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ONE LIFE – Review by Lois Alter Mark

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 Lois Alter Mark bbc films, biopic, bleecker street media, Helena Bonham Carter, James Hawes, Johnny Flynn, Kindertransport, lena olin, Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, nicky's family, Romola Garai

There are certain movies you know would have a huge impact on the world if only the right people would see them. One Life, based on the true story of the man who saved hundreds of children during the Holocaust, is definitely one of those. Sir Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn portray the older and younger versions of real-life hero, Sir Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, and both are so perfect in the role, they will move you to tears – and, hopefully, action.

Festivals Reviews

ONE LIFE (TIFF 2023) – Review by Ulkar Alakbarova

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 Ulkar Alakbarova anthony hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, James Hawes, Johnny Flynn, jonathan pryce, Kindertransport, lena olin, Lucinda Coxon, Nicholas Winton, Nick Drake, One Life, TIFF 2023, truth-based

Based on true events, One Life follows Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who was deeply affected by the fate that Jewish children could face when Nazi Germany declared the beginning of the occupation of Czechoslovakia. Nicholas (Johnny Flynn, portraying a younger Winton) promptly decided to involve all the friends he could find in Prague to save as many Jewish children as possible who were at risk of imminent danger.

Reviews

SLOW HORSES – Review by Diane Carson

May 5, 2022May 8, 2022 Diane Carson gary oldman, James Hawes, kristin scott thomas, MI5, Slow Horses

Numerous films, not least the James Bond collection, and television programs have championed the sterling reputation of Britain’s MI5 agents. And so it seems inevitable and quite right that, given current attitudes, the incomparable espionage enterprise gets revisited in Slow Horses through a stunningly incompetent group of agents whose punishment involves reassignment to Slough House, a shabby site away from the true professionals.