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Following the death of a senior investigating officer, Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) is grudgingly given the opportunity to take over his latest homicide investigation, the brutal assault and murder of a young woman. Intelligent and ambitious, Tennison struggles to construct a case against the prime suspect while also dealing with institutional sexism and the toll her career takes on her personal life.
posted by Alvy Ampersand on Nov 19, 2024 - 3 comments

[TRAILER] After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe (Morgan Freeman), crazy Marvin (John Malkovich) and wily Victoria (Helen Mirren) to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 9, 2024 - 12 comments

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, aspiring playwright, and champion of the political cause of no television license fees for senior citizens, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. [more inside]
posted by orange swan on Aug 22, 2023 - 4 comments

A look at the relationship between Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) during their days at Monsters University, when they weren't necessarily the best of friends. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 20, 2022 - 8 comments

Some review comments...

• This television show is a complete abomination. 
• The show is beautiful story telling and incredible acting.
• This got to be one of the most boring series ever presented on a streaming service. Who at Amazon thought that a seven episode series with nothing but actors delivering monologues was a great idea?
• Solos was a beautiful series. Every episode was captivating, and at the same time sad too. The way it all came together at the end was amazing.
• Oh wow!! I’m only on episode 2 and I am so moved. Great cast, great stories. Time travel and real feelings about life.
• If you are looking for action this will not be enjoyable to you. These are character driven stories by actors who make you care.
• Cried every episode.
• Alan Bennett meets sci fi.

Cast: Ann Hathaway, Anthony Mackie, Helen Mirren, Uzo Aduba, Constance Wu, Nicole Beharie, Morgan Freeman, Dan Stevens.
posted by Thella on Aug 31, 2021 - 4 comments

Benjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth's diary to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Oct 26, 2020 - 2 comments

Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
posted by Clustercuss on Dec 3, 2019 - 3 comments

Russian Empress Catherine the Great faces challenges to her throne on all sides as she meets the forthright and bold Lieutenant Grigory Potemkin. (HBO, Sky) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Oct 23, 2019 - 6 comments

Documentary Now! continues to highlight the best in contemporary documentary. This season includes Batsh*t Valley (Wild Wild Country and The Source Family), Original Cast Album: Co-Op (Original Cast Album: Company), Waiting for the Artist (Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present), Searching for Mr. Larson: A Love Letter from the Far Side, (Dear Mr. Watterson), Long Gone, (Let's Get Lost) and Any Given Saturday Afternoon (A League of Ordinary Gentlemen.)
posted by eotvos on Jun 29, 2019 - 5 comments

English gangster Albert Spica has taken over the high-class Le Hollandais Restaurant, run by French chef Richard Boarst. Spica makes nightly appearances at the restaurant with his retinue of thugs. His oafish behavior causes frequent confrontations with the staff and his own customers, whose patronage he loses, but whose money he seems not to miss. Forced to accompany Spica is his reluctant, well-bred wife, Georgina, who soon catches the eye of a quiet regular at the restaurant, bookshop owner Michael. Under her husband's nose, Georgina carries on an affair with Michael with the help of the restaurant staff. (from Wikipedia.) [more inside]
posted by dnash on Mar 14, 2018 - 3 comments

The movie of the legend of Merlin, Arthur, and a whole lot of blokes in chromed armor. Accept no substitutes. [more inside]
posted by computech_apolloniajames on Jan 23, 2018 - 37 comments

Episode F8, in which a haka is performed with great fierceness (Go Red Dragons!), Helen Mirren chews scenery, and we learn a Most Important Lesson: The only thing more important than family is...MOAR FAMILY! [more inside]
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide on Apr 23, 2017 - 22 comments

Dame Helen Mirren returns to host the best documentaries of the past 51 years. [more inside]
posted by lmfsilva on Sep 15, 2016 - 10 comments

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood's top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Nov 18, 2015 - 2 comments

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
posted by lunasol on Apr 28, 2015 - 5 comments

The lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in 1932 in a country house in England as they investigate a murder involving one of them. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 28, 2015 - 10 comments