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Belle **** (2013, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid) – Movie Review

Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as Dido Belle, the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy officer, brought as a child to England by her father Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode), who leaves her in the […]

Jun, 11

The Importance of Being Earnest ***** (2002, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Judi Dench, Reese Witherspoon, Frances O’Connor, Anna Massey, Tom Wilkinson, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 1162

Writer-director Oliver Parker’s 2002 film follows up his 1999 success with another Oscar Wilde adaptation, An Ideal Husband. Parker’s film of The Importance of Being Earnest is a marvellous, hilarious, sumptuous and above all fresh […]

May, 01

The Patriot **** (2000, Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs, Joely Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 1139

In director Roland Emmerich’s grand, glossy, epic-scale 2000 American War of Independence adventure drama, Mel Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, a peace-loving American reluctantly swept into the American Revolutionary War when his family is threatened. It’s shamefully unhistorical, […]

Apr, 23

The Grand Budapest Hotel **** (2014, Ralph Fiennes, F Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Jude Law, Bill Murray) – Movie Review

Writer-director Wes Anderson’s supremely quirky and lusty comic tale of the adventures of legendary hotel concierge Gustave H and his trusted lobby boy friend Zero Moustafa is incredibly stylish and eye-catching. Wow, it looks great! In […]

Mar, 05

Batman Begins ***** (2005, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ken Watanabe, Katie Holmes, Rutger Hauer, Morgan Freeman, Tom Wilkinson) – Classic Movie Review 846

The darkness falls over Gotham City and co-writer/director Christopher Nolan’s thrilling 2005 Batman/Dark Knight reboot is a triumph, and so is Christian Bale’s sombre Bruce Wayne/Batman, who is centre stage all the way as we discover […]

Feb, 23

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ***** (2004, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst) – Classic Movie Review 511

My funny Valentine! Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a brilliant art movie in the mainstream. Jim Carrey goes all posh and serious in director Michel Gondry’s clever and dazzling if a shade baffling […]

Dec, 13

Sense and Sensibility ***** (1995, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Alan Rickman, Greg Wise, Gemma Jones, Elizabeth Spriggs, Robert Hardy) – Classic Film Review 440

Director Ang Lee’s 1995 film was another triumph for him, both critically and at the box office, as well as at awards time. It won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture and the Bafta […]

Nov, 23

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