Critic's Rave: '2012' delivers destruction but in process crushes story Nov 22, 2009
Starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover and Oliver Platt. 158 min. Rated PG-13. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Movie review: '2012' embodies the terror of the end of time Nov 21, 2009
Written by Harald Kloser and Roland Emmerich, "2012" stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson. Although the cast is a bit on the mainstream side, the collaboration is surreal. (Shelby Twp Advisor & Source, MI)
THE END IS NEAR Nov 20, 2009
Meanwhile, the young, brilliant and moral scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) informs perfect president of the United States (Danny Glover) and evil presidential aide (Oliver Platt) that the world is about to be destroyed. Soon the family finds itself racing against earthquakes and volcanoes while the government decides who is worthy of being saved. (Daily Collegian, PA)
What's Playing Nov 19, 2009
Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor (as a government scientist), Oliver Platt (as the president's chief of staff) and Woody Harrelson (perfectly cast as a conspiracy theory-addled nut) almost convince you that something decent is at work in "2012." But it's just another doomsday film, with new digital effects and stock scenes patched together from "Jaws," "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Armageddon." (Jake Coyle, Associated Press) 158 min. PG-13. Carmike: 1:20, 4:40 and 8 p.m. daily starting Friday, with... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Special effects and action will make '2012' a blockbuster hit Nov 18, 2009
Among these seemingly heartless government officials is Carl Anheuser, played by Oliver Platt. Platt delivers an excellent performance and really gives the audience a character that they love to hate. (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
Kobe Gets 40 In Lakers' 106-93 Win Over Pistons Nov 18, 2009
Oliver Platt, MSNBC's Chris Matthews and baseball great Dave Winfield were among the courtside celebrities. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
'2012': Audiences might be better off looking, not listening Nov 14, 2009
Nothing, not even a season of Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon, will give you more respect for how difficult it is to be an actor than watching top talent like John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet and Oliver Platt struggling to treat the film's ungodly language and situations with perfect seriousness. The deeper truth, of course, is that it doesn't really matter and everyone with a hand in "2012" knows as much. (FOX59, IN)
Review: '2012' is too much Nov 14, 2009
We're used to seeing African-American presidents on screen, but an Oval Office scene where the president dismisses the token white aide (the excellent Oliver Platt) to confer with two black colleagues. That's a first. (CNN)
It's the End of the World as We Know It Nov 14, 2009
He busts into a black-tie event to press an urgent white paper about the situation on Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), the president's unctuous chief of staff. In your run-of-the-mill disaster movie, the powers that be would spend the first act doubting the word of the sensitive scientist hero, but Emmerich has no time for that; the Washington Monument isn't going to topple itself. (Slate)
'2012' is formula action movie turned up to 10 Nov 14, 2009
Along the way, Emmerich, who co-wrote the script with Harald Kloser ("The Day After Tomorrow"), tries to create a panorama of American life, from the hard-nosed government bureaucrat (Oliver Platt) to the whacked out, conspiracy-theory-loving radio host (Woody Harrelson). In one case, he goes too far: The tiny subplot about an old musician (George Segal, in a vague echo of Judd Hirsch in "Independence Day") belonged on the cutting-room floor. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The end is near as Hollywood revisits the apocalypse Nov 14, 2009
Starring: Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson, John Cusack, Danny Glover, Oliver Platt, George Segal, Thandie NewtonRated PG-13: Intense disaster sequences and some languageLocal theaters: Avenue 16, Oaks 10, Searstown 10, Satellite Beach Cinemas, Majestic (Vero Beach), Merritt Square 16, Roxy Cinema Grill 10, Cinemaworld 16, Indian River 24. Related Topics. (Florida Today)
Apocalypse (and how!) in '2012' Nov 13, 2009
I m not sure I will ever forget the sight of a tsunami-borne aircraft carrier bearing down on both the structure and an astonished President Danny Glover, tending to victims on the White House front lawn while his hissable chief adviser (Oliver Platt) has taken control of the nation ... I m not sure I will ever forget the sight of a tsunami-borne aircraft carrier bearing down on both the structure and an astonished President Danny Glover, tending to victims on the White House front lawn while... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'2012': Now that's Armageddon! Nov 13, 2009
