As W. is released on DVD and Bush is in Crawford, Texas, still regularly excoriated in the press for his role in the financial meltdown, Stone spoke to me about the film, and his empathy for its subject.
Linda Kulman | Posted 05.25.2011
Why is this my W. moment when I've tried so hard to ignore all things Bush over the previous seven and five-sixths years of his presidency?
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Richard Dreyfuss appeared on "The View" to publicize "W.," in which he plays Dick Cheney, but ended up criticizing the film and director Oliver Stone ...
Ben Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011
Brolin's performance is certainly worthy of an Oscar, and his mastery of Bush's body language and speech pattern is remarkable. It is worth seeing the film for that alone.
Sam Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011
Many American voters want to see a person like themselves, someone who has atoned for past mistakes and is reborn as a dedicated public leader. Unfortunately, Obama does not fit in this mold.
Alec Baldwin | Posted 05.25.2011
Brolin hits every note beautifully and only grows stronger as the film goes on. His only problem is that people simply want Bush to go. They are too exhausted to discuss his legacy now.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011
McCain has gone "all in" with a strategy focusing exclusively on smearing and lying about Obama, win or lose, he has created a dangerous situation for November 5 and the four years to follow.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES — Movie-goers elected a "W," but it was Mark Wahlberg, not George W. Bush. Wahlberg's action flick "Max Payne" debuted with $18 mil...
Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011
W. is structurally anchored by a straightforward depiction of the buildup to the Iraq War punctuated by a series of quick, erratic flashbacks chronicling the rise of the improbable Shrub.
Twisted Sisters | Posted 05.25.2011
Oliver Stone is on Bill Maher right now. Maher opened by asking whether he ever knew Bush back at Yale when they started together as freshman. Stone s...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Oliver Stone's much-awaited "W." premiered in New York at the Ziegfeld Tuesday night. Joining Stone on the red carpet were the film's stars, including...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES — Once Josh Brolin found a fresh source of income outside Hollywood, his acting career took off. Brolin spent nearly two decades to...
New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
"It was wacky stuff that at the end of the day took us out of the movie," Mr. Stone said in a recent interview in a back corner of the restaurant at ...
Maxim | Posted 05.25.2011
In the November issue of Maxim (on sale nationwide on Tuesday, October 21), Oliver Stone, the maker of such incendiary dramas as Platoon, Born on the ...
Robert Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011
McCain evidences the underlying motivator attributed to Bush in Oliver Stone's movie: the distorted priorities of a son of privilege doing battle with the legacy of more gifted and responsible family ancestors.
Variety | Posted 05.25.2011
Oliver Stone's unusual and inescapably interesting �W.� feels like a rough draft of a film it might behoove him to remake in 10 or 15 years. The d...
Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011
Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Oliver Stone's "W." comes out October 17 and below is the first look at a television spot for the film. With Josh Brolin as the president, Thandie New...
People | Posted 05.25.2011
The news in July out of Louisiana, where Josh Brolin was playing President George W. Bush for filmmaker Oliver Stone's sure-to-be controversial biopic...
The Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Gorgeous British actress Thandie Newton (you know her from "Crash" and "Mission Impossible") sat with UK paper "The Times" over the weekend. One subje...
New York Magazine | Posted 05.25.2011
Given that Oliver Stone was directing the film, were you worried that his George W. Bush could end up being a caricature or a joke? At first I had th...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Here's the trailer for "W.", the upcoming Oliver Stone movie based on the life of President George W. Bush. Josh Brolin plays Bush, Elizabeth Banks pl...
Politico | Posted 05.25.2011
Marking a wild end to a controversial production, two actors in Oliver Stone's upcoming "W" were arrested in a bar brawl over the weekend. Josh Brolin...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
SHREVEPORT, La. — Police said they have video of a bar brawl in which members of a crew filming an Oliver Stone movie _ including actors Josh Br...
TMZ | Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE: Thursday afternoon TMZ reported the following: A spokesman for the Shreveport PD tells TMZ the chief has reviewed all in-car audio and video a...
Katherine Ryder | Posted 05.25.2011