The Duke (12) |Close-Up Film Review
The late Roger Michell’s final feature film is a very English piece about the little man versus the system. And it’s a true story.
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Helen Mirren
The Duke (12) |Close-Up Film Review
The Duke – Behind The Scenes Featurette
THE DUKE is a moving true story that celebrates a man who was determined to live a meaningful life. Set in 1961, it follows the story of Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, who stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
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Anne Frank: Parallel Stories (15) | Close-Up Film Review
Anne Frank: Parallel Stories is narrated by the actress, Helen Mirren, sitting in a reconstruction of Anne’s ‘Secret Room’ in the small set of rooms at the top of a house in Amsterdam where she and her family with others hid for two years.
Read moreThe Leisure Seeker (15) | Close-Up Film Review
Faced with the prospect of her husband John Spencer (Donald Sutherland) gradually getting worse as his Alzheimer’s disease progresses, Ella Spencer (Helen Mirren) suddenly leaves home with John in their old RV.
Read moreEye in the Sky (15) | Close-Up Film Review
This is an intelligent, relevant and thought provoking film wrapped effectively inside an edge of the seat action movie.
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The Queen (12A) | Close-Up Film Review
There were two obvious ways to greet the extraordinary outpouring of public grief, outraged tabloid headlines and, eventually, unusual reaction of the monarchy following the death of Princess Diana.
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