Tag Archives: Josh Brolin

Film review | Gangster Squad – Pulpy tale of 1940s LA cops & crooks is luridly entertaining

Brash, loud and risibly anachronistic, Gangster Squad is flashier than a mobster’s suit, but if you’re not too fussy about finesse then Ruben Fleischer’s stylised crime film is a hugely entertaining cops-’n-crooks romp through a cartoon-like version of 1940s Los … Continue reading

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Film review | Men in Black 3 – Smith, Jones & Brolin tackle icky aliens with quips and cool

A decade on from their last screen outing, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones’s slickly dressed, Ray-Ban-wearing agents J and K are back for Men in Black 3. But after such a long absence, are they still up to the … Continue reading

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DVD review | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Despite the mixed critical and commercial fortunes of his recent films, actors still queue up to work with Woody Allen – as is shown by the starry cast he’s assembled for You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, a wry … Continue reading

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True Grit – The Dude fills the Duke’s boots for straight-shooting Coens

Jeff Bridges steps into John Wayne’s oversize boots to play the larger-than-life role of whiskey-soaked, one-eyed marshal Rooster Cogburn in the Coen Brothers’ Western True Grit. Rapturously received in the US by critics and public alike, the Coens’ film sticks … Continue reading

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On location (right now!) – Woody Allen is filming in the Blue Fin Building on Southwark Street, SE1

Are you a big Woody Allen fan? Well get yourself down to London’s Southbank pronto because he’s HERE! RIGHT NOW! Yes, the legendary director is at this very moment no further than a few floors above me in the Blue … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | W.

  Oliver Stone’s satirical biopic of George W. Bush is a surprisingly compassionate, almost sympathetic portrait of the 43rd president of the United States. Brilliantly impersonated by Josh Brolin, Bush is shown in W. at three stages of his life: … Continue reading

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News Hound | 25 February 2009

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the juiciest showbiz news – so you don’t end up barking up the wrong tree… Internet rumours about Madonna doing the soundtrack for Twilight sequel New Moon … Continue reading

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Awards Season | The Oscars – Who will win? Who should win?

If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. So do you reckon Slumdog Millionaire is a shoo-in for this year’s … Continue reading

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The Best view | Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Spanish sun warms up Woody’s career

The Spanish sun has clearly rejuvenated Woody Allen’s career. After making three films in London with diminishing returns – the commercially successful but critically reviled Match Point and box-office duds Scoop and Cassandra’s Dream – he’s noticeably benefited from a … Continue reading

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The Best view | Stone goes soft: a lenient portrait of George ‘Dubya’ Bush in W.

As America awakes this week from the nightmare of the past eight years and the world exults in the historic election of Barack Obama, Oliver Stone delivers his biopic of the man Obama is replacing, the man who has a … Continue reading

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