When I first heard that Oliver Stone was planning on making a movie about George W. Bush, while he was still in office, I didn’t think it was a good idea. Now that I’ve seen the film, I still don’t think it was a good idea. This movie is weak in every way, except for the performance of Josh Brolin and even here I had some issues.
Today is St. Patrick’s Day. I’m not Irish, but this is a day that I celebrate. It was thirty days ago today that I made one of the best decisions of my life. It was the day I asked my wife, Lynn, to marry me.
This documentary is the first of two documentaries dealing with the early days of the cocaine trade. I actually saw the Cocaine Cowboys II documentary first. That film led me to this one. The two films work together because they cover different time periods. The second film is a natural extension of the first and includes some of the same characters.
There are as many theories about the person or persons responsible for the murder as there are suspects. The murder occurred in a house occupied by a large family along with a number of live in servants. There were also potential suspects outside the house. It is the job of Inspector Whicher to unravel the mystery.
I can see the problems the marketing people had with this film. Who wants to see a film about the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper? But this film is every bit as interesting as two of last year’s best picture nominations: Frost/Nixon and Milk.
35 Miles From Shore takes Honorable Mention.