#ThrowbackThursday – Frost/Nixon

Original US release date: December 5, 2008 Production budget: $25,000,000 Worldwide gross: $27,426,335 There are timely films and then there are films that are before their time.  Ron Howard is probably seen by most as a director who frequently makes good or very good films and occasionally makes a great one.  Most recently, a lot... Continue Reading →

94. Rules Don’t Apply

It's been fifteen years since Warren Beatty acted in a film and eighteen years since he directed one.  It's extremely cool that I get to include him for both in my March to 100.  Rules Don't Apply isn't the first film to feature a major Hollywood actor portraying eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio prominently tackled... Continue Reading →

89. Shut In

I mentioned, yesterday, that Amy Adams - the star of Arrival - is my favorite actress.  Well, I got a cinematic treat, this weekend, because Naomi Watts is my second-favorite actress (along with Elizabeth Olsen) and she has a new movie this weekend, as well, with Shut In.  Watts won me over, time after time after... Continue Reading →

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