Rebecca Hall Road to The Night House By Jay S. Jacobs It’s not easy to take the entirety of a movie on your shoulders, but that is what Rebecca Hall has done for the new supernatural thriller The Night House. Large chunks of the film consist entirely of Hall’s character of Beth – a teacher … Continue reading
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Kevin Spacey, Michael Shannon, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville & Liza Johnson Dramatize a Famous Meeting of the Minds with Elvis & Nixon
Kevin Spacey, Michael Shannon, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville & Liza Johnson Dramatize a Famous Meeting of the Minds with Elvis & Nixon by Jay S. Jacobs There are few meetings in American history which are quite as surreal as the December 1970 pow wow between then President Richard Milhaus Nixon and the King … Continue reading
Michael Sheen – British Actor Fights for The Damned United
Michael Sheen British Actor Fights for The Damned United by Brad Balfour Whether playing everyone’s best known Brit – be it former Prime Minister Tony Blair (The Queen) or talk show host David Frost (Frost/Nixon) – veteran actor Michael Sheen has become known to American audiences for playing an incredibly versatile range of characters from werewolves to … Continue reading
Frost/Nixon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
FROST/NIXON (2008) Starring Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell, Oliver Platt, Matthew Macfayden, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Andy Milder, Kate Jennings Grant, Gabriel Jarret, Jim Meskimen, Geoffrey Blake, Clint Howard and Patty McCormack. Screenplay by Peter Morgan. Directed by Ron Howard. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 122 minutes. Rated R. The lessons that the … Continue reading
Frank Langella Transforms in Frost/Nixon
Frank Langella Transforms in Frost/Nixon by Brad Balfour Few performances can rival veteran actor Frank Langella’s portrait of the late President Richard Nixon in the Ron Howard film, Frost/Nixon. Originally a stage play — based on the actual interviews conducted by British TV talk show host David Frost in 1977 — the cinematic version fleshes out … Continue reading