8 January 2007
Cast: Emily Watson, Ewan McGregor, Lloyd Owen, Renée Zellweger
Script: Richard Maltby Jr
Genre: biopic
Setting: C20th
8 Stars
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I don’t ever remember reading any of Beatrix Potter’s books, but I’m still familiar with them, but for many other people I’m sure they are fond childhood memories. They are after all among the best-selling children’s books of all time. … Continue reading
16 September 2005
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Renée Zellweger, Russell Crowe
Script: Cliff Hollingsworth
Genre: biopic, sport
Setting: 1930s, USA - great depression
8 Stars
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– Joe Gould Based on the true story of James J Braddock. A boxing film. Set during the Depression. Consider all of these things and you may be thinking that this is a sentimental boxer-overcoming-hardship film, and, in a way … Continue reading
15 November 2003
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Eileen Atkins, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ray Winstone, Renée Zellweger
Script: Anthony Minghella
Genre: historical fiction, romance
Setting: North Carolina
8 Stars
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I’m going to start this review by saying that I loved this film, it was really great. And I had had doubts before I went to see it. I hadn’t much liked the trailers, but a lot of reviews were … Continue reading