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Il Grido
(Antonioni, 1957)

The Fortune
(Nichols, 1975)

-30-
(Webb, 1959)

Betrayal
(Jones, 1983)

Play It As It Lays
(Perry, 1972)

The Outfit
(Flynn, 1973)

Alex in Wonderland
(Mazursky, 1969)

The Legend of Lylah Clare
(Aldrich, 1968)

In The Cool of the Day
(Stevens, 1963)

That Cold Day in the Park
(Altman, 1969)

The Fox
(Rydell, 1967)

Thumb Trippin'
(Masters, 1972)

Midas Run
(Kjellin, 1969)

At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1973)

Brewster McCloud
(Altman, 1972)

Outcast of the Islands
(Reed, 1951)

Mike's Murder
(Bridges, 1984)

Reader Submissions

1930's-1950's
The Moon's Our Home
(Seiter, 1936)
Sh! The Octopus
(McGann, 1937)
The Mating Season
(Leisen, 1951)
Bad for Each Other
(Rapper, 1953)
The Phenix City Story
(Karlson, 1955)
Run of the Arrow
(Fuller, 1956)
House of Secrets
(Green, 1956)
Saint Joan
(Preminger, 1957)
Macabre
(Castle, 1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(G. Douglas, 1958
Five Gates to Hell
(Clavell, 1959)
1960's
Key Witness
(Karlson, 1960)
Summer and Smoke
(Glenville, 1961)
The Chapman Report
(Cukor,1962)
Bachelor Flat
(Tashlin, 1962) [on Hulu]
The L Shaped Room
(Forbes, 1963)
The Chalk Garden
(Neame, 1964)
A Thousand Clowns
(Coe, 1965)
You're a Big Boy Now
(Coppola, 1966)
The Whisperers
(Forbes, 1967)
Dark of the Sun
(Cardiff, 1968)
Skidoo
(Preminger, 1968)
Last Summer
(Perry, 1969)
The Comic
(C. Reiner, 1969)
1970-1974
The Revolutionary
(Williams, 1970)
The Landlord
(Ashby, 1970)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(Perry, 1970)
Tropic of Cancer
(Strick, 1970)
I Never Sang for My Father
(Cates, 1970)
Sometimes a Great Notion
(Newman, 1971)
Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
(Turman, 1971)
'Doc'
(Perry, 1971)
The Music Lovers
(Russell, 1971)
Drive, He Said
(Nicholson, 1971)
The Steagle
(Sylbert, 1971)
The Last Movie
(Hopper, 1971)
Made For Each Other
(Bean, 1971)
The Day the Clown Cried
(Lewis, 1972)
Hickey & Boggs
(Culp, 1972)
The Carey Treatment
(Edwards, 1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
(Ritt, 1972)
Slither
(Zieff, 1973)
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
(Pakula, 1973)
Man on a Swing
(Perry, 1974)
Open Season
(Collinson, 1974)
The Tamarind Seed
(Edwards, 1974)
Law and Disorder
(Passer, 1974)
Homebodies
(Yust, 1974)
Stardust
(Apted, 1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating
(Rivette, 1974)
1975-1979
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
(Richards, 1975
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1975)
Hearts of the West
(Zieff, 1975)
Welcome to L.A.
(Rudolph, 1976)
W.C. Fields and Me
(Hiller, 1976)
Citizens Band
(Demme, 1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(Aldrich, 1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
(Brooks, 1977)
Girlfriends
(Weill, 1978)
Movie Movie
(Donen, 1978)
The Medusa Touch
(Gold, 1978)
American Hot Wax
(Mutrux, 1978)
Hot Stuff
(DeLuise, 1979)
Scavenger Hunt
(Schultz , 1979)
Players
(Harvey, 1979)
Rich Kids
(Young, 1979)
Nightwing
(Hiller, 1979)
Screams of a Winter's Night
(Wilson, 1979
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
(Katselas, 1979
1980's
Resurrection
(Petrie, 1980)
The Awakening
(Newell, 1980)
Simon
(Brickman, 1980)
God's Angry Man
(Herzog, 1980)
Fast-Walking
(Harris, 1982)
Twice Upon a Time
(Korty & Swenson, 1983)
Trouble in Mind
(Rudolph, 1985)
When the Wind Blows
(Murikami, 1986)
Housekeeping
(Forsyth, 1987)
The Glass Menagerie
(Newman, 1987)
Patty Hearst
(Schrader, 1988)
Running on Empty
(Lumet, 1988)
Drowning by Numbers
(Greenaway, 1988)
Haunted Summer
(Passer, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
(Spheeris, 1988)
1990's
Men Don't Leave
(Brickman, 1990)
Old Times
(Curtis, 1991)
Prospero's Books
(Greenaway, 1991)
City of Hope
(Sayles, 1991)
The Baby of Macon
(Greenaway, 1993)
King of the Hill
(Soderbergh, 1993)
Dadetown
(Hexter, 1995)
SubUrbia
(Linklater, 1997)

