Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Hollywoodland

*** Stars
"It's a bird! It's a plane! It's....Ben Affleck?"

Yes, it's true. The actor has been given the part to reboot his career. Affleck is the definitive George Reeves, one of television's biggest victims. Felled by a single gunshot wound, George Reeves (TV's Superman) leaves behind a fiancée, a grieving mother, tons of fans, and a hell of an investigation. Louis Simo (a solid performance by Adrien Brody), a private investigator, is hired to investigate Reeve's murder. This movie examines three scenarios. Who killed Superman? The fiance left in the dust, The man who's wife is sleeping with him, or did Reeves's just decide to end the suffering of failure? The investigation was never solved.

Hollywoodland is a conventional, mild, and entertaining history piece. But its purpose is for its knockout performance by Ben Affleck. He's at the top of their game.

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