oliver stone is back in .heaters arch campbell reviews "savages." >> oliver stone gets back to filmmakingtes, and over top skirmished in the mexico drug wars. they create a multimillion- growing wheat in california. -- weed in california. the guy'sk gets kidnapping and his girlfriend. john travolta add some spice. it goes over the top. i am giving it a mixed review. 2.5 stars, runs long with a ending. three stars for the amazing spider-man. for "ted."4 have a nice weekend, everybody. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's fro ee to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions.

based on don winslow's compelling novel, oliver stone's "savages" is the story of two young california get into a graphically violent battle with a mexican drug cartel, who want to take over their business. benicio del toro, salma hayek john travolta, demian beshir, blake lively, taylor kitsch, and aaron johnson are all part of this amazing ensemble. it's viscerally shocking, but also a statement on the politics and commerce of the war on drugs. my only disappointment was a less than satisfying way of ending this film. "savages" is sometimes hard to watch, but is compelling and engaging. a dean's list grade of "b".... full of sweetness and rainbows is the katy perry documentary, " part of me ". in 3-d, it's part concert video, part life story of the ups and downs that's supposed to be a candid look at her meteoric career. my question: how candid can anything be when there are 20 cameras and sound engineers surrounding her every move? that said, super fans of katy perry will love every minute of how she went from a plain girl with a dream to a superstar. a 3-d sneak peek behind the scen

new movie called savages with old and new faces with oliver stone, with salma hayek, blake lively, taylor kitsch and john travolta. >> you know, my take on savages is it is really, how far would you go for someone that you love? how savage would you get support someone you love? because each of these characters have someone they deeply care about. >> and someone, he is so open to people, and hearing their ideas and thoughts and then you come with all of these ideas that you have been working on and, on and you think he just wants to argue with you about it and, you know, he has this reputation of being a very tough man and you think that, you know, he is just trying to beat you down in that moment but you realize he is trying to see if there are holes in your story. >> your theory. >> and if it is flawless and answer every question he says perfect let's do it and that was something very interesting and a revelation it is not that he is -- he wants to the argue or question you, it is just he thay thought about it and it is truthful and if you didn't think about it well enough, it is out. >

oliver stone won his first oscar over 30 years ago. he has been turning heads every since with ground-breaking and controversial tunes. his latest film is savages. he is opinionated. oliver stone. i am excited about this, because i have been a huge fan of yours for a long time. i don't usually say that. it's an american thing to say, but we are british and we hide things. i like the provocative under current to them. you don't really take prisoners, do you? >> no, i try to be a politician. i try to be diplomatic. i don't want to offend people and i don't look for fights because you know what they end up in, it's not pretty. what i am interested in is curious about the truth and i don't want to run away from what i know. somebody says if you want to lead with a question and say i can't run from the truth, as least maybe they can phrase it better. >> if you google your name, almost everything that comes up on the first page says controversial. >> not really. there is a body of work that stands up. >> do you mind that? >> yes, i do. becau

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. >> and oliver stone is great.e natural born killers, scarface. >> okay. >> and those two guys are marijuana guys and they run a local business in laguna beach. a drug cartel runs to them and tells them won't you to have a joint venture to us and they refuse to do this, so the cartel kidnaps their girlfriend. >> their girlfriend? >> blake lively is both of their girlfriends and kidnap her and they have to get her back and go with the cartel until they get her back safely. the movie is a return to form for oliver stone. i love that hard-core atlantaic- style of editing he does in the movies, very much like natural born killers. he's the deal. >> okay. >> and this is interesting. the movie's two hours and nine minutes long. >> all right. >> bring a stop watch, watch the first two hours and four minutes and leave the theater. >> are you kidding me in. >> i'm not kidding you at all. this is the problem. i'm not going to stay why. oliver stone wanted to do some weird thing where he ended the and i am not going to say ho

oliver stone at one point was going to o a an adaptation of the fountainhead because the fountainhead, the rights are still ith warner oter so onhe t9 athmaa e gary cooper which i personally like but citical reception was next. they sll have the rights and he was going to do anoter reme ofutad e naapters of a get into the way that he was going to manipulate the founinhead and it's kind of interesting because he was going to turnur rour om a very selfish man into aelfls dialhterte opominhe t he described it as kind of interesting. my point is this -- my point is i think there are elements to nd philosophy that triet will delete the appealing that i personally like. i like her novel which i point out in the book. i thought hey were readable. they are not great works of literature but neither is herman for that matewhica g sllhe tbutht books were not that bad pipit i didn't agree obviously with will lot of what shehad to say that there were elements of her philosophy like the individual if d tevhihehe hadai there cmly -- if you don't agree that within 100% if you agree with 30% of what s

