One Life, starring Anthony Hopkins, Lena Olin, Helena Bonham Carter and Romola Garai, tells the remarkable and very moving true story of the man often referred to as Britain’s Oscar Schindler, Nicholas Winton. Winton (played as a young man by Johnny Flynn) was a London stockbroker who, in 1938, having learned of the growing refugee crisis in Czechoslovakia, flew to
Read moreThe Ocean’s 11 etc movies are one of the less likely film franchises. Conceived in the 1960’s as a Vegas lark for the Rat Pack, the concept was resurrected in the 2000’s for George Clooney and a gaggle of his bros to play criminal hepcats ripping off casinos. With Ocean’s 8, the Ocean’s concept, like Doctor Who has reappeared in
Read moreIt’s staggering to think that, in early 20th century Britain, women were still denied the right to vote. In response to this, a protest movement, known as the Suffragettes, emerged which saw women engaging in activism, protest and even public insurrection as they sought to overturn what they saw as a denial of human rights. Suffragette, starring Carey Mulligan and
Read moreWith their wonderful, ornate prose and vivid imagery, Charles Dickens’ novels seem ideally suited to cinema adaptations. David Lean realized this potential magnificently with his atmospheric 1946 version of Great Expectations. Less successful was Alfonso Cuaron’s miscalculated modern day version of Great Expectations with Ethan Hawke and Robert de Niro. The latest adaptation of this novel, from British director Mike
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