Frost
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Emma: ★★★★
Frank Langella was great as former President Nixon & Michael Sheen was very good as interviewer David Frost. It’s impressive that a good movie could be made about an interview.
Sam: ★★★
Well-done but not enough of a story for me: washed-up, disgraced former President fails to completely dominate the final of a series of interviews.
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Half Nelson (2006)
Sam: ★★★
I kept going back & forth on Ryan Gosling’s Oscar-nominated performance as a left-wing, do-gooder white teacher — and drug addict — in a black school. Interesting, intriguing concept, & pretty good performance. Ultimately, I felt that the story didn’t progress much & Gosling’s performance was somewhat one-dimensional. Still, not bad.
Emma: ★★★★
Good acting, especially from the young Shareeka Epps.
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Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
Sam: ★★★
An early-’50s movie with the then-racy theme of adultery. Now it has some good aspects but is too dated to be really enjoyable.
Emma: ★★★
Started off well, but declined into mediocrity.