Peter Bart: ‘The Apprentice’ & ‘Reagan’ Spark New Political Debate In Hollywood

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If the presidential campaign stirs your appetite for still more political noise, here’s a quick solution: Catch the new biopics of Donald Trump or Ronald Reagan.

Trump calls the movie about him “a hit job”; Reagan likely would find his biopic a sleeper. (Oops, wrong kind). Is there an audience for political movies?

Perhaps it’s no coincidence that two movie stars known as policy activists instead have created caper films for the popcorn crowd, or the streaming subset.

George Clooney glibly glides through Wolfs, co-starring Brad Pitt, while Matt Damon ambles through the chaos of The Instigators, co-starring Casey Affleck.

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