Stars: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover, Woody HarrelsonDirector: Roland EmmerichDistributor: Sony PicturesRating: PG-13 for intense disaster sequences and some languageRunning time: 2 hours, 40 minutesOpens Friday nationwide. By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY "We're all gonna die!". (USA Today -- Life)
Director Emmerich destroys the earth - again - in ‘2012’ Nov 13, 2009
Helmsley races back to Washington to warn President Wilson (kindly Danny Glover) and cabinet secretary Carl Anheuser (meanypants Oliver Platt) while 2012 races to introduce us to the rest of the movie s overcrowded passenger list ... Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson. (Boston Globe)
'2012' is no disaster Nov 13, 2009
2012' is no disaster - Entertainment - Fresnobee. You're in the section. (Fresno Bee)
* FILM REVIEW: Its the end of the world as we know it Nov 13, 2009
2012 DIRECTED BY: Roland Emmerich STARRING:John Cusack (Jackson Curtis), Amanda Peet (Kate Curtis), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Adrian Helmsley), Thandie Newton (Laura Wilson), Oliver Platt (Carl Anheuser), Thomas McCarthy (Gordon Silberman), Woody Harrelson (Charlie Frost), Danny Glover (President Thomas Wilson) RUNNING TIME: 158 MINUTES TAIWAN RELEASE:TODAY ... The essential goodness of the first family is put into contrast with the heartless political fixer Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), for whom... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
2012: End-of-World Disaster Porn Nov 13, 2009
2012' Review: Doomsday Porn with Cusack, Harrelson - TIME. " Related Photos Stories The nutbag with the $250 million budget is director and co-writer Roland Emmerich, who for all his deficiencies as a teller of stories and wrangler of actors can never be accused of thinking small. In Independence Day he had Martians attack Earth; in The Day After Tomorrow, global warming triggers an instant ice age. He is both the king of disaster porn and a sentimental ;litist: his movies kill off billions of... (Time.com)
The end not soon enough for 2012 Nov 11, 2009
He alerts the presidents chief of staff, Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), who quickly brings Helmsley to the president (Danny Glover, apparently filling in for Morgan Freeman). The government secretly establishes what Anheuser calls the most important timetable in the history of mankind a schedule for the most important and most wealthy to be evacuated in confidential arks. (MSNBC -- Movies)
DC woman to be sentenced for killing 4 daughters Oct 16, 2009
With Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, Oliver Platt. PG-13 (crude and sexual content throughout, brief strong profanity and comic violence). (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Fall Film Releases 2009 Oct 9, 2009
Starring: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt and Amanda Peet. Pirate Radio rated R. (Universal Pictures). (Carroll County Times, MD)
Year One Makes a Mess of the Past o... Oct 9, 2009
The show stealer award has to go to Oliver Platt. His pelted chest drag-priest rendition is one for the books. (Suite101.com)
The PG's Fall Movie Preview Sep 3, 2009
" It's the second in a series of "Cities of Love" movies conceived by Emmanuel Benbihy. Nov. 6 "Disney's A Christmas Carol": A 3-D animated version of the Dickens classic, with Jim Carrey playing eight characters and Gary Oldman as his overworked and underpaid clerk and Colin Firth his cheery nephew. "The Box": The short story "Button, Button" by Richard Matheson inspired this movie that asks: What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
ACTRESS IN A NY STATE OF MIND Jul 28, 2009
"TV is ridiculous long hours, but get a cold on TV, they just slap more makeup on you. A movie's easy because eventually it'll wrap and it's over. A 2 -hour Broadway musical lead is hard physically. I never slept so much. I had humidifiers, medicines, hot water bottle, scarf around my neck, a million vitamins because Oliver Platt, who played Nathan Detroit, is king of the vitamins. He takes 30 a day. What really knocked me out was Broadway. "After the round of p.r. for this film, I'm taking a... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Critic's Rave: 'Year One' sends comedy back to the stone age Jun 26, 2009
From a talent standpoint, it most likely had the appearance of relative safety, since it is populated with bankable comedic actors (mostly from the Judd Apatow troupe of regulars) that not only includes leads Jack Black and Michael Cera, but also the likes of David Cross, Paul Rudd, Hank Azaria and an over-the-top Oliver Platt, who takes his hedonistic High Priest character to ridiculous places few actors would dare traverse ... Starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross,... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Caveman comedy Jun 26, 2009
Oliver Platt is great as the high priest, Olvia Wilde (yes, of "House") looks amazing as Princess Inanna and there's a vizier with a funny hat ... Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, Olvia Wilde. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Frost/Nixon: Fictional Look At Famo... Jun 24, 2009
