Hollywoodland
2006
***
Director: Allen Coulter
Cast: Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins, Robin Tunney
George Reeves was a B actor in the 1950s who had a brief moment in the limelight as Superman, and was later found dead with a bullet hole in his head. This watchable drama speculates whether it was murder or suicide, but doesn't dare to draw any conclusions. Affleck is great as Reeves, and so is Lane as his lover/provider. Adrien Brody plays a screwed up private eye hired to look into the actor's death, but his uninteresting personal story is a distraction.
