Sep 11 2009 New 'Surrogates' Trailer: Putting All Those Obnoxious Android Model Bus/Subway Ads in Context

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Haven't you always wanted to live the life of a Powerade commercial? Everyone has! That's why, in the future, we'll probably live through surrogate, robot bodies that can mountain climb, skydive, and have Craig Kilborn's hair better than any human (besides Craig Kilborn). But what if someone figures out how to MURDER the real humans behind the surrogates??? That's a Bruce Willis movie is what:

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Sep 25 2008 'W' Trailer Makes Commentary on Bush's Funny Face and Post-Punk Policies

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Alright, Oliver Stone, if you want to make your W trailer into an abbreviated Talking Heads video, that's fine, but at least make Josh Brolin do the appropriate dance moves for it. As it stands, he's just doing a lot of funny faces and spitting pretzel out of his mouth, which doesn't make for that entertaining of a movie. Still though: take that, Bush!

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Jul 29 2008 'W' Trailer Will Surely Lose Bush His 'Easily Swayed by Caricatures' Supporters

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Well, the W trailer is out, and anyone who was worried Oliver Stone wouldn't present a fair representation can put their fears to bed. It totally seems like a fair fight when W is about to literally fist fight his president father.

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Mar 27 2008 Serious Actors Join 'W'

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Oliver Stone's George W. biopic has taken one more step in its quest to become a near-parody of itself, adding two more unlikely yet somehow completely expected cast members: Ellen Burstyn and James Cromwell as Ma and Pa Bush. Like Stone's casting of Anthony Hopkins in the role of Nixon, and the more recent acquisition of Josh Brolin as W. himself, these casting choices just scream "I'm making a serious movie with actors, not impressionists--oh, and one hottie."

Don't worry, Dana Carvey. Maybe you can still get a cameo as Perot.

Oliver Stone casts parents of 'W' [Variety]