the new oliver stone hit. >> good morning. >> you had fun at the theater. >> the big director is oliver stone. and as one critic said, he did really pull out his chain saw for this movie. it is very gory. it's compelling and thought-provoking. suspense, love, mystery, horror in this film. also a rock star cast, john travolta, salma hayek and blake lively, your favorite. an adaptation of don winslow's novel, two business entrepreneurs, highly educated and know how to grow the best marijuana in california. it is so good they attract one of the biggest drug cartels in mexico headed by salma hayek. determined to earn a percentage, the cartels will try to do anything to get it. a serious love story turns into a bloodbath leaving you not knowing who to trust at the end. here is a short clip. >> and which one of you? >> nothing personal. >> look, we can negotiate. >> we didn't make an offer to hear a counteroffer. >> we made you a deal to which we expected compliance. you lied to us. >> we'll do whatever you want. >>

could be pretty good, oliver stone after all.a look. >>> the next movie by katy perry, all about katy perry, a 3d motion picture event movie. sort of a backstage pass, front row seat to all things katy perry. she has quite that following. let's face it. let's take a listen to a bit of this new movie. >> her fans are so important to her. she knows that she wouldn't be where she is without her fans. ♪ just love >> my dream has always been the same. to be on stage. and to hear thousands of people sing along with me. sing! >> rotten tomatoes gave it 77% more than "savages." like madonna "truth or dare." backstage look at her life and all that. she is a big star. >> she is a big star. it ties together the fact that she has been around quite some time. >> doing well. big hits. that's the news for this half-hour. always on line at facebook, at wnnfans.com. -hour. always on line at facebook, at wnnfans.com. hey, your high speed internet here at home... and on the go... ...with some really big news. it's b-i-g, big. high speed internet fr

it is not a great film but it is oliver stone. other oliver stone who did "natural born killers." hyper violence and sex. besides that, it is about a threesome living in laguna beach and two of the guys make this great strain of pot and they have an idyllic life but the mexican drug cartel comes calling and a kidnap their girlfriend played by blake lively and it is about the corruption of this somewhat idyllic life. aaron johnson plays of the guys. babe-alert, for sure. and i like the idea of some of highet clang the head of the drug cartel. - salma hayek playing the head of the drug cartel and john travolta is in it. it is over the top and a little silly and very violent and decadent. 3 stars. if you like that sort of thing. it teeters on the edge of violence. >> when we come back, your favorite places to get crabs. >> now 11 sports -- >> beginning of the second half for the orioles -- they had not played all that great into the all-star break in for the first time in seven years, they are in second place above .500. then came la

estÁn involucrados, no es un problema de mÉxico, de ams, y hacen co s no fuera su problema. >>> oliver stoneo del toro son dos mercenarios de la mafia mexicana. >>> la estrategia fue la equivocada, en Últimos as y dÉcadas, de parte de los dos paÍses, y te ponon dedo en la crimen organizado.ciÓn, y el >>> benicio, me sorprendiÓ el acentoexicano en inglÉs, tuvo quveeste seÑor en algo. >>> en todo, en todo, demiÁn en todo. >>> sara echeverria debuta en hollywood con la cinta, el elenco compartio con ex mercenarios de carteles y lides para inrpretar a los personaj. >>> tenÍan idea del punto de corrupcÓn el conflicto entre mÉxico y eados unidos antes de hacer la pelÍcula? >>> john travolta cuenta que esesba al tanto, y seilustrÓ al respecto de mÁs detalles >>> es gracioso, porque me yecto prepare, einvestiguÉ mucho dice taylor, y llegas a lafilmaciÓn tengo una buena idea, y te dan compendios con informaciÓn detallada, te ves con la gente, te das cuenta que no rascas ni siquiera la supeicie. >>> te declaraste que te ques un poco irreonsable portes los que mueren por el narcotrÁfico. >>> la droga n

. >> yes, first up, the new oliver stone movie "savages." looks good. weak stomachs. three entrepreneurs, ben, his good friend sean, they apparently have a home grown industry raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. they're both kind of, blake lifely character, constant menage a trois of people, raising weed, doing so well, a cartel wants to move into the scene, cartel led by salma hayek. i would see any movie. her henchman, benicio toro. a war ensues. take a listen. >> is everything all right? >> yes, madrina, why you ask? >> you make me sad. i have to come to find this out. you thought i wasn't going to notice $3 million and seven of my men dead! >> i love you. and rotten tomatoes, 50%. travol travolta, uma thurman, benicio, violent. but oliver stone. >> next movie by katie perry all about katy perry, a 3-d motion picture event movie. sort of a backstage pass, front row seat to all things katie perry. she has quite that following. let's face it. let's take a listen to a bit of this new movie. >> her fans are so important to her. she knows t

