Tag Archives: Romola Garai

Scoop (2024) review — The journos who brought down Randy Andy

April 16, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by Philip Martin | Written by Samantha McAlister, Peter Moffat, and Geoff Bussetil | 102 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Netflix I couldn't help but think of She Said while watching this behind-the-scenes journalism drama. It feels adjacent to the scoop of the Weinstein revelations that led to the #MeToo movement. This is a particularly… Read More

One Life review — An ordinary tale of good deeds done

March 16, 2024 flawintheiris

Directed by James Hawes | Written by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake, based on If It's Not Impossible…The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton | 110 min | ▲▲△△△ | In Cinemas Younger readers might not remember the "Made-For-TV Movie," which in production circles also used to be called an MOW, or Movie-Of-The-Week.… Read More

Glorious 39 review — Wartime mystery takes an odd turn

May 3, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Stephen Poliakoff | 129 min | Amazon Prime It was the sterling cast that drew me to this otherwise unknown 2009 British historical drama. How is it that a feature starring Bill Nighy, Juno Temple, Eddie Redmayne, David Tennant, Romola Garai, Charlie Cox, Jeremy Northam, Julie Christie (!) , Jenny Agutter,… Read More