Archive for the 'Game Change' Category

'Game Change': Critics react to Sarah Palin movie

The narrative of Game Change is one as old as government itself — the corrupting influence of proximity to power on even the best of men. Journalists and politicos weigh in on the high profile TV movie about the 2008 presidential election. HBO's highly-anticipated film "Game Change" premiered Saturday night, and it sparked many reactions [...]

More Thoughts on 'Game Change'

The narrative of Game Change is one as old as government itself — the corrupting influence of proximity to power on even the best of men. By FRANK BRUNI I notice that my post on “Game Change” drew more than the usual number of comments from readers, and the robustness of that reaction dovetails with [...]

'Game Change' tells core truth about Sarah Palin and US politics

An American soldier opened fire on villagers near his base in southern Afghanistan Sunday and killed 16 civilians, according to President Hamid Karzai, who called it an "assassination." Nine children and three women were among the dead. HBO's highly-anticipated film "Game Change" premiered Saturday night, and it sparked many reactions from viewers from both ends [...]

'Game Change' tells core truth about Sarah Palin and US politics

An American soldier opened fire on villagers near his base in southern Afghanistan Sunday and killed 16 civilians, according to President Hamid Karzai, who called it an "assassination." Nine children and three women were among the dead. By Kerry Picket Filmmaker Jay Roach's new HBO movie "Game Change" based on the book by political reporters [...]

McCain: No kind words for 'Game Change' but no salty ones either

By Kerry Picket Filmaker Jay Roach's new HBO movie "Game Change" based on the book by political reporters Mark Halperin and John Heilman focused exclusively on the trials and tribulations of the McCain-Palin 2008 presidential campaign and chose to Few made-for-television movies have arrived with the amount of fanfare, anticipation and attendant hyperbole as has [...]

'Game Change': Could Sarah Palin portrayal affect the 2012 election?

Now it has found a secondary purpose — running on Reelz Channel as an answer to the HBO film "Game Change." Where "Game Change" portrays Palin as a woman professionally unqualified and personally unprepared for the national arena, "The Undefeated" If you're a fan of Sarah Palin, or if you just haven't followed the recriminations [...]

Director: 'Game Change' humanizes Palin, McCain

Actress Julianne Moore may be playing Sarah Palin in HBO's "Game Change," but make no mistake — it is acting. Moore's own politics bear no resemblance to Palin's. While being interviewed on the red carpet yesterday, HBO's hotly anticipated TV movie about the tumultuous rise and fall of the 2008 McCain-Palin ticket debuts this weekend. [...]

Director: 'Game Change' humanizes Palin, McCain

The only thing surprising to me is that anyone at this late date would be surprised by any embarrassing facts about Palin. The truth has been known almost within hours of McCain lifting her out of obscurity back at the end of Might he discuss being portrayed by Ed Harris in “Game Change”? The HBO [...]

Director: 'Game Change' humanizes Palin, McCain

If only the rest of us were as nuanced as the HBO movie "Game Change" It was a bad reality show," concludes political operative Steve Schmidt (a forceful Woody Harrelson) toward the end of HBO's controversy-stirring Game Change (Saturday, 9/8c), a searing, sizzlingly well acted docudrama about the decision "to create a Might he discuss [...]

Director: 'Game Change' humanizes Palin, McCain

By Betsy Rothstein on March 9, 2012 4:55 PM Game Change came to Washington last night, perhaps in more ways than one. Politicians, their aides and reporters came together last night at the Newseum for a star-studded evening to celebrate the now famed If only the rest of us were as nuanced as the HBO [...]