Upcoming

June 11

Tetro

June 12

Call of the Wild 3D

Food, Inc.

Imagine That

Moon

Sex Positive

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love

June 16

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

June 19

$9.99

Dead Snow

The Proposal

Whatever Works

Year One

June 24

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

June 26

Cheri

Fireflies in the Garden

The Hurt Locker

My Sister's Keeper

The Stoning of Soraya M. 

Surveillance 

July 1

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Public Enemies

July 3

The Girl from Monaco

I Hate Valentine's Day

July 10

Bruno

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Soul Power

July 15

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

July 17

(500) Days of Summer

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

July 24

All Good Things

The Answer Man

G-Force

In the Loop

Orphan

The Ugly Truth

July 29

Adam

July 31

The Cove

Funny People

Lorna's Silence

They Came from Upstairs

August 7

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Julie & Julia

Paper Heart

Shorts

When in Rome

August 14

A Perfect Getaway

Bandslam

District 9

The Goods: The Don Ready Story

I Sell the Dead

Ponyo

Pool Boys

Spread

Taking Woodstock

The Time Traveler's Wife

August 21

Five Minutes of Heaven

Goose on the Loose!

Inglorious Bastards

It Might Get Loud

Post Grad

World's Greatest Dad

August 28

The Boat that Rocked

Final Destination: Death Trip

H2

September 4

All About Steve

Amreeka

Black Dynamite

Carriers

Citizen Game

Extract

Pandorum

Shanghai

September 9

9

September 11

The Red Canvas

Tyler Perrys: I Can Do It All Myself

Whiteout

September 17

The Burning Plain

September 18

Armored

Brand New Day

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Jennifer's Body

Splice

September 25

Fame

The Invention of Lying

Surrogates

October 2

A Serious Man

More Than a Game

Sorority Row

Toy Story/Toy Story 2

Brolin's Bush

''Bush may turn out to be the worst president in history,'' W. director Oliver Stone has told Entertainment Weekly . ''I think history is going to be very tough on him. But that doesn't mean he isn't a great story.


Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks as George and Laura in Oliver Stone's W.

"It's almost Capra-esque, the story of a guy who had very limited talents in life, except for the ability to sell himself. The fact that he had to overcome the shadow of his father and the weight of his family name -- you have to admire his tenacity. There's almost an Andy Griffith quality to him, from A Face in the Crowd. If Fitzgerald were alive today, he might be writing about him. He's sort of a reverse Gatsby.''

Again, my reactions to Stanley Weiser's fine script.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 8, 2008 at 8:49 AM

comment #1

Jeffrey Kunze Author Profile Page says ...

I'm not feeling the vibe at all.

Brolin, whom I will always remember as the big brother from The Goonies (Mikey you little shit!!) is all wrong for this role.

Posted by Jeffrey Kunze Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:07 AM

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K. Bowen Author Profile Page says ...

