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Arrested Josh Brolin Engages in Game of Kissy One-Upmanship

2:40AM Kyle Buchanan | The W. DVD is going to have some killer double features. First, video was leaked of the violent arrest of Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright, and now TMZ has their surprisingly funny squad car banter. More »

Richard Dreyfuss Intent on Deflating ‘W.’ Oscar Buzz Single-Handedly

6:15AM Kyle Buchanan | On today’s edition of The View, the political fireworks came not from Elisabeth Hasselbeck but from Richard Dreyfuss, who turned in a masterful bit of anti-promotion for his role as Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone’s W. With little prompting, Dreyfuss turned on his director, branding him a “fascist” and, when asked what he was like to work with, declaring, “Imagine working for Sean Hannity.” “I would like that!” Hasselbeck immediately chirped. We know, Liz. W. was already on somewhat shaky ground after an Oscar buzz-draining second weekend, but we’re sure that Dreyfuss’s deviation from his talking points won’t help, either. Josh Brolin, it might be time to start vetting those Milk FYC ads. The View [ABC] More »

Oliver Stone’s Pocket Guide To Penetrating The Mystery That Is Bush

10:24AM STV | Oliver Stone is keeping everyone waiting today at Slate, where he’s set to engage Bob Woodward and a few other reporters over the facts and slip-ups threading his new film W. Things have remained mostly civil so far — no Taser jokes or Christian Bale casting rumours — though a few factual liberties have set off a bit of protest in the ranks. Thankfully, while they wait for Stone, Lionsgate now offers a pleasing historical reference for the rest of us. Behold — W. For Dummies. More »

‘I’m Mark Wahlberg. I Star In ‘Max Payne.”

2:04AM Seth | Time to unzip your Happy Weekend Suit and step back into your Monday Morning Iron Maiden: The work week is again upon us. Quick—jumpstart your productivity with some US box office numbers before someone finds your position detrimental to the bottom line:

Violent Mark Wahlberg Kicks Dogs, ‘W.’ Out of His Way at Multiplex

1:30AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your one and only guide to everything new, noteworthy and potentially noxious at the movies. This week sees Oliver Stone officially establish the land-speed record for producing an Oscar contender, joined by skull-cracking Mark Wahlberg, sex-driving Seth Green and our diva-coloured underdog. As always, someone’s gotta lose; we’ll call our shot there, too, along with cherry-picking through a new crop of DVD’s. As always, our opinions are our own, but we have little doubt they would look great on you. Try them on after the jump. More »

Slapdash ‘W.’ Web Site Reaches Out to the Dead-Language Crowd

3:10AM STV | Despite the skeptics, Oliver Stone and Lionsgate have made bringing a film to market in five months flat look relatively easy. But a Defamer operative points out that they clearly underestimated the work required to produce W.’s Web site in the same time, offering us the accompanying Latin dummy text in place of actor Ioan Gruffudd’s biographical background. (NB: It’s pronounced “YO-han GRIF-fith.”) Perhaps the actor never sent it, or maybe it was in Latin, or maybe this is just one of many quirky Easter eggs Lionsgate is loading into its W. campaign. Considering how well the Taserrific bar-brawl worked a few months back, we wouldn’t put it past them. Let us know your theory after the jump. [Lionsgate] More »

Crusading Josh Brolin To Take On Tasers, Shreveport Cops in Next Role

2:00AM STV | W. star and Shreveport jail alumnus Josh Brolin spoke up for the first time on Wednesday about his bar brawl and subsequent detention by that city’s police, illustrating a Southern idyll where he was maced, co-star Jeffrey Wright was Tasered and his assistant was hauled to jail for “asking too many questions.” And while Brolin and his lawyers wait for the authorities to drop the charges that require him back in court later this fall, we’re finally learning exactly how not throw a wrap party in Louisiana — if you must throw one at all: More »

Josh Brolin Lauded, Film Not So Much as ‘W.’ Reviews Trickle In

6:20AM STV | Lionsgate hosted the premiere of W. last night at the Landmark, where Josh Brolin, Oliver Stone and a celebrity cast of dozens dropped by for the first public-ish screening of Stone’s five-month miracle baby. Elsewhere, in a subterranean dungeon populated by the world’s few remaining mainstream film critics, the professionals parsed W. in terms that could best be described as lukewarm — Brolin’s performance notwithstanding: More »

8:20AM STV | Fearless Predictions, with Oliver Stone: Cindy Adams has been there from the beginning with W., with her ambitious rewrite earlier this summer recently giving way to a late bit of story consulting with director Oliver Stone. Trouble persists at the 11th hour, however, as Stone’s satiric dystopia hardly conforms to Adams’s more optimistic vision at all: “There’s no malice in the movie. It’s just that it becomes obvious Bush’s legacy has been trashed. The family name doesn’t mean anything anymore. Like, for instance, Jeb Bush will never be president.” And what will the president think of the film? “He’ll say it’s horseshit.” Wait until he sees how our crystal ball plays it out. [NYP] More »