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The Queen (2006). Film review of the drama about Queen Elizabeth II, starring Oscar winning Helen Mirren

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Film review by Jason Day of The Queen, the drama chronicling Queen Elizabeth II’s (Helen Mirren) days immediately following the death of Princess Diana and the fallout for the British Royal Family.

Drama

 

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Hugo (2011). Review of the fantasy film about a boy who discovers a silent movie director in a train station.

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Film review by Jason Day about an orphaned boy who, whistle hiding from the conductor of a Paris train station, happens to find Georges Melies, the ‘grandfather of cinema’, who now mends watches for a living. Starring Asa Butterfield and Ben Kingsley.

Action/adventure/fantasy

 

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