• Robert Abele gets Josh Brolin to reveal his inner ‘W.’ [The Envelope]

• Tom O’Neil gnaws on the Oscar potential of Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married.” [Gold Derby]

• Peter bart makes a lot of presumptions and assumptions about the craven mentality of duel performers in a given Oscar season. [Peter Bart]

• Vulture kicks off this year’s Oscar Futures with pro on “Milk,” con on “W.” [Vulture]

• Alonso Duralde studies the work of Leonardo DiCaprio as “Body of Lies” releases into cinemas. [MSNBC]

• Brad Brevet does the same, but draws the conclusion that DiCaprio has never quite hit it out of the park. [Rope of Silicon]

• Scott Bowles, meanwhile, draws up an obit on the box office performance of “Body of Lies.” [USA Today]

• Jeff Dawson goes in depth with “Quantum of Solace” helmer Marc Forster. [The Times]

• Lauren Schuker digs into the global investments on Oliver Stone’s “W.” [Wall Street Journal]

• Larry Charles chooses his 28 most subversive comedians. [Entertainment Weekly]