Tag Archives: Meryl Streep

FILM REVIEW: Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Post’

Posted on January 18, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Given the times, it’s no surprise that Steven Spielberg wants to tell the story of a corrupt swine in the White House who turns the press into an enemy. It’s also hardly surprising that film … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Streep, Roberts in ‘August: Osage County’

Posted on September 12, 2013 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO: At the start of “August: Osage County” an ageing poet and lifetime alcoholic leaves his family home to go drown in the lake and as the film goes on, the puzzle is why he hadn’t done … Continue reading →

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‘The Artist’, ‘A Separation’ wow London critics

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin

By Ray Bennett Entertainment’s “The Artist” and Artificial Eye’s “A Separation” were the big winners with three prizes apiece at the 32nd annual London Film Critics Circle Awards presented on Thursday. French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius was on hand to collect … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Meryl Streep in ‘The Iron Lady’

Posted on January 6, 2012 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Like lawyers for the defence with their clients, actors do not ask if the characters they play are guilty or not, they seek only to give a good account of them. Meryl Streep cannot be … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: ‘Mamma Mia!’

Posted on June 29, 2008 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – No matter how many blockbusters there are, Universal Pictures’ screen version of the global hit stage musical “Mamma Mia!” is the most fun to be had at the movies this or any other recent summer. … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Robert Redford’s ‘Lions for Lambs’

Posted on October 23, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – The title of Robert Redford’s “Lions for Lambs” comes from a comment made by a German officer in World War I about the bravery of British soldiers compared to the criminal stupidity of their commanders. … Continue reading →

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