Alexander the (not so) Great fails to conquer America&#39;s homophobes
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It has been ridiculed by critics and shunned by cinema-goers but the latest film from the controversial director Oliver Stone has still managed to raise hackles across the US.
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Oliver Stone&#39;s big budget biopic about the life and loves of Alexander the Great is drawing high praise for its inclusion of the legendary leader&#39;s historically documented relationships with men as well as women.
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While critics savaged Oliver Stone's long-waited epic "Alexander," novelist and social activist Gore Vidal rallied to the &#36;160 million movie's defense saying it was "barrier-breaking" because of its frank depiction of bisexuality.
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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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"Alexander" &#151; Far from great, "Alexander" sporadically lumbers toward watchable, but mostly it's just bad. And we're not just talking kitschy, B-movie bad. At least that would have been fun. We'll talking all-out, big-budget-bomb bad.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Both Democrats and Republicans show their discomfort with homosexuality -- and their willingness to use anything for political gain -- in the firestorm of debate surrounding comments about Vice President Dick Cheney&#39;s lesbian daughter.
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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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Hollywood continued its long tradition of serving up turkeys for the Thanksgiving holiday with the release yesterday of Oliver Stone&#39;s sword-and-sandal epic Alexander.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19.  Imagine a list of history&#39;s greatest astronauts without any mention of Americans. History&#39;s greatest philosophers without any mention of the Greeks. Absurd. But here&#39;s one more: a commemoration of 50 years of rock&#39;n&#39;roll ...
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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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LOS ANGELES  - "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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Those of us not raised with the comforts of religion must make do with denial. It&#39;s not a great trade. The overwhelming probability that all of us, our successes and failures notwithstanding, will wind up
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Oliver Stone&#39;s Alexander opened in theaters on Wednesday, and ComingSoon.net recently got a chance to talk to the writer/director and star Jaret Leto, who plays Hephaistion, about the Warner Bros.
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Could Macedonians ride and carry shields at the same time? With a little help, Oliver Stone balances military history and movie pragmatism in "Alexander."
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Sen. John Kerry&#39;s mention Wednesday of Vice President Dick Cheney&#39;s lesbian daughter drew rebukes from the Bush campaign yesterday and strongly mixed reactions from gays and lesbians.
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The main thing about the guys in âWild Hogsâ â the main source of the movieâs fumbling attempts at humor â is that theyâre not gay. Really. Seriously. No way.
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"Alexander," which depicts the Macedonian conqueror's passionate relationship with another man, may redefine what is acceptable in a hero.