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Where'd All the Tough New Yorkers Go? Josh Brolin: 'New York Critics Have Been Very Sweet to Me'

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:10:35 -0500

At the New York Film Critic's Circle Awards on Monday, Jan. 5, NYFCC Best Actor honoree Sean Penn offered early clues as to how he'll approach this year's awards: He hammed it up for the cameras with Milk co-star Josh Brolin before blowing off a lengthy line of eager journalists. (Interestingly, Mr. Penn is something of a journalist himself these days, penning an eager travelogue for The Nation in December about his self-initiated chats...

It’s Here, It’s Queer

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:16:52 -0500

Milk
Running time 128 minutes
Written by Dustin Lance Black
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Alison Pill

Gus Van Sant’s Milk, from a screenplay by Dustin Lance Black, is certainly as timely as ever, inasmuch as amid all the euphoria over the election of Barack Obama, the passage of anti-gay-marriage propositions in three states has struck a sour note, particularly...

James Franco Says He Was a Pretty Good Boyfriend

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:37:04 -0500

Last night, at a screening of Milk and Q&A with stars James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin and Alison Pill; director Gus Van Sant; and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, everyone was pretty giggly.

Mr. Franco said that he had watched Gay Sex in the 70s (the documentary) to prepare for his role as Scott, Harvey Milk's boyfriend. Mr. Brolin joked that he'd been thinking he was to play Milk and so "being...

Milk Is Great, but Would Be Even Tastier With More Penn Smooches

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:37:42 -0500

Milk
Running time 128 minutes
Written by Dustin Lance Black
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, Diego Luna, Victor Garber, Denis O’Hare

In real life, Harvey Milk was an unexceptional Jewish boy, as plain as a matzo, but with extraordinary courage, as challenging to homophobic society as a pierced nipple. Without much public egotism or personal glory, he was a late bloomer who,...

Oliver Stone on George W. Bush: 'He Thinks Differently--He Doesn't Examine His Life'

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:53:26 -0400

As the Daily Transom walked up 54th Street towards the Ziegfeld Theater Tuesday evening, we silently congratulated the PR firm handling the premiere of Oliver Stone's W. on the little spectacle they'd created for our benefit--the rows of black SUVs lining the sidewalk, the suited "Secret Service" officers, the "snipers" installed on the roof of the neighboring building. Taking our place among the waiting press, we noticed an enterprising television anchor showing off something...

The Wizard of W.

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:13:00 -0400

On the night of Monday, October 13, Oliver Stone was being chauffeured around downtown Manhattan, looking for the dinner party he was running late for, and talking about what the subject of his new film, W., has in common with the Wizard of Oz. Connecting W., which examines and chronicles the life of George W. Bush leading up to and including his presidency, to the 1939 Judy Garland flying-monkeys extravaganza might not seem all...

Wow! Mr. Diane Lane Makes a Wonderful W.

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:18:35 -0400

W.
Running time 131 minutes
Written by Stanley Weiser
Directed by Oliver Stone
Starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Richard Dreyfuss, Jeffrey Wright

Oliver Stone’s W., from a screenplay by Stanley Weiser, arrives at a strange time in our nation’s history, when even Iraq and Afghanistan have been pushed off the front pages and away from the TV talking heads by our current doomsday financial crisis. Of...

Yee-Haw! Will Josh Brolin Turn Comic Book Cowboy?

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:06:09 -0400

After spending two years revving his career up to the point of A-list status, Josh Brolin is poised to have his own comic book franchise. Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells is reporting that Mr. Brolin has been signed on to play comic book cowboy Jonah Hex for Warner Bros. and DC Comics.

Since there's apparantly a bottomless well of comic book characters for Hollywood to draw from, we're not too surprised that we've never...

Will W. Be The Funniest Movie Of The Season?

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:27:43 -0400

Even after the first W. trailer was released this summer, we weren't sure what to expect from Oliver Stone's film. Well, that's not exactly true. We expected that it would be totally bananas, but we didn't know how far it would take things and whether it would be any good.

From the looks of it, W. goes further than our imaginations even figured. One of our favorite movie blogs, In Contention, posted a new television...

Morning Memo: Secret Stylists for Sarah Palin; Obama Rebuffs Lindsay Lohan; Barbra Streisand's More Fun on Morphine

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:17:45 -0400

Sarah Palin's people "do not want the American public to know that [she] is using stylists or that she is paying for expensive clothes this early in the campaign." We definitely did not know. [P6]

The Obama campaign rebuffed newly minted political blogger Lindsay Lohan's offer to host "a series of events for younger voters," reportedly saying that she is "not exactly the kind of high-profile star who would be positive for us." [TMZ]

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2008: The Year of the Brolin

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:05:46 -0400

What the hell has gotten into Josh Brolin?

His résumé is littered with paycheck garbage, the types of movies that you haven't even thought of in the last decade. (The Mod Squad? Really?) Of course everyone touted 2007 as his turnaround year, but we're not sure we'd agree. While it's true that he appeared in no less than four movies last year, the only role that really resonates is his part...

Oliver Stone to Make Film About G.W. Bush

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:30:31 -0500

Director Oliver Stone is shopping around a script for a movie about President George W. Bush, which he hopes will enter production by April, Variety reports. Up for playing the (surely entertaining) role of G.W. is No County For Old Men star Josh Brolin, who, Mr. Stone told Variety, is better looking than our current president, “but has the same drive and charisma that Americans identify with Bush, who has some of that old-time...

Brolin, Hirsch, Franco Got Milk

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:13:52 -0500

Three hunky actors have got Milk this morning, landing roles in the biopic based on the life of Harvey Milk. He was America's first openly gay elected official, assassinated in 1978. (His killer launched the infamous "Twinkie defense," arguing that exposure to the Hostess treat rendered him powerless to stop himself from the dramatic shooting spree.) Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild It boy), Josh "Thrashin'" Brolin (when did Barb Streisand's stepson step out of...

Manhattan Weekend Box Office: Josh Brolin's a Hit in the City

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:09:53 -0500

It seems like New York is in love with Goonies star Josh Brolin. He delivers Oscar-worthy performances in American Gangster (no. 1) and No Country for Old Men (no. 2), both of which sit atop the Manhattan box office chart. American Gangster captured the top spot with an impressive $50,000 per screen average in its second week, while the Coen brothers’ No Country, in limited release and playing at only 4 theaters, put up...

Brolin is Rollin’! Son of James, Hubby of Dishy Diane Lane, In Bid For Stand-Alone Stardom

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:25:12 -0400

One afternoon about a year ago, a low-level Paramount executive got a phone call from the director Joel Coen.

“Where’s your boss?” Mr. Coen said. “We found Moss!”

“Are you certain?” asked the exec. Yes, Mr. Coen and brother Ethan were certain: Josh Brolin was the perfect fit to play Llewelyn Moss, the protagonist of their new film, No Country for Old Men.

On Saturday, Oct. 6, the...