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Tag: Colin Firth

Cinema Autopsy on the 83rd Academy Awards winners

1 March 2011 Thomas Caldwell

Wow. Did I do a terrible job this year with my Academy Award predictions. I got a total of seven categories right and none of

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An interview with Tom Hooper, the director of The King’s Speech

20 December 2010 Thomas Caldwell

In The King’s Speech, Colin Firth plays King George VI who unexpectedly became the king of England after his father’s death and his brother’s abdication.

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Film review – Genova (2008)

3 November 2009 Thomas Caldwell

Prior to playing the role of a grieving husband in Genova, Colin Firth gave what had been his strongest performance to date in Anand Tucker’s

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Film review – Easy Virtue (2008)

11 March 2009 Thomas Caldwell

Australian director Stephan Elliott hasn’t had much luck since writing and directing the 1994 hit The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. He has

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Film review – And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)

12 August 2008 Thomas Caldwell

The English are reputedly pretty bad at expressing their feelings, which is why this gentle yet heartfelt English drama, based on the memoirs of poet

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Film review – Mamma Mia! (2008)

29 July 2008 Thomas Caldwell

The massively successful stage musical Mamma Mia! uses the much-loved songs by 70s mega pop group ABBA to underpin a breezy comedy of manners about

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