The film might be good, but boy, does Elizabeth Banks look wrong for the part. Laura is older than the President, isn't she?

Posted by K. Bowen Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:07 AM

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Mgmax Author Profile Page says ...

Today's winner of the "how many trite literary references can you make in one paragraph" contest is....

Posted by Mgmax Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:07 AM

comment #4

115thDreamer Author Profile Page says ...

Holy crap...I didn't know we were getting images from this already. Brolin looks pretty good, I must say, but I'm still not sure about Banks as Laura - she just seems too young and, well, "do-able" to play the First Lady.

Posted by 115thDreamer Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:08 AM

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p.Vice Author Profile Page says ...

"May" turn out?

Posted by p.Vice Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:14 AM

comment #6

SaveFarris Author Profile Page says ...

Guess it's official: Oliver's done so many drugs he's forgotten the 70's.

Posted by SaveFarris Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:15 AM

comment #7

Joel Author Profile Page says ...

We don't need this movie now; I have a feeling it's going to tank. I really wish Brolin was doing something better...he's got a bit of a hot streak going now, and this seems like a waste.

Posted by Joel Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:18 AM

comment #8

JapAdapters Author Profile Page says ...

It's good to see John Larroquette working again.

Posted by JapAdapters Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:20 AM

comment #9

SmilingPolitely Author Profile Page says ...

Brolin looks great as Bush, I'm surprised. The makeup department did a fine job on him.

Posted by SmilingPolitely Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:25 AM

comment #10

Jamieson Author Profile Page says ...

Camp-classic in the making?

Posted by Jamieson Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:28 AM

comment #11

BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

I think it would be an oddly brilliant choice if Josh Brolin played this role as an impersonation of his own father.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:43 AM

comment #12

rockne Author Profile Page says ...

What the hell is John Kerry doing on the cover of E.W.?

Posted by rockne Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:51 AM

comment #13

Mark Author Profile Page says ...

I actually buy Banks more than Brolin in this picture. I expected Brolin to look more the part. Re Banks, as the movie jumps around more than 30 years, it's not like they could have cast Geena Davis.

Posted by Mark Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:57 AM

comment #14

giantman Author Profile Page says ...

Is this the first major studio film released about a President who is still in office, or will have so recently vacated the office? Just curious, it seems very oddly SOON doesn't it? This type of thing generally works better with some freakin' perspective and not just the "in the moment" gut-reaction crowd.

Posted by giantman Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 9:57 AM

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dangovich Author Profile Page says ...

When 40/50something actresses complain about Hollywood ageism, this should be exhibit A. Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush?

Posted by dangovich Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:02 AM

comment #16

Mr. Muckle Author Profile Page says ...

Whatever they do, the inherent attractiveness (necessarily) of a film star can only soften the image of depraved cluelessness that Bush embodies. So, in my opinion, this kind of movie will only serve to make Bush more acceptable, relatable within social norms, when he is actually beyond all bounds of civilized respectability.

Posted by Mr. Muckle Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:03 AM

comment #17

Jay T. Author Profile Page says ...

Mrs. Bush must be thrilled to be played by a hot piece of ass. Man, that's some bad casting.

Posted by Jay T. Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:09 AM

comment #18

vansmith Author Profile Page says ...

this will be good, trust me brolin will nail this.

Posted by vansmith Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:10 AM

comment #19

Geoff Author Profile Page says ...

I agree, Brolin could be great. It's a really good character study. People need to read the script and absorb it.

It's not campy, or over the top, or retarded.

Posted by Geoff Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:15 AM

comment #20

BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

giantman, PRIMARY COLORS was released in 1998, 5 years into Clinton's Presidency. Also it's my understanding this film ends in about the spring of 2004. Being contemporary didn't exactly hurt WHY WE FIGHT or NO END IN SIGHT.I see no reason why fiction can't work just as well.

As for them being too young, I'm still sort of hoping for George and Laura as Mickey & Mallory.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:20 AM

comment #21

storymark Author Profile Page says ...

