Movie Review Mania By Christina

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Meggan Anderson, Halbert Bernal, Matt Besser, Troy Blendell, Ingrid Coree

The movie is about a news reporter who befriends a homeless man that is a trained musician from Julliard that hopes one day he will play at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The reporter tries to help the homeless man by getting him back on his feet and attempting to make his dreams come true.

This movie is based on a true story and it is a very uplifting and a heartfelt one. Jamie Fox plays the mentally challenged violinist and does an outstanding job. Robert Downey is the news reporter who tries and help him and gives a fine performance. Good story, poignant and with moments of inventiveness. Well worth a watch. I give it a rating of a 7.

Starring: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric The Entertainer, Mos Def and Beyonce Knowles

The story is about Chess Records a small recording studio chronicalling the rise and the artists lives that played a part in the 1950’s Chicago and blues music. The movie is based on a true story of Chess Records and how they gave birth to rock and roll with Chuck Berry.

Adrien Brody plays the role of Leonard Chess and does an outstanding job as well as all of the actors. The music is great and Beyonce performs her best and sings her heart out playing the talented Etta James with a worthy tribute. Mos Def plays the infamous Chuck Berry charismatically and compelling. The story is one that fills us in on a aesthetic moment in American History filled with self destructiveness of some brilliant artists and rags to riches insignificance of show biz careers. A true struggle of the musicians of that era from their immense rise to their slow contemptuous fall and breakdown. A time of soulful blues music.

The film left me wanting a little more character depth and I found it to be sluggish at times but overall found the music pleasing and feel that it is worth a viewing. My rating is a 6.

Starring: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall and Patty McCormack

Well tonight is the big night for the Oscar’s and this movie has received 5 nominations including best picture and Frank Langella for best actor in a leading role. I am not to sure that Langella will actually win the Oscar, he is up against some stiff competition.

The movie is about the interviews that David Frost did with Richard Nixon 3 years after Nixon was forced out of office due to Watergate.

Ron Howard directed this film and did an outstanding job. Frank Langella playing Nixon and Michael Sheen as David Frost are incredible, I think they hit the nail on the head when casting their roles. I was so enthralled with the actors that for a moment I actually thought I was watching the real Nixon and David Frost. I was a teenager in 1974 and vaguely remember too much about Watergate. I do in fact though remember Nixon’s resignation speech but as far as any interviews that he had done I knew nothing about them until watching this movie.

A great piece of history in this suspenseful and interesting account of the interviews with Nixon. Truly spectacular performances all around. Nixon was paid a substantial amount of money to do these interviews so was he merely performing or was he being straightforward and honest? You decide, I highly recommend this film and give it a rating of a 8.