Great thriller.
Reviewed by NWRdr4 for Wall Street at 2010-01-31 16:08:34
Wall Street is a cunningly complex film. The screenplay is amazing, the acting is powerful (particularly the on-screen tension between Sheen and Douglas), and the direction (of renowned Oliver Stone) is perfect. Taut, intelligent movies don't get much better than this, folks.
I guess I'm too sensitive for a movie about liberals in office. This movie really angered me and I walked out of the theatre muttering to myself. A liberal couple overheard me and commented to me. If you are highly conservative and don't like a movie that makes conservatives look rotten, don't watch this movie.
More about the times than the man
Reviewed by KHL for Bobby at 2008-03-10 16:18:13
I didn't know what to expect from this star-studded picture, but if you're looking for a biopic of RFK, this is not it. But the intertwined stories of various characters on the fateful day work nicely to provide a compelling background story that is emotionally moving. The use of historical footage is well done and doesn't detract or stand out too unusually. I couldn't keep dry eyes at the end and of note in the extras is a panel interview with various people who were at the hotel at that time.
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 2/19/2010; 1688+ words...contribution to the entertainment industry in the following categories: Lifetime Achievement Award goes to renowned actor MartinSheen; Lifetime Achievement for Advocacy goes to NHMC Chair and longtime media activist Alex Nogales; and Outstanding Achievement...
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 5/22/2009; 985+ words...Director, Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, MartinSheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga and Alec Baldwin. The...
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 2/27/2009; 1391+ words...upcoming untitled Nancy Meyers film with Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. Other titles include, "Atonement" with...Kinnear, "Frost/Nixon" with Frank Langella and Michael Sheen, "The Limits of Control" with Bill Murray and John Hurt...
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 1/2/2009; 1022+ words...Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins; Traveling, directed by Brandon Camp and starring Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart and MartinSheen; and the sci-fi thriller Repossession Mambo starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker and directed by Miguel Sapochnik...
Newspaper article from: TelevisionWeek; 7/31/2006; Waldman, Allison J. ; 1566+ wordsCharlie Sheen, star of CBS's "Two and a Half Men...nominated in the same year that his father, MartinSheen, is also up for two Emmys. He described...working individuals. TVWeek: Your father, MartinSheen, was also nominated for an Emmy...