Tag: Stephen Frears
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Review Round Up… Florence Foster Jenkins
Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant star in this biopic about Florence Foster Jenkins, an heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera star. The Guardian:***Peter Bradshaw called it: “Stephen Frears’s enjoyable, sentimental movie.” Variety: “bright, bubbly and suitably ear-bursting biopic of surely the least gifted chanteuse ever to sell out Carnegie Hall.” Hollywood Reporter: “a warm-hearted celebration […]
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Film Review: The Program
This fascinating and gripping film tells the story of the remarkable rise and and fall of Lance Armstrong. Directed by Stephen Frears, the film has a documentary vibe about it in the way in which it has been filmed. It features archive footage from news reports to add an extra layer to the story and […]
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Coming Soon on DVD… The Program
One of sports biggest scandals is brought vividly to life in the film The Progra, which arrives on Blu Ray and DVD on the 15th February. Inspired by the book Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh, The Program tells the story of how Lance Armstrong, one of cycling’s success stories was actually one of its biggest cheats […]