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Early Word On “Frost/Nixon,” Icy To Mixed At Best
Fataculture — [image] “Frost/Nixon” is the new film by Ron Howard, based on the play by Peter Morgan which he adapted himself for the film, focusing on a series of controversial interviews conducted between David Frost and Richard Nixon, played by Michael Sheen and Richard Nixon respectively, who also played the same roles in the Tony Award winning play. As appetizing as the thought of this film is, I can’t say my interest stems any further than curiosity and some of the reviews below confirm some of my suspicions thus far. Peter Bradshaw thinks ...

Frost/Nixon Early Reviews
Thompson On Hollywood — ... at the London Film fest at 10 AM Wednesday morning. The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw has a mixed review. Like Peter Bart, he gives Frank Langella's Richard Nixon the upper hand over The Queen star Michael Sheen as David Frost. Guy Lodge, who is covering the London Film Fest for In Contention, posts his review. Stateside trades were planning to post at 4 PM PST today, Wednesday, but look for them to go up sooner. UPDATE: Here's Todd McCarthy: "Frost/Nixon" is an effective, straightforward bigscreen version ...

Early Buzz: Frost/Nixon Gets Mixed Response
/Film — Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon premiered at the London Film Festival to cold and mixed reviews. Lets take a look at the early buzz. Variety’s Todd McCarthy: “Perhaps needlessly adopting a cinematic equivalent of the play’s direct-to-audience address, Howard “interviews” several of the characters, witness-style, about the events, which only serves to make the film feel somewhat choppy, half like a documentary at first. Approach also imposes an overly predictable editing style on the whole film, one in which the cuts come precisely on the expected beats, when a ...

Grazer/Howard Lament Lackluster First Reviews Of 'Frost/Nixon' [Critics Corner]
Gawker: defamer — ... into the psychology and calculations of power players, the initial stretch is rather dry and prosaic. Perhaps needlessly adopting a cinematic equivalent of the play's direct-to-audience address, Howard 'interviews' several of the characters, witness-style, about the events, which only serves to make the film feel somewhat choppy, half like a documentary at first. [...] It might even be that the film could have done without the talking heads altogether." — Todd McCarthy, Variety ...

The Trades Review Frost/Nixon
Awards Daily — It isn’t exactly the kind of glowing review you’d want if your film is at the top of the list ...

Stuff and Things: October 15, 2008
Cinematical — Here's a round-up of some stuff (and things) currently making waves online ... -- The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly features the pretty faces of Zachary Quinto (as Spock) and Chris Pine (as Kirk) in J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek (due out this winter May). When the mag hits stands on Friday, look for enough behind the scenes photos to make any Trekker blush. [via Just Jared] Also, JoBlo has debuted the first image of the film's main villain, Nero. Check it out below, then larger over at The Blo. And then there's this one of Spock ...

Oscar Update: Frosty 'Frost/Nixon' Reviews and My Early Best Pic Predicts
RopeofSilicon.com — ... continued the onslaught in a 2/5 star review saying, "Frank Langella rolls over Sheen like a tank in a way that Nixon failed to do with Frost in art or in life... But the performance has no room to grow. Frost and Nixon have no 'real-world' encounters: it is like a boxing movie about two combatants who never meet outside the ring." Bradshaw's final sentence: "A lot of hot air - but not much real heat." Todd McCarthy at Variety seemed to enjoy it calling the film "an effective, straightforward bigscreen version of Peter Morgan's shrewd stage drama... Frank Langella's ...