Brolin does look surprisingly good as Dubya.

I agree with Banks looking a bit too "do-able", as well.

Posted by storymark Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:22 AM

comment #22

Spicer Author Profile Page says ...

I always hated Stone's "Nixon," where nobody was doing an overt impression of whom they were playing except for Sorvino as Kissinger. At one point Kissinger says of Nixon "Can you imagine how great this man would be if someone had LOVED him." I swear you could hear the eyes rolling in the theater. I predict W will be a train wreck.

Posted by Spicer Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:25 AM

comment #23

JChasse Author Profile Page says ...

As I think I menetioned in a similar post a few months back, I always thought Joan Allen was pretty hot as Pat Nixon.

Posted by JChasse Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:41 AM

comment #24

MilkMan Author Profile Page says ...

Josh Brolin and George Bush both have one thing in common: they're fake Texans.

Someone needs to make a movie about men who feel the need to adopt a fake-Cowboy persona, a la Brolin, Bush and Bruce Springsteen.

I'm sure I'm way off base.

This movie looks like it's going to be a howler, just like Nixon, just like everything Stone has done since Salvador with the exception of JFK, which perfectly meshed with his righteous indignation meets coke frenzy persona. It's going to be heavy-handed, symbolically over the top, melodramatic, and acted to within an inch of it's life.

You want to watch a movie about W, go rent Being There. Nothing more needs to be said on the subject that Kosinski, Ashby and Sellers didn't already say. Being There, content-wise, was 20 years ahead of it's time, the story Phil K. Dick would've written had he not been pressed to pay his rent all the time.

Posted by MilkMan Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:43 AM

comment #25

Rich S. Author Profile Page says ...

I thought that Stone said this was going to be a fair and even portrayal of W. From that quote, it sounds like he's pretty much prejudged him to me.

Yes, I know. There's no way you can spin the utter ineptitude and calculating evil of the Bush Administration in a positive light. That's why this is the wrong movie by the wrong person at the wrong time.

Posted by Rich S. Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:44 AM

comment #26

corey3rd Author Profile Page says ...

He looks like either Randy Travis or Andy Griffith after a bender.

Posted by corey3rd Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 10:54 AM

comment #27

CinemaPhreek Author Profile Page says ...

Wow, are they making a Six Million Dollar Man movie finally?! Or is Lee Majors on the cover for some other reason...?

Posted by CinemaPhreek Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 11:00 AM

comment #28

actionman Author Profile Page says ...

JFK and Nixon are both masterpieces of filmmaking.

Don't know how this one will turn out but as with anything done by Stone, I'll be there opening day.

Posted by actionman Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 11:47 AM

comment #29

StoneFan1 Author Profile Page says ...

I'm looking forward to this movie more than I was
with "Pinkville."

"Nixon" and "JFK" are among my Top 25 of all-time,
so I'm sure "W." will at least be in that B+ to A-
range.

Posted by StoneFan1 Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 11:56 AM

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alan Author Profile Page says ...

Nixon is a masterpiece. I have doubts about this one, but I'll definitely be there to see it.

Posted by alan Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 12:05 PM

comment #31

alan Author Profile Page says ...

actionman said what I said, apparently while I was saying it.

Posted by alan Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 12:16 PM

comment #32

Josh Author Profile Page says ...

Another box office winner from Stone!

Posted by Josh Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 12:28 PM

comment #33

Josh Author Profile Page says ...

Worst President Ever? When did Stone announce his Jimmy Carter pic?

Posted by Josh Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 12:29 PM

comment #34

BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

Eh, it's neither. Frank Langella as Warren Harding. You know you want it.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 12:49 PM

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Arizona Joe Author Profile Page says ...

I don't particularly like Jimmy Carter, as a President or a person. He was the chief when America was held hostage in Iran, and when inflation was out of control. But he gets a bad rap for his service.

In point of fact, President Carter started in motion the economic turnaround that Reagan got full credit for. For instance, the reduction in the size of the federal government actually started during the Carter administration.

