Ep 39: Philomena

A 10 minute spoiler free movie review of Philomena – the heart-warming true life dramedy about an Irish woman searching for her adopted son, starring Steve Coogan and Dame Judi Dench.
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PHILOMENA has a running time of 98 minutes and is rated 12A in the UK.

PHILOMENA played Venice 2013 where Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope won Best Screenplay, and Stephen Frears won the Queer Lion. It also played Toronto and London 2013. It will be released in the UK, Ireland and Iceland on November 1st, in the USA on November 22nd, in Sweden on December 6th, in Italy on December 19th, in Hungary on December 26th, in France on January 8th 2014, in the Netherlands on February 13th, in Germany on February 27th and in Japan in March.

Related articles

• Judi Dench’s ‘huge responsibility’ (bbc.co.uk)
• Philomena: a rare portrayal of the Catholic Church’s failings (theguardian.com)
• Philomena is a heartbreaking masterpiece, with Judi Dench and Steve Coogan on top form (metro.co.uk)

Ep 26: What Maisie Knew

A 10 minute spoiler-free review of the family drama starring Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan as divorcing parents in contemporary New York. The portrait of a sensitive child enduring narcissistic parents is beautifully rendered but fails in its fanciful final act.

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WHAT MAISIE KNEW has a running time of 98 minutes as is rated R in the USA and 15 in the UK. The movie played Toronto 2012 and it opened earlier this year in the USA, Taiwan, Germany, Finland and Denmark. It opened this weekend in the UK, Ireland, Greece, the Netherlands and Australia. It is available to view on demand in the UK at Curzon On Demand.

Related articles

• What Maisie Knew – review (theguardian.com)
• ‘What Maisie Knew’ On Demand and in theaters (Photos) (examiner.com)

Ep 21: Alan Partridge – Alpha Papa

A 10 minute spoiler-free review of Steve Coogan’s hilarious big screen outing as his iconic DJ Alan Partridge.  Hear what happens when Alan’s friend Pat Farrell gets sacked from North Norfolk Digital and takes the station’s new trendy owners hostage, using Alan as a go-between to the police.

ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA has a running time of 90 minutes and is rated 15. ALPHA PAPA premiered in Norwich on July 24th and was released in the UK on August 7th. It opens in New Zealand on December 5th.

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Related articles

• Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa causes tourism boom to Norwich (metro.co.uk)
• Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa tops the UK box office (edp24.co.uk)