Skip to content
London · Since 1999
Reviews

Starring / Ciaran Hinds

Review

The Debt

In Israel in 1997, author Sarah (Romi Aboulafia) is about to publish a book about her mother Rachel’s (Helen Mirren) exploits as a Mossad agent, thirty years earlier.

1 October 2011
Review

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

In 1970s London, with the Cold War raging, Control (John Hurt) is running the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6.

14 September 2011
Review

Life During Wartime

The ironically-named Joy (Henderson) works with criminals to rehabilitate them – having worked her magic on Allen (Williams), she ended up marrying him – but things aren’t going too well and she…

25 April 2010
Review

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Set in 1939 Britain on the eve of the Second World War, a middle-aged governess, Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is fired from her job and ends up cold and hungry in the…

5 May 2008
Review

Margot At The Wedding

Writer Margot (Kidman) leaves Manhattan for a rare visit to her estranged sister Pauline (Leigh), to attend her wedding at their childhood home on Long Island.

14 March 2008
Review

There Will Be Blood

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, miner Daniel Plainview (Day Lewis) was hoping to strike silver but he ended up striking gold - black gold.

4 March 2008
Review

Amazing Grace

Towards the end of the 1700, there’s a growing feeling that perhaps the Slave Trade isn’t as defensible as it once was.

30 March 2007
Review

The Nativity Story

This is the tale of how Jesus came into this world. It chronicles the miraculous pregnancy and the arduous journey of Mary (Castle-Hughes), nine months pregnant, and Joseph (Isaac) as they travelled…

13 December 2006
Review

Munich

Many people are familiar with the Palestinian attack on the Israeli Olympic team at the Munich Games, one day in September 1972.

27 January 2006