Actor: Helen Mirren

Brighton Rock (2011)

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The Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off next week, and a number of pre-screenings for press are being held this week, and Brighton Rock was the first film of the festival I got to see. I have never seen the famed 1947 British noir that gave a boost to Richard Attenborough’s early career, and have [...]


Gosford Park (2001)

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I am not entirely sure why, but when I first watched this film four or five years ago, I did not care for it much, but watching it a second time, I loved it, although I went through the entire movie thinking Michael Gambon was Albert Finney. Maybe it is because this time around, I [...]


Random Quote

“Damn it, you act as if you're in kindergarten! This is the big bad world, full of mean people, where nasty things happen!”
-Mike Talman (Richard Crenna)
from Wait Until Dark