Belfast (2021)

Title: Belfast
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Written by: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, and Jude Hill
Release Date: 11/12/2021
Running Time: 98 minutes

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What did you think of this film?

A nine-year-old boy must chart a path towards adulthood through a world that has suddenly turned upside down. His stable and loving community and everything he thought he understood about life is changed forever but joy, laughter, music and the formative magic of the movies remain.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Dedication: “For the ones who stayed. For the ones who left. And for all the ones who were lost.”

Memoriam: John Sessions
1953 – 2020
Fine actor, fine friend.

Special thanks to Frank for this submission

Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

Title: Six Minutes to Midnight
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Andy Goddard
Written by: Eddie Izzard, Celyn Jones, and Andy Goddard
Starring: Eddie Izzard, Judi Dench, Carla Juri, James D’Arcy, Jim Broadbent, and Celyn Jones
Release Date: 3/26/2021
Running Time: 99 minutes

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In the summer of 1939, influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Blithe Spirit (2020)*

Title: Blithe Spirit
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Edward Hall
Written by: Piers Ashworth, Meg Leonard, and Nick Moorcroft
Based on the play by: Noël Coward
Starring: Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, and Judi Dench
Release Date: 2/19/2021
Running Time: 95 minutes

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Best-selling crime novelist Charles (Dan Stevens) suffers from terrible writer’s block and is struggling to finish his first screenplay. His picture-perfect new wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) is doing her best to keep him focused so they can fulfill her dream of leaving London for Hollywood. Charles’ quest for inspiration leads him to invite the eccentric mystic Madame Acarti (Judi Dench) to perform a séance in his home. He gets more than he bargained for when Madame Acarti inadvertently summons the spirit of his first wife: the brilliant and fiery Elvira (Leslie Mann). Ready to pick up her life right where she left off, Elvira is shocked to discover the prim and proper Ruth is now married to her husband and running her household. Charles finds himself stuck between his two wives and their increasingly over-the-top attempts to outdo one another.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes

during the credits

We hear a seance with Madame Arcati talking to Charles.

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Is this stinger worth waiting around for? Yes (No Ratings Yet)
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Memoriam: In Loving Memory of
Michelle Guish and Michael Howells

Cats (2019)

Title: Cats
Rating: PG
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Written by: Lee Hall and Tom Hooper
Starring: James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, and Francesca Hayward
Release Date: 12/20/2019
Running Time: 110 minutes

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What did you think of this film?

A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Dedication: Tom Hooper would like to especially thank POPPY GAYE and his parents,
RICHARD and MEREDITH HOOPER.
He dedicates this film to ROMILLY HOOPER, born Summer 2019

Special thanks to Roella for this submission

All Is True (2018)

Title: All Is True
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Written by: Ben Elton
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Lolita Chakrabarti, Jack Colgrave Hirst, and Doug Colling
Release Date: 5/10/2019
Running Time: 101 minutes

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What did you think of this film?
The year is 1613, Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground, and devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family.

Haunted by the death of his only son Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationships with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as husband and father. His very personal search for the truth uncovers secrets and lies within a family at war.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Title: Murder on the Orient Express
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Based on the novel by: Agatha Christie
Written by: Michael Green
Starring: Tom Bateman, Lucy Boynton, Kenneth Branagh, Olivia Colman, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Josh Gad, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Derek Jacobi, Marwan Kenzari, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Sergei Polunin, and Daisy Ridley
Release Date: 11/10/2017
Running Time: 114 minutes

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After a shocking murder of a wealthy businessman on the lavish European train barreling its way west in the dead of winter, private detective Poirot must use every tool of his trade to uncover which of the train’s eclectic passengers is the killer, before he or she strikes again.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Adam for this submission

Victoria and Abdul (2017)

Title: Victoria and Abdul
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Written by: Lee Hall
Based on the book by: Shrabani Basu
Starring: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, and Tim Pigott-Smith
Release Date: 9/22/2017
Running Time: 112 minutes

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What did you think of this film?
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Memoriam: In memory of
Tim Pigott-Smith
Alan MacDonald

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

Title: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Tim Burton
Written by: Jane Goldman
Based on the novel by: Ransom Riggs
Starring: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Allison Janney, Chris O’Dowd and Terence Stamp
Release Date: 9/30/2016
Running Time: 127 minutes

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From visionary director Tim Burton, and based upon the best-selling novel, comes an unforgettable motion picture experience. When Jake discovers clues to a mystery that spans alternate realities and times, he uncovers a secret refuge known as Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As he learns about the residents and their unusual abilities, Jake realizes that safety is an illusion, and danger lurks in the form of powerful, hidden enemies. Jake must figure out who is real, who can be trusted, and who he really is.

What did you think of this film?

During Credits? No

After Credits? No

Note: We see old black and white photos of the children in the background during the credits.

Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The (2015)

<br /> Title: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Rating: PG
Director: John Madden
Writer: Ol Parker
Stars: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, David Strathairn, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup and Diana Hardcastle
Release Date: 3/6/2015
Running Time: 122 minutes

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As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals – Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.

What did you think of this film?

During Credits? No

After Credits? No

Note: “At any age, life can be an adventure. Go for it at takepart.com/marigold2“

Philomena (2013)*

TITLE: Philomena

RELEASE DATE: 11/27/2013

RATING: PG-13

A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman’s search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

What did you think of this film?

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During Credits? Yes

during the credits

As the credits start we see home movies of Philomena’s real son with his American family.

After Credits? No

Tag: Judi Dench