to the subject matter. but i think if you just want to know how the story played out, it s all in there. and, politically, is it coming from one particular point of view? well, it s a very patriotic british film, i would say. this isjohn madden, who gave us shakespeare in love, i mean, the producers of the king s speech, it s that sort of flavour. i wouldn t say it s up there with those kind of awards worthy films, but it s a very safe bet if you like this kind of subject. and i think he s playing to the right kind of crowd with this film. because we ve seen darkest hour. we saw the king s speech years ago. i mean, these films can really take off, and it sounds like maybe this one doesn t quite? i think it will play well in certain cinemas. i think for an older crowd, i think it s got a lot of appeal. i certainly found it pleasant viewing, interesting viewing. i thought sometimes when it attempted comedy, it didn t quite work cos it is tough subject matter to mine for comedy, but i thi
on what feel incredibly current at the moment, don t they, and my children, i know, have been intrigued by this story for years. does the film do justice to the facts? i think the level of detail is fascinating, and i think that s what i found the strongest element of this, is the detail that you see that they go into. there are a lot of scenes with two secretaries that helped out, played by penelope wilton and kelly macdonald, and the four of them have this wonderful repartee. there s a love triangle you don t need. i wasn t interested in that, but i think in terms of that detail, it s told in quite a safe, plodding fashion. there s a lot of fairly obvious exposition. it s quite reverent to the subject matter. but i think if you just want to know how the story played out, it s all in there. and, politically, is it coming from one particular point of view? well, it s a very patriotic british film, i would say. this isjohn madden, who gave us shakespeare in love, i mean, the producers o
played by penelope wilton and kelly macdonald, and the four of them have this wonderful repartee. there s a love triangle you don t need. i wasn t interested in that, but i think in terms of that detail, it s told in quite a safe, plodding fashion. there s a lot of fairly obvious exposition. it s quite reverent to the subject matter. but i think if you just want to know how the story played out, it s all in there. and politically, is it coming from one particular point of view? well, it s a very patriotic british film, i would say. this isjohn madden, who gave us shakespeare in love. i mean, the producers of the king s speech, it s that sort of flavour. i wouldn t say it s up there with those kind of awards worthy films, but it s a very safe bet if you like this kind of subject. and i think he s playing to the right kind of crowd with this film. because we ve seen the darkest hour. we saw the king s speech years ago. i mean, these these films can really take off, and it sounds like may
and, politically, is it coming from one particular point of view? well, it s a very patriotic british film, i would say. this isjohn madden, who gave us shakespeare in love. i mean, the producers of the king s speech, it s that sort of flavour. i wouldn t say it s up there with those kind of awards worthy films, but it s a very safe bet if you like this kind of subject. and i think he s playing to the right kind of crowd with this film. because we ve seen the darkest hour. we saw the king s speech eight years ago. i mean, these these films can really take off, and it sounds like maybe this one doesn t quite? i think it will play well in certain cinemas. i think for an older crowd, i think it s got a lot of appeal. i certainly found it pleasant viewing, interesting viewing. i thought sometimes when it attempted comedy, it didn t quite work cause it is tough subject matter to mine for comedy, but i think it s still a decent watch if you like the like the sound of it. and if you re a col
who gave us shakespeare in love, i mean, the producers of the king s speech, it s that sort of flavour. i wouldn t say it s up there with those kind of awards worthy films, but it s a very safe bet if you like this kind of subject. and i think he s playing to the right kind of crowd with this film. because we ve seen darkest hour. we saw the king s speech years ago. and it sounds like maybe this one doesn t quite? i think it will play well in certain cinemas. i think for an older crowd, i think it s got a lot of appeal. i certainly found it pleasant viewing, interesting viewing. i thought sometimes when it attempted comedy, it didn t quite work cos it is tough subject matter to mine for comedy, but i think it s still a decent watch if you like the like the sound of it. and if you re a colin firth fan, of course, who is, well, who isn t? exactly. i m definitely going to look this one up. thank you for that. let us move on now to something very different. the lost city, with a bit of har