The cast also included Oliver Platt as Bob Zelnik, Kevin Bacon as Nixon s chief-of-staff Jack Brennan and Sam Rockwell as James Reston Jr.. Frost/Nixon was adapted from a play written by Peter Morgan, who wrote the screenplay for the film, and Academy Award winning director Ron Howard took the director s seat for this politically supercharged film. (Suite101.com)
Amesbury actor worthy of 'Notice' Jun 24, 2009
The movie, which will star Oliver Platt as former Providence mayor Buddy Cianci, has been stalled for various reasons, including costar Robin Williams s heart problems, but Corrente claims everyone is finally on board for the project. Except for Buddy, Corrente said. (Boston Globe)
One thing to say about ‘Year One': Please no ‘Year Two' Jun 21, 2009
And regardless of a supporting cast including Oliver Platt (high priest), David Cross (Cain), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Isaac), and Hank Azaria (Abraham), each of whom I love in other roles, I can't think of a character that stood out enough to warrant mention here. The humor of the supporting cast was childish and, frankly, pathetic. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Year One: The Best Hunter-Gatherer Comedy in Some Time Jun 20, 2009
Many of the bit players, especially Azaria and Oliver Platt as a high-camp high priest, have a grand time with the script's juxtaposition of lofty Old Testament diction and contemporary speech. "We are the Hebrews," intones Azaria, "a righteous people, not very good at sports.". (Slate)
Review: 'Year One' with Jack Black Jun 20, 2009
Every character is made vivid and absurd, from the breezy but wicked Cain, to the righteous but oblivious Abraham (who thinks everybody should want to be circumcised), to the flamboyant (and hirsute) high priest of Sodom (Oliver Platt). Ramis never lets his guard down, never gives the audience a chance to relax, even if it means hanging a lead character upside down and making him urinate on his own face. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Review: Few laughs seem result of luck, not design in ’Year One’ Jun 20, 2009
Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Olivia Wilde, Hank Azaria, David Cross, Oliver Platt. Rated: PG-13 for crude and strong sexual content, brief strong language and comic violence. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
'Year One' Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need To Know Jun 20, 2009
McLovin joined an all-star cast including David Cross, Paul Rudd, Hank Azaria, Oliver Platt, Kyle Gass, Bill Hader and Paul Scheer. "House" doc and cover girl assumed the role of the princess of Sodom. (VHI.com -- Music News)
'Year One': The Land That Laughs Forgot, By Kurt Loder Jun 20, 2009
In Sodom they encounter a blubbery High Priest (Oliver Platt in lipstick, mascara and an overabundance of fake chest hair) and discover that a virgin competition is underway for a rain-making sacrifice. There's also an enlightened princess (Olivia Wilde), a palace eunuch (Black's Tenacious D partner Kyle Gass), a gaudy bacchanal (very mild, actually), a dungeon, a stoning (two stones), a "Holy of Holies" and much, much more stuff just keeps piling up. (VHI.com -- Music News)
'2012' Trailer, Shot By Shot: The Beginning Of The End Jun 20, 2009
"So when do we let the people know?" asks the incomparable Chiwetel Ejiofor of the equally awesome (and scared-to-death looking) Oliver Platt. Shot 26: "Our mission," Platt explains as we see footage of people trying to get aboard these people-transporting crafts, "is to ensure the continuity of our species.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
Year One: Jokes from the Stone Age Jun 19, 2009
" Ramis and co-writer Gene Stupnitsky clearly think the best thing about setting a movie in Sodom is the opportunity for jokes about sodomy. They trot out bananas being eaten seductively by prostitutes, a horny high priest (played to the hilt by Oliver Platt, in more eye makeup than Liza Minnelli) who has his eye on Oh and even a sheep joke. Vulgarity can be a dazzlingly pleasurable thing in comedy. But there's something very sad about Year One's vulgarity. It's desperate. The movie is one long... (Time.com)
"Year One'' takes a charmless trip back in time Jun 19, 2009
Year One' movie review - 'Year One' showtimes - The Boston Globe - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
Add Year One to list of biblical plagues Jun 19, 2009
Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David CrossDirector: Harold RamisRun time: 1 hour, 40 minutesMPAA rating: PG-13 ... and Oliver Platt as a hirsute high priest with a weakness for body oil make much of an impression. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Year One Review Jun 19, 2009
Oliver Platt hams it up as the very fey High Priest, but his character epitomizes the abundance of stock gay jokes the script relies on. (Indeed, the bulk of the gags in the last two acts seem to be either gay innuendos or circumcision references. (IGN FilmForce)
Review: 'Year One' not the most evolved comedy Jun 19, 2009
