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Entries Tagged as 'Helen Mirren'

The Queen (2006, Stephen Frears)

June 26th, 2007 No Comments

Glibly, I can say the most amazing thing The Queen does is humanize Tony Blair, seeing as he’s been decency’s biggest quisling in recent memory. But seeing a sympathetic portrayal of politician–one still in power when a film is released–is uncommon. Michael Sheen really creates a Tony Blair, certainly a Tony Blair one wishes the […]

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White Nights (1985, Taylor Hackford)

May 9th, 2005 No Comments

It’s the perfect time for the White Nights post I’ve been slacking on.
Why have I been slacking? A combination of things. First and foremost, White Nights is a Columbia Picture. Sony releases Columbia Pictures on DVD and has not released White Nights in the US yet. If and when they do, those twits will probably […]

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