Archive for the Tag 'Michael Douglas'

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS – Reviewed by David

Gordon Gekko seems to bring out the actorly best in Michael Douglas, who deservedly won an Oscar for playing the cold-blooded corporate raider in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street and so skillfully reprises the part in this glossy follow-up that winning a second gold man doesn’t seem so far-fetched.

SOLITARY MAN – Reviewed by Joyce

Solitary Man is Michael Douglas’s ode to the aging man who fails to recognize that he is no longer the man he once was. He plays Ben Kalmen, a man who’s clinging to the past. He’s now divorced (Susan Sarandon plays his ex-wife, and although her role is small, she adds a lot to [...]

BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT – Reviewed by Bruce

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, this is an entertaining movie.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, this movie has an implausible plot twist.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Michael Douglas took this part because it took a few days of his life, he made millions, and he could do it in his sleep.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Amber Tamblyn is a very [...]

GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST – Reviewed by Spook

In Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past, Matthew McConaughey takes the lead as the gorgeous, smooth-talking, emotionally shallow photographer Connor Mead. Mead is stuck firmly in his womanizing ways, and stops at nothing short of breaking up with 3 women simultaneously via teleconference. But Mead is forced to face his past while attending his brother’s (Breckin Meyer) [...]

TRUMBO – Reviewed by Noah

Trumbo, based on a stage play of the same name, tells the story of Dalton Trumbo. Mr. Trumbo was a novelist, a screenwriter, and an accused communist. As one of the Hollywood Ten, he was blacklisted for his supposed beliefs, and for refusing to name names during the HUAC trials.

FROST/NIXON – Reviewed by Casey

During the recent Academy Awards, Frank Langella was revered by Best Actor presenter Michael Douglas: “The pitfalls of playing a historical figure so familiar and so widely interpreted are too numerous to mention -  which is why when I viewed in amazement the new life brought to Richard Nixon by Frank Langella … the comparisons [...]