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Entries Tagged as 'Helen Mirren'

State of Play (2009, Kevin Macdonald)

April 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Who has the least personality when it comes to State of Play? Director Kevin Macdonald? He shoots the most boring Panavision-sized frame I think I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen a Brett Ratner movie from start to finish, but… Macdonald’s boring. He’s not bad, he’s just not any good at all. The lack of a […]

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Tagged: Ben Affleck· Billy Ray· Helen Mirren· Jason Bateman· Kevin Macdonald· Matthew Michael Carnahan· Paul Abbott· Russell Crowe· Tony Gilroy· Universal Pictures·

Critical Care (1997, Sidney Lumet)

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Critical Care opens on its main set–sets are important in Critical Care–with Helen Mirren (as a nurse) checking up on ICU patients. The ICU is a circle, Mirren rounding it by the end of the titles, returning to the station at the center, where James Spader (as a resident) naps during a thirty-six hour shift. […]

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Tagged: Anne Bancroft· Helen Mirren· James Spader· Live Entertainment· Richard Dooling· Sidney Lumet· Steven Schwartz· ★★★★

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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Tagged: Helen Mirren· Michael Sheen· Miramax Films· Peter Morgan· Stephen Frears· ★★★★

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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Tagged: Columbia Pictures· Eric Hughes· Gregory Hines· Helen Mirren· James Goldman· John Glover· Taylor Hackford· ★★½

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