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...Everyone old is new again: From Away From Her, a late-life love story starring Julie Christie, 65, and Gordon Pinsent, 76, to Clubland, in which Brenda Blethyn, 60, plays a raucous comedian, to Slipstream, the directorial debut of Anthony Hopkins, 69, to King of California, in which Michael Douglas, 62, is a man just released from a mental hospital, and even to the Apollo space mission documentary In the Shadow of the Moon, which had Buzz Aldrin, 77, cruising the streets of Park City, some of the biggest stars of the youth-obsessed festival were 60-plus. Perhaps Hollywood...
...testing himself, Frank hopes to break out of his shell and learn how to communicate with those around him—specifically with his grown son Rob (Jamie Sives) and his wife Joan (Brenda Blethyn, “Pride & Prejudice?...
...five Bennett sisters, including the beautiful, eldest sister Jane (Rosamund Pike, “Die Another Day”) and the flirtatious, youngest Kitty (Jena Malone). The five daughters cannot inherit the estate of their father (Donald Sutherland) and as such, have been raised by their histrionic mother (Brenda Blethyn) to focus on securing their fortune through marriage. When the wealthy and “amiable” Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) moves into the neighboring estate with his friend Mr. Darcy and venomous sister Caroline Bingley (Kelly Reilly), the English militia arrives in town, and the Bennetts?...
Left hopelessly in debt by the death of a feckless spouse, Grace Trevethen (the expert Brenda Blethyn) puts her gardening skills to good criminal use. With the help of her handyman, Matthew (Craig Ferguson, who is also the film's co-writer and producer), she starts growing pot by the kilo in her greenhouse. The results are predictable--especially if you're a fan of that most basic of English comic genres, in which simple, provincial folk foil the bumbling law in order to preserve a traditional way of life. Grace is not as tightly wound as the best...
...Brenda Blethyn, Little Voice: As the demonic manipulator of her daughter, Blethyn offers a very noisy performance. It's a lot of screaming and gesturing--but it unfortunately never makes her character a sympathetic...