Tag Archives: Tom Wilkinson

Film review | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Dame Judi & co enjoy a geriatric jaunt full of Eastern promise

Posted on 23 February 2012 by Jason Best

Beguiled by advertisements promising a luxurious refuge for’ the elderly and beautiful’, a motley group of British pensioners move to India for their retirement. But the ‘Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ turns out to be a dilapidated pile that hapless but … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Debt – Payback for a Nazi doctor. But should Mossad’s uneasy trio take the credit?

Posted on 30 September 2011 by Jason Best

Former Mossad agents Rachel, Stefan and David are heroes in Israel for their roles in bringing down a Nazi war criminal, but was their long-ago mission really as clear-cut and triumphant as the history books relate? Based on the 2007 … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Duplicity

Posted on 27 July 2009 by Jason Best

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen make a classy double act as sneaky partners in love and crime in the romantic caper thriller Duplicity. The duo play former government spies: Owen an agent for MI6 and Roberts for the CIA. Now … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Girl with a Pearl Earring

Posted on 7 July 2009 by Beth Williams

Inspired by the bestselling novel by Tracy Chevalier, this film speculates on what might have inspired 17th-century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer to paint his celebrated masterpiece, Girl with a Pearl Earring. Click here to see the painting. I haven’t seen … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Full Monty

Posted on 29 April 2009 by Beth Williams

A British setting, a great use of Yorkshire slang, a cast of great Brit actors including Robert Carlyle and Tom Wilkinson, a serious message delivered with lots of wit, a soundtrack that includes Donna Summer’s Hot Stuff, Hot Chocolate’s You … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Duplicity – Julia Roberts & Clive Owen shine as double-dealing spies

Posted on 19 March 2009 by Jason Best

Five years after playing double-dealing lovers in the claustrophobic chamber drama Closer, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen team up again on screen as sneaky partners in love and crime in the jaunty globetrotting spy caper Duplicity. They play a pair … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | RocknRolla

Posted on 2 February 2009 by Jason Best

After the debacle of his would-be mystical crime thriller Revolver (not to mention the even more disastrous Swept Away), Guy Ritchie ditches the Kabbalah sermons and returns to something closer to what fans of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels … Continue reading →

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