The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against Read More »
Tag Archives: Helen Mirren
Prince of Jutland (1994) Gabriel Axel, Gabriel Byrne
This re-telling of Hamlet goes back to the original Danish source material. The opening scenario remains the same: Hamlet’s father murdered Read More »
2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) Peter Hyams
In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), a joint American-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter Read More »
Red King, White Knight (1989) Geoff Murphy, Tom Skerritt, Max von Sydow, Helen Mirren
The C.I.A. hears of a K.G.B. scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary Read More »
Elizabeth I (2005) Tom Hooper, Helen Mirren, Hugh Dancy, Toby Jones
Mini-series about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I. Read More »
Heavenly Pursuits (1986) Charles Gormley, Tom Conti, Helen Mirren, David Hayman
Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Read More »
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) Kevin Williamson, Helen Mirren, Marisa Coughlan, Katie Holmes
Leigh Ann Watson (Katie Holmes) is salutatorian when she needs to be valedictorian Read More »
As You Like It (1978) Basil Coleman, Helen Mirren, Brian Stirner, Richard Pasco
Orlando (Brian Stirner) is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver Read More »
Excalibur (1981) John Boorman, Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay
The myth of King Arthur (Nigel Terry) brought once again to the screen. Read More »
The Madness of King George (1994) Nicholas Hytner, Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Rupert Graves
A meditation on power and the metaphor of the body of state, based on the real episode of dementia Read More »