. >> among new releases oliver stone struggles "savages" opened stronger with $16 million. on the flipside, "katy perry" did not lure the pop star's fans in eighth with just over $7 million. you don't want to see that, do you? >> not really. >>> finally after two weeks in a handful of theaters woody allen's "to rome with love" went national and cracked the top ten. that's something i want to see. >> "ted", "spider-man," and then whatever else. >> ted? it's a talking bear. >> i like his humor. >> you see that and let me know how it is. >>> this comes to us from news center 16 in south bend, indiana, where the pits keep on coming. a fruit farm held its 39th annual cherry pit spitting contest. competitors young and old hurled the pits as far as their mouths would allow them. for 20 years two families took turns claiming victory but this year there was an upset. the big winner was a rookie from chicago who launched his pit a whopping 69 feet. though the all-time record still stands at 93 feet. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day t

. >>> oliver stone's star-studded drug drama "savages" is a mid-budget film with an original story. the problem is with its opening scheduled this weekend it will get pounded by one of the comic book blockbusters there are way too many of. and sadly that plus an "r" rating make its expectations low at around $10 million. hey, they just told me to say it. >>> this comes from witn news in washington, north carolina, in greenville where they're going to need to bring in dog food by a truck load. these because a great dane named bella gave birth to 17 puppies. her owners didn't expect bella to deliver so many. even when they thought bella was done, she still had two more to go. now the owners will try to find new homes for the litter of pups. be careful, bill. you're going get a phone call later today. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. go. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're off to a quiet start on this friday. temperatures will be closed to 100 degrees today. 75 at the

oliver stone won his first oscar over 30 years ago. been turning heads every since with ground-breaking and controversial tunes. his latest film is savages. he is io

. >>> oliver stone's drug drama "savages" has an original story just like the type of hollywood movie that's not made enough of. >> yeah. >> tough to find one like that. with its opening schedule this weekend it will be challenged by a comic book blockbuster. the "r" rating may keep it low at 10 million. >>> this comes to us from witn news in north carolina. greenville they will need to bring in the dog food by the truckloads. a great dane named bella gave birth to 17 puppies. >> crazy. >> not surprisingly, her owners didn't expect bella to deliver that many. even when they thought she was done, she still had two more to go and now the owner is hoping to find new homes for the litter of puppies. they're pretty cute. hopefully that won't be too much of a problem. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> in london, europe's tallest tower was unveiled in spectacular fashion. last night, the 1016 food shard tower was bathed in light by 12 lasers and 23 power full lights. >> can we rename it? >> to what? >> i don't know. >> it en

. >>> among the new releases, oliver stone's saga of "savages" with a stronger than expected $16 millionit looks good. on the flip side, "katie perry" disappointed in eighth with just over $7 million. >> i don't think i'll see it. >>> finally, after two weeks in just a handful of theaters "to rome with love" cracked the top ten with $3.5 million. i want to see it. >> i think "ted" and then "spider-man" for me. i think seth mcfarland is hilarious. not everybody does. maybe that's the difference. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> president obama looks to change the subject after friday's dismal jobs report calling for an extension of the bush tax cuts for the middle class but not millionaires and billionaires, setting up an election year showdown with republicans over tax fairness. the question is will republicans and mitt romney take the bait allowing the white house to paint them as the out of touch champions of the rich. >>> violence in syria. how much longer can the world watch as civilians are massacred a

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. >> oliver stone fights a new war in "savages."y grow weed and catch the eye of a mexican drug cartel who gets their attention by kidnapping their girlfriend. it goes over the top with great moments from john travolta, but it runs along and as a fuzzy ending. 2.5 stars, rated r. >> who are you? >> andrew garfield makes the spider-man re-do happen nicely. it is a best bet along with "moonrise kingdom." have a nice weekend. >> thanks so much. six flags has seen its ups and downs. >> even the vatican struggles in a bad economy. here is linda bell from bloomberg news. >> everybody's struggling in this tough economy. the vatican reported a deficit of $18.5 million last year. market amturmoil added extra cost to fund its media. six flags has been on their own roller-coaster ride since filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009. much of its heavy debt load has been reduced and the company is riding high once again. whether or not you are headed to six blacks ticket prices have been getting higher. it says it has consistently and boosted tic

if this were republican, oliver stone would make a horror move out of it. >> kimberly: this is a kick in the gut. i like the rhetoric that romney used. he needs to use more of it and be firm and emphatic in the way he speaks to the american people. there is a lot of play about that, in terms of criticism. what he needs to highlight is let's make a clear decision, between that guy and what he has done and himself, and what he can do. what obama gives you with one hand he is taking with the other. >> bob: what is your evidence for that? >> kimberly: look at the jobs number. >> bob: i'd like to see evidence for once. >> kimberly: population growth and create new jobs for new workers entering the workforce. trying to enter. we can't even deal with the people who are in there, long-term employment numbers. >> greg: you want an example? he put leo dicario as a priority over the key stephen pipeline. more interested in the celebrity environmentalists than getting jobs for america. >> kimberly: true. >> eric: how about this? 8.2%, the longest period above 8% unemployment since 1948. 12.5 mill

