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Eye in the Sky **** (2015, Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Iain Glen, Phoebe Fox) – Movie Review
Director Gavin Hood’s engrossing 2015 movie Eye in the Sky is a nerve-janglingly tense, thought-provoking thriller, with an ideal tough role for Helen Mirren as British Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a […]
Trumbo **** (2015, Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Elle Fanning) – Movie Review
Director Jay Roach’s riveting 2015 movie tells the crucial story of the diabolical Hollywood blacklist and America’s persecution of left-wingers and radicals that brought appalling harm to individuals, some jailed after committing no crime, and shame […]
The Prince of Egypt *** (1998, voices of Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer) – Classic Movie Review 2651
DreamWorks dreams up this properly reverential and intelligent 1998 version of the biblical Moses story as an animated feature. It is distinguished by striking animation, some truly magnificent and memorable sequences, a strong voice cast and an […]
Where Angels Fear to Tread *** (1991, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Rupert Graves, Barbara Jefford) – Classic Movie Review 2642
Director Charles Sturridge, maker of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited (the 1981 mini-series) and A Handful of Dust (1988), challenges the Ismail Merchant- James Ivory team head on here with an E M Forster adaptation in […]
Woman in Gold ***½ (2015, Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl) – Movie Review
Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds make a good, enjoyable double act as octogenarian Jewish refugee Maria Altmann and her talented young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, who take on the Austrian government to recover the artwork she believes rightfully belongs […]
Excalibur ***** (1981, Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Nicol Williamson) – Classic Movie Review 2233
Co-writer/producer/director John Boorman’s astonishing 1981 dramatic fantasy film of the Arthurian legend that retells the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table with scenes and ideas that amaze and a cast that surprises and impresses. […]
Calendar Girls ****½ (2003, Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie) – Classic Movie Review 1959
Keep a date with Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton and Linda Bassett as the real-life Yorkshire Women’s Institute ladies who — oh so demurely! — go the full monty for […]