Tag Archives: Colin Firth

The Secret Garden (2020) Review

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR A STORY?   In 1911, novel writer Frances Hodgson Burnett released the book titled The Secret Garden; a story that follows an orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle’s estate. While she did write other children novels, including Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885-1886) and A Little Princess (1905), Burnett’s The Secret Garden

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Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Review

A MOSTLY “PRACTICAL PERFECT” SEQUEL   Winds in the east, mist coming in. Like somethin’ is brewin’ and ‘bout to begin. Can’t put me finger on what lies in store. But I feel what’s to happen all happened before”. Such is one of the first lines uttered in Disney’s 1964 live-action film Mary Poppins. Based on the children’s novels by

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) Review

 A SOLID SEQUEL THAT SHINES (NOT BURNS)   Back in 2015, moviegoers everywhere were introduced to director Matthew Vaughan’s visual spy action film Kingsman: The Secret Service. Adapted from the graphic novel Kingsman by Mark Millar (writer) and Dave Gibbons (artist), the film, which starred Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, and Michael Caine, follows the journey

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Bridget Jones’s Baby Review

BRIDGET “MAMA” DRAMA   In 2001, moviegoers everywhere were introduced to the cinematic character of Bridget Jones in the movie Bridget Jones’s Diary. Based on the book of the same (written by English novelist Helen Fielding in 1996), Bridget Jones’s Diary follows the exploits of Bridget Jones (played by Renée Zellweger), a single-working thirty something female in London, who tries

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Kingsman: The Secret Service Review

  JAMES BOND + KICK ASS = KINGSMAN English born director Matthew Vaughan has seen success over the years, partaking in the filmmaking fields of director, screenwriter and producer. First starting as a producer, Vaughan produced several noted British films like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch before directing his first film in 2004 with the cult classic

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