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How Platoon Accidentally Launched an Entire Generation of Movie Stars

Posted 5 months ago

Looking back, it's incredible how Oliver Stone's Platoon helped launch the careers of Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Keith David, and more.

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Charlie Sheen recalls how Emilio Estevez broke to him that Tom Cruise took his role in Born on the Fourth of July

Posted 7 months ago

The star was on the rise in the 80s, but a project he thought he'd reunite with Oliver Stone for ended up going to Cruise.

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Colin Farrell recalls filming the big battle scene in Alexander, saying it’s a miracle nobody died while making it

Posted 9 months ago

Farrell and his Big Bold Beautiful co-star Margot Robbie reflected on their careers and he remembers an elaborate war sequence.

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Oliver Stone celebrates the filmmakers behind F1 with a detailed review of Joseph Kosinski’s fast-paced racing drama

Posted 11 months ago

Platoon and Natural Born Killers filmmaker Oliver Stone critiques the greatness of Joseph Kosinski's F1 racing drama.

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Oliver Stone weighs in on some 2024’s top movies: Wicked, A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, and more

Posted 1 year ago

Director Oliver Stone has offered his praise -- and criticisms -- for some of the most popular movies of 2024.

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Oliver Stone says Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II is “empty calories”

Posted 1 year ago

Oliver Stone wasn't a big fan of Ridley Scott's Gladiator II, calling the sequel "empty calories" compared to the first film.

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Oliver Stone praises Megalopolis as one of the most extraordinary films he’s recently watched

Posted 2 years ago

The Wall Street director is known for showing how power corrupts and would praise Coppola's fable about a society in conflict with those in power.

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Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July will get a Collector’s Edition 4K release from Shout Factory

Posted 2 years ago

The Tom Cruise drama from Oliver Stone will get a two-disc 4K Blu-ray chock-full of special features that arrives just after Veteran's Day.

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Oliver Stone thought Downey Jr.’s on-set antics would ruin the tone of Natural Born Killers

Posted 2 years ago

Robert Downey Jr. tried to work a crude sight gag into Natural Born Killers, only irritating director Oliver Stone...who finally relented.

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Oliver Stone kicked his cocaine habit writing *the* coke movie, Scarface

Posted 2 years ago

Oliver Stone went to extreme lengths to focus on writing 1983's Scarface, moving to Paris to kick his coke habit.

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