Films starring Helen Mirren

Golda – a smokey, talky historical biopic

By David Jenkins

Helen Mirren dons heavy prosthetics as one-time Israeli prime minister Golda Mair in this drab geopolitical retelling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods

By David Jenkins

It’s a case of massively diminishing returns for Zachary Levi’s snap-talking teen superhero in this sequel which struggles to locate a raison d’être.

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The Duke

By David Jenkins

Roger Michell’s swansong is a fittingly wholesome and heartwarming caper, an ode to Ealingesque whimsy and charm.

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The Leisure Seeker

By Eve Jones

This gentle road comedy starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland depicts an ageing couple at the end of the trail.

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Collateral Beauty

By Elena Lazic

The man once self-described as Mr Box Office heads up yet another slushy, contrived dud.

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Eye in the Sky

By Clarisse Loughrey

Alan Rickman’s final screen outing is a textbook exercise in bringing modern warfare to the big screen.

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Trumbo

By Emma Simmonds

Bryan Cranston charms his way through this breezy biopic centred around the Hollywood Blacklist scandal.

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The Long Good Friday (1980)

By David Jenkins

This Thatcher-era gangland classic returns to the screens via a newly restored print.

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Hitchcock

By Glenn Heath Jr

The Master of Suspense gets his very own glib and psychologically-stilted Wiki-biopic.

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Brighton Rock

By Adam Woodward

Rowan Joffe delivers a stale and soapy rehash when he should have dared to dream bigger.

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