Lukewarm Applause for Stone's Castro Doc
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SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain - The world premiere of Oliver Stone's follow-up documentary on Cuban President Fidel Castro met timid applause from a half-full house at the San Sebastian International Film Festival on Saturday.    The festival kicked off Friday, with a warm reception for the world premiere of Woody Allen's new movie "Melinda and Melinda" - an urban tale of sex, infidelity and miscommunication...
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Fidel Castro signed a lengthy essay published yesterday, saluting a Cuban political figure but giving no hint of how Castro is feeling, even amid rampant rumors of his death.
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When his Vietnam saga &quot;Platoon&quot; appeared, Oliver Stone felt it was a painful reminder of an aggressive mentality he hoped America had left behind.
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Director Oliver Stone said he was surprised by the critical reaction to his historical epic "Alexander" &#151; and put the blame on the fundamentalist morality in some parts of the United States.
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Oliver Stone&#39;s epic account of the many long and pointless conversations about glory-seeking and peasant-conquering conducted by Alexander the Great between battles - is nothing if not thorough.
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Oliver Stoneâs eagerly awaited $160m blockbuster, Alexander, opened in America last week to a decidedly mixed critical response.
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US film-maker Oliver Stone will present in person the world premiere of an "aggressive" new documentary about Cuban leader Fidel Castro at a film festival in Spain next month, his production house said.
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Jim Furyk has the reputation of being a rock, so it was strange to see his eyes suddenly glass over with tears and his answers become short and direct. All because he was asked about Byron Nelson.
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For a filmmaker who has built his career on the cutting edge of controversy, Oliver Stone delivers a surprisingly conventional take on Alexander the Great.
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If Oliver Stone is game for another go round, Colin Farrell says he's in. Farrell worked with director Stone for the first time filming "Alexander." Farrell says Stone is "amazing" and he's work with the acclaimed director again in a heartbeat.
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When journalists are in a self-congratulatory mood (or perhaps after a few mojitos, which may be the same thing), they sometimes claim they get the first crack at writing history.
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With trailers barely in the cinema, simmering controversy over Oliver Stoneâs depiction of legendary warrior Alexander the Great looks set to boil over, after a team of lawyers threatened to take legal action over the filmâs gay content.
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Oliver Stone had a really rotten week. His huge-budget epic drama âAlexander,â starring Colin Farrell, Angeline Jolie, Val Kilmer, and Anthony Hopkins, premiered to critical raspberries and popular apathy.
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Acting President Raul Castro is giving Cubans and the world a preview of how he may lead if his brother Fidel does not return to power: efficiently and with little fanfare.
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Ailing leader Fidel Castro said in a letter read on state television Monday that he does not intend to cling to power forever or stand in the way of a younger generation, but invoked the example of a renowned Brazilian architect who is still working at 100.
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Few real estate specialists expected the highly regarded Archstone-Smith to be a potential aquisition target.
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Look at the evidence: The man promoting the recently opened &quot;Alexander&quot; is not the real Oliver Stone. Granted, the man who greeted me last week at a Chicago hotel room is a fast-talking