The Railway Man (Teplitzky, 2013)
Does depicting torture automatically earn a movie three stars or more if it is inspired by a true story?
Tag: Colin Firth
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Love Actually (Curtis, 2003) — 10 Years Later
Alas, no. No to all of it. No to it being a holiday film, a love film, a romantic film, or a feel good film. No, above all to it being truthful about the world we live in. No to the masses being smarter than the critics. No to some of the best actors of our generation elevating mediocre material. I still can't bring myself to hate this movie, but I do feel sympathy (and yes, if I'm honest, condescension) towards those who embrace it.
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The King’s Speech (Hooper, 2010)
Fresh on the heels of winning the Cadillac People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Tom Hooper's The King's Speech is set to be a gala presentation at AFI Fest. My write up of the film for AFI FEST NOW is now up at that site.
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A Single Man (Ford, 2009)
If George Falconer (Colin Firth) lacks some of the more obvious self-loathing qualities that normally mark period, gay protagonists, the film he occupies still has a chaste, skittish quality about it that feels a little dated in the post-Brokeback world