it's oliver stone. it's about the drug cartels in mexico. >> oh, this is about weeds. i was thinking about something else. >> not about chardonnay cartel. >> no. mine had a fairy princess in it. >> no fairy princesses. but there's a three-way relationship, which is always fun. >> now, for the kids, what's out there for the kids? >> for the kids, take them to see "ice age 4 continental drift." it's the fourth film. these movies do huge. there are furry animals, there's ice. all the voices are back like ray romano. and dennis leery. >> those are cute movies. >> yes. and environmentally conscious. >> yes. good. what is the big blockbuster movie this summer? >> the big one is obviously "the dark knight rises." >> which comes out when? >> july 20th. a few weeks. it's the final installment in the batman trilogy. it's maybe the most anticipated movie of the year. christian bale is batman again. anne hathaway is catwoman. excited so see her pull that off. tom hardy is the new character called bain who attacks gothic city. it's very dark. epic film making. great special effects

. >>> and tonight, oliver stone gets prickley about my questions. >> there's a lot of twists.e world of green since he made wall street. plus, his unforgettable past. what was the greatest -- >> i have been through so many. i'm lucky, you know. >> and now his project -- >> i got to get to work. i don't know if i can drive. >> i will drive you. i will feel fine. >> it's as racy as ever. >> i don't know if you can say it on primetime cnn. >> one thing you thought he would never see him do.

who about oliver stone's film "savages." pretty gritty on this one. >> yeah.ou like oliver stone movies, definitely goes back to his more gritty roots, those kind of films. but must avoid if you're not ready for the kind of, well, savage scenes in it. it's definitely violent, bloody, gory. there's a lot of maybe even excessive violence in it. but good story telling based on the novel and the performances are really good, from salma hay hayek. she's just the star of this film. she's very brutal but great. blake lively is really good, beniece yoe dell tore row plays that villain he's good at. the performance is great, but be forewarned. it's very violent. >> how about a standout on the festival film circuit called "beasts of the southern wild," it's set in louisiana on the eve of a massive storm. how do you see that one playing out? >> it's interesting because it was just a star at sundance, cannes, it's gotten so much attention. soany are saying, could this make it to the oscars? could it be an indie film recognized at the oscars? the young 9-year-old actress,

we have no factual basis, in which they discuss what to do afterwards since one can imagine an oliver stonevie in which the pope says you know chuck, i am really grateful for what you have done. is there anything you would like? corollas magnus says no, no, come on. no really, come on something. i've always wanted to be a member of the world. [laughter] so he was crowned on christmas day in the year 800 emperor of rome and then returned to our capital of the empire which has a population of little bit larger than the cato institute and that is one of the initial acts that later becomes the holy roman empire of the german nation, complicated history after that. but the germans now have had the translation of the imperial power of the roman people to the german people. they have now the roman emperor who is a german. and they are claiming the power in germany to invest the bishop with their authority, with a staff in the ring and all the various things that show that they have authority and of bishops. in 10738 german monk becomes -- and he proclaims the freedom of the church and he says to t

thoughts in "time" magazine and you can always catch my regular show on sundays > and tonight, oliver stones. >> english always do that. they don't ask this on american television. >> he does talk about the war on drugs. >> it doesn't go away. >> and his new movie. >> that's part of the deal, buddy boy. >> there's a lot of twists. it's a wild ride. >> and the world of green since he made wall street. >> the banks were doing what they were doing in the '80s. plus, his unforgettable past. what was the greatest -- >> i have been through so many. i'm lucky, you know. >> and now mark wahlberg is back with his latest project. >> >> i got to get to work. i don't know if i can drive. >> i will drive you. i will feel fine. >> it's as racy as ever. >> i don't know if you can say it on primetime cnn. >> we will just have a slew of bleeps. >> i apologize. >> one thing you thought he would never see him do. >> she says, we're okay talking about it? i said, sure. >>> good evening. a big story tonit.

savages is the latest project from oliver stone and is rated r. katie.ing her fans behind the scenes of her music career and personal life. cds perry's part of me cockles are lights on and off stage. it's as >> my dream has always been to be onstage and here people sing along with me. if you can believe in something, you can achieve something great. 514 what was ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>pam: america's favor sheriff, and the griffith died at his home after what is being called an unspecified illness. he was laid to rest on roanoke island. vicki liviakis gives us a look back at one of the most beloved factors. >> the whistling t