Stone puts his stamp of greatness on bold 'Alexander'
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A year or so ago, Variety reported no less than five Alexander the Great biopics in the works: two small-scale European productions, a 10-hour HBO miniseries, a Baz Luhrmann-directed epic to star Leonardo ...
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There's a new king of the King of Rock 'n' Roll's estate.
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Oliver Stone says he thinks his historical epic Alexander will receive better press in Europe after poor US reviews.
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Talented filmmaker Oliver Stone has requested Iranian officials to allow him to make a biopic about their president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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All Hail Alexander the Great, the great military genius who set out to conquer the world and came perilously close to getting the job done.
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Director Oliver Stone, who has made movies about Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, is developing a project about the current occupant of the White House, but promises it will not be a hatchet job, Daily Variety reported on Sunday.
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"Alexander," Oliver Stone's ode to a Grecian warrior, rides into battle Wednesday, when the R-rated epic about the young conqueror will face a phalanx of films with broad family appeal, including the Thanksgiving holiday weekend's other newcomer, the Tim Allen comedy "Christmas With the Kranks."
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Alexander the Great, who carved out a vast empire east of Greece before his death at age 32, is idolized in this nation as a symbol of its ancient glory. So when Oliver Stone's new epic about the conqueror's life depicted him as a bisexual who has a fling with his childhood friend Hephaestion, the portrayal hit a raw nerve in a nation where homophobic attitudes remain widespread.
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Oliver Stone, America&#39;s most controversial, Oscar-winning filmmaker, is waging war on the box office this weekend with ``Alexander,&#39;&#39; a violent, sexually combustible, nearly three-hour epic.
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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
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When depicting the American &#39;60s in films such as &quot;Platoon,&quot; &quot;JFK&quot; and &quot;The Doors,&quot; writer-director Oliver Stone can be sloppy, indulgent and maddening, but he has never been anything less than electric.
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To film &quot;Alexander,&quot; which opens nationwide Wednesday, director Oliver Stone took his cue from the biopic&#39;s subject, Alexander the Great, and set out to conquer several locations around the world.
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Alexander the Great journeyed to Babylon. In Alexander, Oliver Stone made it only to babble-on. My favorite part of this bloated, colossal stink bomb is when a character literally expires during one of Alexander&#39;s
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Director Oliver Stone says he's optimistic that his historical epic "Alexander" will do well in Europe after getting off to a disappointing start at home.
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Oliver Stone&#39;s gay sand-and-sandal epic &quot;Alexander&quot; got a thorough critical roasting for its Thanksgiving opening - and Times Square moviegoers yesterday seemed equally allergic to the toga turkey.
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Like the great Macedonion conqueror in the upcoming Oliver Stone   flick Alexander, Warner Bros. is plotting a new strategy in the   battle for Oscar glory.
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Wild ambition and great achievement sometimes carry the seeds of their own destruction -- a proposition that is both the central subject and dangerous stylistic temptation of Oliver Stone&#39;s vast, riveting, madly audacious movie biography &quot;Alexander.