be both a kids' adventure and a dystopian finger-wag. That director Gil Kenan's second feature -- following the snappy motion-capture animated film "Monster House" -- never quite succeeds as either is a shame for all the dazzling craftsmanship brought forth from its production team.