Hollywoodland

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Carlos I @carlosFibarra Jan 26, 2026 Hollywoodland serves as a solid enough period thriller, anchored by strong performances, ⁷particularly Ben Affleck’s nuanced portrayal of the tragic George Reeves. However, for a film tackling one of the most enduring and scandalous mysteries in Tinseltown history, it feels surprisingly restrained. While the production design captures the smoky, cynical atmosphere of the 1950s perfectly, the narrative execution isn’t quite noteworthy enough to truly grasp the viewer; it settles for being a competent procedural rather than the haunting masterpiece this fascinating, multi-layered story deserves. See more Jacob B @RT89309114 Jul 7, 2025 Just in time for James Gunn's Superman, I decided to focus on something different related to the legendary superhero rather than something like the Lois & Clark TV show that everyone on my YouTube recommendations is blabbing about. Without further ado, my review of Hollywoodland: Part biopic, part murder mystery gunning for the "Unsolved Mysteries" demographic, Hollywoodland's lack of closure was understandably alienating to viewers. However, I still think it's overall a flawed-but-good film. The two plots sometimes feel like they're trying to upstage the other in terms of getting peoples' attention but the film more than makes up for it with strong performances - most notably, the career-resurrecting one of the man who would go on to play Batman as the man who played Superman back in the '50s* - , a decent job capturing a few parallels with the Adrien Brody detective and George Reeves, a well-written screenplay that results in dialogue that's certainly not boring and showing how Hollywood isn't always glamorous. A melancholy film about how some careers don't always go the way people want them to...and also arguably a better Superman-focused film than the actual, blockbuster Superman film that came out in 2006. *And he slept with Martha Kent, too! See more Georgan G @RT98616417 Jul 20, 2024 3.25 stars. This sad story is hard to watch. Ambition & expectations can make or break a life. We'll never know the real end to this actor's life. See more Eye C @ECinc Mar 17, 2024 This is the best performance from Affleck as an actor. Great thriller, sad story and intriguing truth. See more Test T @TestTest1 Nov 6, 2023 It's not that there's anything wrong with it, but this film feels far too serious and ordinary to be entertaining. It could be because the story is about issues within the film industry, and is trying to be objective. I'm not sure what I was expecting from a film about a suicide, but I did not enjoy this. See more donnie m @RT64375194 Aug 7, 2023 i WANTED to keep watching but the gum chewing of Adrien Brody drove me crazy and he's overly dramatic in EVERYTHING he says and does-even the way he walks and worst acting i've seen for Ben Affleck who's trying to sound like Jimmy Stewart See more Read all reviews

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