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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 […]

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 […]