Tag: The Queen

  • This Is the First Actor To Win an Oscar for Playing a Real-Life Person

    This Is the First Actor To Win an Oscar for Playing a Real-Life Person

    There are few things that Hollywood likes more than an inspiring true story — unless it is “not letting the truth get in the way of a good story,” as a number of purportedly “historical” films can attest. There are always a slew of biopics and historical films nominated in the top Oscar categories in…

  • The Best LGBTQ Documentaries of All Time

    The Best LGBTQ Documentaries of All Time

    Queer movies and TV shows are all well and good, but arguably even more important is the existence of great LGBTQ documentaries. Fiction can help provide great representation and tell moving queer stories, but documentary does something else entirely: it preserves entire communities’ stories as snapshots in humanity’s kaleidoscopic history.Documentary filmmaking has (almost) always been…

  • ‘Wildcat’: Cast, Release Window, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far

    ‘Wildcat’: Cast, Release Window, Plot, and Everything We Know So Far

    Biopics tend to hold a soft spot in the hearts of both critics and audiences alike. It’s not too difficult to see why, either: when the headlining character is a name embedded in the collective cultural consciousness, a certain amount of marketing has already been done for the film in the first place. Audiences are…

  • Helen Mirren to Star as Israeli Leader Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv’s ‘Golda,’ Produced by Michael Kuhn

    Helen Mirren to Star as Israeli Leader Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv’s ‘Golda,’ Produced by Michael Kuhn

    Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for “The Queen,” will portray Israel’s legendary Prime Minister Golda Meir in “Golda.” The film will be directed by Academy Award winner Guy Nattiv, and produced by BAFTA winner Michael Kuhn.Embankment will represent international sales, with CAA Media Finance and ICM jointly handling the North American rights. Production is…

  • Berlin Film Festival To Fete Helen Mirren With Honorary Golden Bear & Homage

    Berlin Film Festival To Fete Helen Mirren With Honorary Golden Bear & Homage

    The 70th Berlin International Film Festival will honor Oscar-winner Helen Mirren with an honorary Golden Bear and homage.The award ceremony on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at the Berlinale Palast will include a screening of Mirren-starrer The Queen.“Helen Mirren is a strong personality whose powerful portrayals are always impressive. She surprises us time and again with…

  • Helen Mirren to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Berlin Film Festival

    Helen Mirren to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Berlin Film Festival

    Helen Mirren is to be honored with a Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at next February’s Berlin Film Festival.The Oscar-winning star of “The Queen” and new HBO-Sky drama series “Catherine the Great” will also be the subject of an homage featuring several of her best-known films, including “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her…

  • ‘Catherine The Great’ Trailer: All Hail Helen Mirren In HBO’s New Period Drama Series

    ‘Catherine The Great’ Trailer: All Hail Helen Mirren In HBO’s New Period Drama Series

    If December is too long to wait for “The Crown,” HBO has the fix for you. Their four-part limited series “Catherine the Great” will be gracing our screens this fall.Oscar-winner Helen Mirren steps into the role of the powerful Russian monarch. Between her Oscar-nominated turn as Queen Charlotte in “The Madness of King George,” her…

  • ‘Castle Rock’ Stumbles Back Into the Mystery Box With ‘Past Perfect’

    ‘Castle Rock’ Stumbles Back Into the Mystery Box With ‘Past Perfect’

    Welcome to our spoiler-filled Castle Rock reviews, in which we explore Hulu’s new Stephen King-inspired series.. This week we look at episode eight, “Past Perfect.” Past Perfect After last week’s sad, beautiful episode “The Queen,” Castle Rock decides to get back to the horror […]The post ‘Castle Rock’ Stumbles Back Into the Mystery Box With…

  • ‘Castle Rock’: God Save ‘The Queen,’ the Best Episode of the Series So Far

    ‘Castle Rock’: God Save ‘The Queen,’ the Best Episode of the Series So Far

    Welcome to our spoiler-filled Castle Rock reviews, in which we explore Hulu’s new Stephen King-inspired series.. This week we look at episode seven, “The Queen”. The Queen Listen: Ruth Deaver has come unstuck in time. I worried Castle Rock was going to waste the considerable talents of Sissy […]The post ‘Castle Rock’: God Save ‘The…