Bushed

There's only 297 days left of Bush's presidency (too long!) and I can't imagine anyone being able to suffer him for 298. Which is why I find the whole notion of a W. movie suspect [tangent: my sympathies go out to Starwood Hotels]. It's so soon. Still the cast that controversy magnet Oliver Stone has gathered is appealing. Josh Brolin as the worst president ever (albeit before he was president), Soon to be 'it girl' Elizabeth Banks as Laura (previous coverage of Bank's big year here), and now Academy Award nominee James Cromwell as H.W. and Oscar Winner Ellen Burstyn as "Barbara Bush"... that's a hefty lineup.

This is sure to be Burstyn's most frightening role since The Exorcist, the malevolent refrigerators and pill popping of Requiem for a Dream be damned.

Ellen Burstyn's troubled screen children

[Tangent #2: So, Burstyn will get her seventh Oscar nod for this, right? That'd move her up to tied for 5th place of all time in Oscar's actress hierarchy (a spot currently deadlocked between Ingrid Bergman, Jane Fonda and Greer Garson with only Fonda having a very remote chance of breaking the tie). Burstyn is currently in a nine-way tie for 6th place of most nominations from a female actor. The top four, in case you're wondering is composed of: 1. Meryl Streep, 2. Katharine Hepburn, 3. Bette Davis, and 4. Geraldine Page.]

Do you want to see this W. picture despite or because of all that's gone by... or maybe you would rather forget this dynasty forever? How do you feel about Oliver Stone's presidential films: Nixon and JFK?

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