MADE IN DAGENHAM (2010, UK, 113m, 15) ***½ Biography, Comedy, Drama, History dist. Paramount Pictures (UK), Sony Pictures Classics (USA); pr co. Audley Films / BBC Films / BMS Finance / HanWay Films / Lipsync Productions / Number 9 Films / UK Film Council; d. Nigel Cole; w. William Ivory; pr. Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley;…
Tag: Bob Hoskins
Film Review – MONA LISA (1986)
Mona Lisa (1986; UK; Technicolor; 104m) ∗∗∗∗ d. Neil Jordan; w. Neil Jordan, David Leland; ph. Roger Pratt; m. Michael Kamen. Cast: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie, Sammi Davis, Rod Bedall, Zoe Nathenson, Joe Brown, Pauline Melville, Hossein Karimbeik, John Darling, Bryan Coleman, Robert Dorning. An ex-con gets…
Film Review – THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (1980)
Long Good Friday, The (1980; UK; Colour; 114m) ∗∗∗∗½ d. John Mackenzie; w. Barrie Keeffe; ph. Phil Meheux; m. Francis Monkman. Cast: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Eddie Constantine, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Pierce Brosnan, George Coulouris, Paul Freeman, P.H. Moriarty, Daragh O’Malley, Alan Ford, Leo Dolan, Patti Love, Olivier Pierre. A prosperous English…