Our Second “Frost/Nixon” Review
We’ve already covered Ron Howard’s political drama “Frost/Nixon”, but I saw the film and a subsequent Q&A with filmmakers tonight and had a few more thoughts to share. While already in pre-production on “An...
Washington Post Editor During Watergate Pissed At ‘Frost/Nixon’ Filmmakers; Says Nixon “Never Felt Sorry”
Editor of the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal, Ben Bradlee is apparently angered with the film version, "Frost/Nixon" for portraying events that actually never happened.Mr. Bradlee, who appeared gr...
More ‘Frost/Nixon’
God, we never have time for full-blown reviews, it sucks, but here goes with our thought on "Frost/Nixon," adding to some of the initial thoughts we had last week. The film is competent and serviceable and its ...
The Final 7-8 For Oscars Best Picture Race?
Everyone's talking about the how the Oscar Best Picture race is an eight-legged one. David Carr, the New York Time's "Carpetbagger" (a man who is the Oscar intelligence for the Gray Lady, yet has admitted that ...
The Pugilism Of ‘Frost/Nixon’
In our best, Jeffrey-Wells-esque post we wanted to tap out a few thoughts on "Frost/Nixon" before we depart for the evening.We had read the script just about a week ago and meant to bang out a review, but ran o...
‘Che’ Soundtrack Score By Alberto Iglesisas Ready For Pre-Order
Ugh, update our bad. You can pre-order them now, but none of these discs get shipped until 12/16. I think we were drunk this day.Tricky little label Varese Saraband is quietly releasing a bunch of scores from f...
Peter Morgan And Ron Howard Talk Difficulting Of Adapting ‘Frost/Nixon’
The screenwriter behind "The Queen," and "The Last King of Scotland," Peter Morgan, set out to write a play that he made certain could never be made into a film, it was about the 1977 interview with Richard Nix...
Oscar Watch: ‘The Reader,’ ‘Milk,’ ‘Frost/Nixon,’ ‘Wendy & Lucy,’ & ‘The Dark Night’… More…
Not many people have seen "The Reader," but a "friend" writes Anne Thompson and says that he/she has seen the film in "almost-complete" form (just missing final music) and says it was "terrific." Does this mean...
Shorcuts: Love For ‘Che’, Love For ‘Happy-Go-Lucky,’ & More…
Some love for "Che" from England. In Contention's Guy Lodge goes to bat for the film and is totally on the money. "I find it difficult to square with the critics who have called “Che” a “mess,” or variations of...
Initial Reception To ‘Frost/Nixon’ Is Chilly And Cool
We always thought excitement and Oscar predictions for "Frost/Nixon," were misplaced. It is Ron Howard after all and yes, the Academy does like him ("A Beautiful Mind"), but his films are generally cliched, sto...