Seldon's Blog

"FROST/NIXON" (2008) Review

Beginning on March 23, 1977, British journalist David Frost conducted a series of twelve (12) interviews with former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, in which the former commander-in-chief gave his only public apology for the scandals of his administration. Some 29 years later, Peter Morgan’s play – based upon the interviews – reached the London stage and later, Broadway, with rave reviews. Eight years ago, Ron Howard directed the film adaptation of the play, starring Frank Langella as Nixon and Michael Sheen as Frost. ( Read more... )

Below is my current list of favorite movies set in the 1870s: ( Read more... )

Below is my current list of favorite movies set in the 1880s: ( Read more... )

"BREAKING DAWN, PART II" (2012) Review

Two years ago, Warner Brothers made the decision to split the movie adaptation of Stephanie Meyers' last "Twilight Saga" novel - "Breaking Dawn" - into two films; following its example of the two adaptations for the last "Harry Potter" novel. The first film, "BREAKING DAWN, PART I", was released a year ago. Instead of waiting six months, the studio decided to wait a year for the second half of the tale, "BREAKING DAWN, PART II". ( Read more... )

Below are images from the five movie adaptations of Stephanie Meyer's "TWILIGHT" novel series. The movies starred Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner: ( Read more... )