More importantly, President Carter installed Paul Volcker as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Volcker was the man who instituted austere measures which whipped inflation, ended stagflation and set the stage for American prosperity of the last 25 years.

To say that President Carter was a bad president like Bush is just ridiculous.

Posted by Arizona Joe Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 12:54 PM

comment #36

D.Z. Author Profile Page says ...

Sounds like Stone's gotten soft. Would've loved to see a Bush 9/11 conspiracy film, but I'll have to settle for http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/182158 . Anyway, we already got "That's My Bush", so what's the point?

Josh: "Worst President Ever? When did Stone announce his Jimmy Carter pic?"

Not really, since Carter could come up with a peace agreement in the Middle East...

Joe: "I don't particularly like Jimmy Carter, as a President or a person. He was the chief when America was held hostage in Iran,"

And Reagan was the chief who sold Iran weapons for hostages.

"and when inflation was out of control. "

That's Nixon's fault.


Posted by D.Z. Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 1:28 PM

comment #37

D.Z. Author Profile Page says ...

Though Maher did make a good point about 9/11 not being a Bush thing, because "it worked".

Posted by D.Z. Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 1:31 PM

comment #38

MPNeeb Author Profile Page says ...

Bush 2 is hardly the worst president ever.
No way can he take Buchanan or Hoover from that role (well, there are nine months left in the term).
Worst modern president is far more apt...

Posted by MPNeeb Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 1:40 PM

comment #39

tommysunshine Author Profile Page says ...

Burma, further to your post yesterday which reminded me of the outpourings of one of those inebriated vagabonds one encounters in the subway at dead of night, do you classify anybody who will vote for john mccain as a twat?!

Posted by tommysunshine Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 2:05 PM

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BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

Yes. Yes I do.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 2:20 PM

comment #41

BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

Also, tommy,I'm glad conservatism has found its Ian Sinclair.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 2:22 PM

comment #42

SmilingPolitely Author Profile Page says ...

Hell, they aren't just a mere twat; even worse, they are a twat with shit coming out of it.

I'll make an exception for McCain's mother and wife.

Posted by SmilingPolitely Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 2:32 PM

comment #43

Mgmax Author Profile Page says ...

Once a month I agree with D.Z. and this month's is:

Yeah, I'd much rather see a full-on crazy Oliver Stone Bush movie than a trite, movie of the week one. I'm not going to believe he has any real insight either way, so it might as well be fun.

As I said a while back, you either need to make this in the heat of the moment (2003 or 2004) or seven years after when the memoirs have come out and explained things, but right now is the worst possible time.

Posted by Mgmax Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 2:43 PM

comment #44

StoneFan1 Author Profile Page says ...

Box office winner? His last three films have
grossed nearly $450 million. I think Stone is doing
just fine with what the system will allow him to
do.

Posted by StoneFan1 Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 4:21 PM

comment #45

Hickenlooper Author Profile Page says ...

I think Oliver said the same thing about Reagan until he made his Nixon movie.

Posted by Hickenlooper Author Profile Page at May 8, 2008 5:28 PM

comment #46

moorish Author Profile Page says ...

Banks is too hot to be Laura Bush (avoids obvious Banks' bush joke).

Posted by moorish Author Profile Page at May 9, 2008 1:37 AM

comment #47

JBM... Author Profile Page says ...

"I agree, Brolin could be great. It's a really good character study. People need to read the script and absorb it.

It's not campy, or over the top, or retarded."

I hope you're not talking about that (since-rewritten) piece-of-shit draft that THR put up.

Posted by JBM... Author Profile Page at May 9, 2008 4:29 PM

comment #48

SmilingPolitely Author Profile Page says ...

I'm so there if Stone includes a hot three-way between Condi, Luara, and Georgie. Cheney can be in the scene to watch, jerk off, and administer the spankings.

Posted by SmilingPolitely Author Profile Page at May 9, 2008 4:46 PM

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