Director Alan Parker keeps the faith in 1999 with author Frank McCourt’s book about his childhood in famine-stricken Ireland in this depressingly downbeat but wonderfully meticulous movie. Young Frankie McCourt (played at various ages by […]
Anthony Hopkins slices some memorable ham as Dr John Harvey Kellogg, the eccentric inventor of the cornflake, in the 1994 comedy drama film The Road to Wellville. The 1994 American comedy drama film The Road to […]
Kevin Spacey’s on top silkily sinister form as David Gale, a one-time campaigner against the death penalty, who is now a Death Row prisoner granting a final interview to keen young reporter Bitsey Bloom (played by Kate Winslet). […]
Director Danny Boyle’s 1997 movie is an honourable flop this time round from the Trainspotting (1996) production team, commendably trying something bold and adventurous a million miles away from their previous hit, with a modern […]
If only all British comedy movies could be as brilliant as this! Writer-director Mike Leigh’s 1990 film is extremely sweet indeed – yes and of course just as sour, too. Leigh presents a desperately sad, […]
A lightweight 1997 release from writer-director Mike Leigh lacks the subtlety, depth and epic scale of his much applauded previous outing, Secrets & Lies (1996). Some weird, crude performances harm the pleasures of his story […]
Writer-director Mike Leigh’s 2002 gem stars his regular actor collaborator, British national treasure Timothy Spall, who is brilliant as Phil Bassett, a London cabbie wallowing in a sea of troubles and bad fares. Director Leigh’s […]
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