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First Reviews for ‘Frost/Nixon’ Are Crappy/Middling
First Reviews for ‘Frost/Nixon’ Are Crappy/Middling
Photo: Courtesy of Universal The first reviews for presumed Best Picture contender Frost/Nixon — Ron Howard's take on Peter Morgan's play — are in! The results? Bad! In Contention's Guy Lodge struck first : "Howard's hands-off direction makes for an oddly bloodless viewing ...
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iW ROUND UP | Thursday, October 16th
indieWIRE: Buzz / Rumors — indieWIRE's snapshot of news and views from around the web on Tuesday. Making "Milk" With just over 10 days to go before Gus Van Sant's "Milk" has its gala premiere in SF, buzz about the film is emerging [NYT] Round Up: "Filth and Wisdom" A snapshot of recent coverage of Madonna's feature directing debut, opening this week. [Green Cine] Early word: "Frost/Nixon" Mixed buzz for the Ron Howard film after its London Film Festival debut this week. [New York Mag] Virtual circuit ...

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