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So it's been a couple days since my last post, but I've been saving up topics. I forgot to mention that I have two screenings I'm seeing this week. Neither of them are really marketing feedback viewings, mostly just to generate word of mouth because they're both close to release. The first one I'm seeing is tonight and it's Valkyrie, an historical drama starring a whole bunch of good British / Australian actors and Tom Cruise. Seriously: nearly all of the Germans in the trailer have Brit/Aussie accents and then there's Tom Cruise with his American drawl. I'm relatively interested in seeing it because I like most of the non-Tom Cruise actors: Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, and Eddie Izzard, to name a few (I love me some Izzard.) Coincidentally enough, the book I'm currently reading is an historical fiction (with a dash of sci-fi) set around the same time period (Nazis invade the south-east UK). I'm just hoping this movie is a little more like a caper film than a period film.

The second screening I'm seeing is tomorrow and it's for Frost/Nixon. This one I'm a little more interested in and actually was planning on seeing it anyway when it was released. It's a movie based on a play based on a series of 1977 interviews between English satirist/writer/journalist/television presenter David Frost and former President Richard Nixon (3 years after his resignation and pardon). Both Michael Sheen as Frost and Frank Langella as Nixon are reprising their London stage & Broadway roles for the film. I really liked Michael Sheen's portrayal of Tony Blair in The Queen and am looking forward to his role as the Cheshire Cat in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

I'll report back with my feelings and an arbitrary rating.