Posts tagged Michael Gambon
MOVIE REVIEW: Viceroy's House
MOVIE REVIEW: Viceroy's House

The most superlative aspect of Viceroy’s House and its chronicle of national history for the countries of India and Pakistan is the personal passion behind the project.  Bend it Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice director Gurinder Chadha is the granddaughter of family displaced by the largest migration of people in recorded human history that occurred during the Partition of India of seventy years ago.  There is an undeniable core of importance and respect present in the film that shows the great care of Chadha and all involved.

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2017, 2 STARS, Foreign Film, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanLandmark Century Centre Cinemas2017, 2017 Fall Movies, Viceroy's House, Gurinder Chadha, Bend it Like Beckham, Bride and Prejudice, Partition of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Louis Mountbatten, Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Lily Travers, Hastings Ismay, Michael Gambon, Jawaharlal Nehru, Tanveer Ghani, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Denzil Smith, Mahatma Ghandi, Neeraj Kabi, Manish Dayal, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Huma Qureshi, Gangs of Wasseypur, Ben Smithard, A.R. Rahman, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Lee Daniels' The Butler, The Butler, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespearean, film review, movie review, film commentary, movie commentary, foreign film, India, World War II, Dominion of India, life lessons, life lessons from film, life lessons from films, life lessons from movies, historical drama, romantic dramas, film critic, movie critic, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, Every Movie Has a LessonComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Hail, Caesar!
MOVIE REVIEW: Hail, Caesar!

For this writer and website, the films of Joel and Ethan Coen are pegged as acquired tastes.  Slot the brothers and their work right next to Quentin Tarantino in that regard.  Their creative brilliance and their reverent place in the upper echelon of superb storytellers are indisputable, proven by their six Oscar wins.  Sometimes, in the measure of taste, their choices and results are a maddening or confounding mess.  When the Coen brothers are on their game, they are white hot.  "Hail, Caesar!" won't go down as one of their best, but there is no denying its draw as a thoroughly entertaining hoot. 

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2016, 4 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanShowplace ICON X at Roosevelt CollectionsHail Caesar!, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, The Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen, Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Carter Burwell, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Jonah Hill, Heather Goldenhersh, Max Baker, Michael Gambon, Fisher Stevens, David Krumholtz, Greg Baldwin, movie homage, 2016, 2016 Winter Movies, 2016 Winter Movie Checklist, 2016 Winter Movie Preview, 2016 Winter Movie Calendar, Life lessons, life lessons from film, life lessons from films, life lessons, life lessons from movies, movie commentary, movie review, film review, film commentaryComment