Tag: Josh O'Connor
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Aisha, waiting in immigration limbo
Aisha is a lovely, quiet film about a young Nigerian woman who is seeking asylum in Ireland. Letitia Wright gives a strong performance as Aisha as she patiently navigates all the hurdles to her being granted safety in Ireland.
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Challengers review: the girl is the game
Challengers tells a sports story about tennis and a trio of people who live in that world. The tennis, the love, the competition, the ambition, and the sex all triangles around Zendaya as Tashi. Tashi is a tennis great who injures her knee and becomes a coach.
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Mothering Sunday review: a writer is born
Mothering Sunday begins with “Once upon a time” and the tale that follows tells the story of the growth and development of a writer. Odessa Young plays the writer, Jane Fairchild – a name given to her in a foundling home.
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Lee review: Kate Winslet as photographer Lee Miller
Lee conveys a powerful visual message about Nazis and a courageous photographer named Lee Miller who was determined to photograph what she was seeing in the midst of World War II.
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Hope Gap stars a brilliant Annette Bening
Hope Gap tells of the breakup of a 29 year marriage. The script is an ear wowing flow of rhythm and poetry. Annette Bening as the wife, Grace, does an amazing job delivering on the poetry and pain of the story – she’s simply brilliant. You can see Hope Gap on Prime Video.