Browsing: Darkest Hour

Themed cocktails are all the rage on social media, and we thought maybe an Oscars list of adult beverages based on Best Picture nominated films would be perfect for the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Even though the easily found “2018 Oscars Drinking Game” results are disappointing, we’re hoping maybe one or three themed drinks might […]

Maybe you’re wondering why we’re doing our Oscars predictions now, and not closer to the awards themselves. Well, today is the very first day the voting members of the academy can cast their ballots for their picks, so a timely reminder of the nominees in each of the main categories seemed like a good idea. […]

The 24th Annual SAG Awards to celebrate the best of members from the Screen Actors Guild were held tonight, and the list of winners had some pretty exciting firsts. Some notable firsts tonight included the first time the SAG Awards had a host (Kristen Bell), and the first time all of the presenters were women. […]

On Sunday, celebrated actor Gary Oldman FINALLY received a Golden Globe award. The accolaid-in-statue-form came for his stellar performance in Joe Wright’s film, Darkest Hour. “Words and actions can change the world.” #GoldenGlobes #GaryOldman #DarkestHour pic.twitter.com/ckEYCHgktW — Darkest Hour (@DarkestHour) January 8, 2018 Following a period of time from the beginning of Winston Churchill’s appointment as Prime Minister to […]

Darkest Hour isn’t your typical period piece. It’s actually one of my top films of the year for several reasons (and no real life friends, not JUST because of my ‘illness of Oldman’ Gary Oldman appreciation). While the Oscar nominated actor is nigh unrecognizable as Winston Churchill (more on that later), the film is the grand […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] After three films set against the backdrop of World War II, and one of which is Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, I hadn’t gone into Darkest Hour with much enthusiasm. I generally expect Gary Oldman to be solid in his performance, but really — have audience really been wallowing around yearning for yet another Churchill […]

After playing perhaps the most capable Imperial Officer ever in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, King George VI in Darkest Hour, and the bad guy Nolan Sorrento in the upcoming Ready Player One film adaptation, Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn has his eye on a Marvel-ous role. Long rumored to be playing the Skrull commander in the […]

Awards season nominations are heating up, and Focus Features wants you to remember just how good Gary Oldman is in Darkest Hour. The film, from director Joe Wright (Atonement, Pan), chronicles the election of the infamous Prime Minister and resulting effect he had. Joined in the film by Ben Mendelsohn as King George VI, the pair begins at […]

It’s been a good year for period historical offerings. Christopher Nolan gave us Dunkirk, Netflix gave us The Crown, and director Joe Wright finishes the trifecta with Darkest Hour. Wright (Atonement, Hanna, Pan) has created a unique view of Winston Churchill, showing the larger-than-life Prime Minister as a man, husband, and one of the driving forces of the British people […]