Neither does the consistently put-upon Oh, who becomes the unwitting servant boy of Sodom's kinky High Priest (Oliver Platt), who is fond of having hot oil rubbed into his furry chest. But his weirdness feels like one of many scattered ideas that are picked up and quickly dropped. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
"Year One" Jun 19, 2009
During the course of their odyssey, which involves unexplained travel through several eras, Zed eats poop, and Oh is forced to rub the chest of a hirsute high priest (Oliver Platt) with hot oil. It's not that those things couldn't potentially be funny. (Salon)
B'way ticket availability through Sunday, May 24 May 18, 2009
"Guys and Dolls." Craig Bierko, Oliver Platt, Kate Jennings Grant and Lauren Graham star in a revival of the classic Frank Loesser musical about the denizens of Times Square. Nederlander. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
DVD Report: New releases this week (April 19) Apr 19, 2009
Frost/Nixon" (2008) might as well have been titled "Frost vs. Nixon," given the many ready-to-rumble metaphors that director Ron Howard and writer Peter Morgan work into their dramatization of the disgraced former president's landmark 1977 interviews with British TV personality David Frost. More than once, Nixon (Frank Langella, reprising his London and Broadway stage role) gamely urges Frost (Michael Sheen, ditto) to play it "no-holds-barred" in their sitdowns. Kevin Bacon, as Nixon aide Jack... (Boston Globe)
Rogen, Cera, Black will make you laugh Mar 25, 2009
Starring: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Hank Azaria Director: Harold Ramis Story: In this comedy, Zed (Black) and Oh (Cera) are two men who travel through the stories from the early part of the Bible. Along the way they encounter Abraham and Isaac (Hank Azaria and Christopher Mintz-Plasse), Cain and Abel (David Cross and Paul Rudd), and Adam and Eve (Ramis and Rhoda Griffis). (MSNBC -- Movies)
Jacko: First Show July 9 Mar 5, 2009
Rush, Sarandon, Jane Fonda, Oliver Platt, plus the God of Carnage cast (Gandolfini, Harden, Daniels, Davis), Mercedes Ruehl, plus Brian Kerwin s in "August Osage County," Mary Louise Parker s in "Hedda Gabler," Angela Lanshury and Christine Ebersole are in "Blithe Spirit," Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons, and Marsha Mason are in "Impressionism," as well as that whole all-star gang out there in Brooklyn at BAM finishing up "Winter s Tale" and "Cherry Orchard." And the show everyone s raving about. The... (Fox News)
Wonder Woman Mar 3, 2009
Diana, with Steve's help, must track down Ares and prevent him from striking a deal with his uncle Hades (Oliver Platt) to get his bonds released. Ares hopes to trigger mass global bloodshed that will make him more powerful than ever. (IGN FilmForce)
Mel Seeks a Comeback Mar 3, 2009
e of Nathan Detroit, played by Oliver Platt. Lauren told me being on Broadway was a "childhood dream," and luckily it s not a nightmare. (Fox News)
Des revives Dolls on Broadway Mar 2, 2009
Craig Bierko, left, is charismatically cocky but Oliver Platt has little comic timing in Guys and Dolls ... The other is Hot Box singer Miss Adelaide (Lauren Graham, from TV's Gilmore Girls) and her permanent fianc Nathan Detroit (Oliver Platt, from TV's Huff), who earns a dicey living organizing under-the-radar craps games. (Globe and Mail)
'Guys and Dolls' Broadway revival isn't exactly a sure bet Mar 2, 2009
Craig Bierdo, left, plays a sexy Sky Masterson to Oliver Platt's bumbling Nathan Detroit in the Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls ... In fairness to the awkward couple stars Oliver Platt and Lauren Graham their characters, bumbling gambler Nathan Detroit and his long-suffering squeeze Miss Adelaide, aren't elegant types. (USA Today -- Life)
Stratford's master juggler Feb 28, 2009
But scheduling and other considerations precluded out-of-town tryouts for this production, headlined by Oliver Platt and Lauren Graham. You go through a preview process to learn, McAnuff acknowledges, and this is the centre, still, of the commercial theatre, perhaps in the world, so you're going to have a lot of people who are in the so-called industry,' showing up at previews, passing judgment. (Globe and Mail)
Lauren Graham is Broadways New Doll Feb 28, 2009
Now on view at the Nederlander Theatre, this latest revival of Guys and Dolls stars Graham as the long-suffering, slightly dizzy fiance of Nathan Detroit, a sweet-natured gambler played by Oliver Platt. I had to get over feeling kind of apologetic that I havent done more of this, Graham said, because that just gets in your way. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Nominated for Five Academy Awards(R) Including 'Best Picture' Feb 21, 2009
Also co-starring in pivotal roles are Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones and Matthew MacFadyen ... Cast: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Matthew MacFayden, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Movie review: You’ll be ‘Taken’ for a wild ride with Neeson Feb 10, 2009
Great performances are given by a wonderful supporting cast, including Sam Rockwell, Oliver Platt and the always good Kevin Bacon. Four and a half stars out of five. (Santa Maria Times)
