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Old 27-09-2009, 21:52   #11
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Watched two films this weekend

Drag Me To Hell
Or Evil Dead IV. Sam Raimi goes back to his roots and delivers a schlocky, B-movie feeling horror which will make you laugh as much as you jump.
The final act won't surprise anyone but it's a fun ride getting there.
8/10

At the other end of the movie spectrum

Frost/Nixon
A dramatisation of the interviews president Nixon gave post Watergate scandal to David Frost. Seeing the British chat-show host as a soft touch Nixon perceives it as a chance to re-tell his years in office with a positive spin and hit the campaign trail again, but he underestimates the desperation of Frost, who knows only too well that his reputation and future career hinges on eliciting some form of admission of guilt from Tricky Dicky.

Michael Sheen is pitch perfect as a young David Frost but has the good sense to leave centre stage to Frank Langella to tear the screen up as Richard Nixon. Actors of the calibre of Sam Rockwell and Kevin Bacon are similarly left trailing in his wake as his multilayered portrayal moves through charming, smarmy, indignant and finally repentant and chastened.
Ron Howard's direction is typically unshowy but refined, my only reservation is that audiences unfamiliar with the major events of Nixons term in office will find little in the way of background to aid them in the 2hr runtime.
8/10
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