Man of the Year is a sure-fire, topical, relevant Robin Williams comedic vehicle that simply sputters due to the wrong kind of fuel. Director Barry Levinson seems completely at home with the lightly amusing fable of a Stewart-esque cable-comedy icon named Tom Dobbs who runs as an independent candidate for President. Yet Levinson invests far […]

Why bring a second Truman Capote biopic to the screen, particularly one that covers the same period of the writer’s storied career as the Oscar-winning Capote? Coincidence, business issues, and critical opinion aside, writer/director Douglas McGrath is simply interested in a different aspect of Capote’s persona.
Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Carino Chocano remarked that […]

Frears isn’t satisfied with direct or delicate commentary. Instead, he uses a wry parallel to the pastimes of the royal family to make a more universal statement. The very day that Diana’s death is confirmed, Prince Philip suggests some outdoor activity to distract Harry and William—a deer hunt. A magnificent stag has been sighted on the estate, and the men of the family take to the hills in wet and patient pursuit. “How cold!” the movie asks us to react. “How crass!” But screenwriter Peter Morgan isn’t done with that storyline yet.