Friday, January 25, 2013

The Iron Lady (2011)





An elderly Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep) talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from childhood to British Prime Minister, intervene.

Rating: 2.5/5.

Saturday, January 05, 2013

There Be Dragons (2011)





Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization, JosemarĂ­a Escrivá (Charlie Cox), the controversial founder of Opus Dei, is investigated by a London–based investigative journalist, Robert Torres (Dougray Scott), who discovers his own estranged father, Manolo Torres (Wes Bentley), had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.

Rating: 2/5.