Dec 4, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Frost/Nixon continues its triumphal progress through the review process. Among today’s entries: Peter Travers in Rolling Stone. After the now obligatory kudos to Frank Langella’s RN, Mr. Travers sends a shout out to the director: [Ron] Howard does his most...
Dec 3, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The Cineplex serving us Western Shore bumpkins only books movies that have at least one superhero and several scenes in which things get blown up real good. So I haven’t seen Ron Howard’s cinematic Frost/Nixon yet, but what kind of a critic would I be if...
Dec 3, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Odetta died last night in New York. She was 77. After suffering for several years with heart and lung problems, she entered Lenox Hill Hospital at the end of October for treatment of kidney failure. Her manager, Douglas Yeager, said that her hope of singing at...
Dec 2, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The Frost/Nixon nationwide festival is about to begin as the film opens this Friday. There was a preview last night at the National Geographic Society here in Washington. After the screening there was a Q+A with director Ron Howard, writer Peter Morgan, and Nixon...
Nov 20, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Back in the ’80s, Rich Hall invented Sniglets: Words that should —but don’t— appear in the dictionary. Such as: ACCORDIONATED (ah kor’ de on ay tid) adj. Being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time. CARPERPETUATION...
