Tag Archives: Eddie Redmayne

Film review | Les Misérables – Bowled over by the barnstorming gusto of Jackman, Crowe & co

Posted on 14 May 2013 by Jason Best

Director Tom Hooper and a full-throated cast led by Hugh Jackman as Victor Hugo’s ex-convict hero Jean Valjean bring the world’s longest-running stage musical, Les Misérables, to the screen with barnstorming gusto. From the majestic opening shots of storm-lashed prisoners … Continue reading →

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Film review | Les Misérables – Bowled over by the barnstorming gusto of Jackman, Crowe & co

Posted on 12 January 2013 by Jason Best

After 28 years, Les Misérables, the world’s longest-running stage musical, finally reaches the screen – and it’s a triumph. Even if you’re no fan of the show and think the lyrics doggerel and the music dreary (‘lobotomized opera’ to give … Continue reading →

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DVD review | My Week with Marilyn – Dazzling Michelle Williams captures the essence of a screen icon

Posted on 9 March 2012 by Jason Best

Funny, touching, gloriously entertaining, My Week with Marilyn reveals what happened when Marilyn Monroe came to London in 1956 to make The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier. The meeting of Hollywood’s biggest star and Britain’s greatest actor should … Continue reading →

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Who will win this year’s BAFTAs?

Posted on 10 February 2012 by Jason Best

Movie Talk is putting its reputation on the line and making a few brilliantly inspired predictions about who is going to be walking out of the British Academy Film Awards on  Sunday night with a great big smile on their … Continue reading →

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Film review | My Week with Marilyn – A captivating peek at the woman behind the movie icon

Posted on 26 November 2011 by Jason Best

It’s 1956 and Hollywood’s biggest star is coming to London to make a movie with Britain’s greatest actor. The pair: Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier. The film: The Prince and the Showgirl, a frothy comedy based on Terence Rattigan’s recent … Continue reading →

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