Compared to his work on Zero Dark Thirty and the Harry Potter films, Alexandre Desplat's Oscar-nominated score is strikingly spare — yet the... 'Philomena' And The Power Of A Quiet Film Score In the ...

Philomena is a quirky movie about an adorable old Irish lady—played by none other than Dame Judi Dench—and its release is timed to coincide with prime holiday family-movie-viewing season. You’re right ...

Journalist, author, historian, BBC foreign correspondent and British government adviser Sixsmith was at a low point in his career when he met Philomena Lee, an Irish woman searching for the son who ...

PHILOMENA is based on the true story of an elderly Irish woman who went searching for the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years before. The movie is touching and funny, wise and ...

British stars Judi Dench and Steve Coogan are a study in contrasts in Stephen Frears' heartwarming but never banal drama. By THR Staff Stephen Frears is in full possession of his filmmaking talent in ...

Two f-words are creating a slight problem for Philomena, a movie starring Judi Dench being released over Thanksgiving by the Weinstein Company. Pamela McClintock of The Hollywood Reporter reports that ...

“Philomena” will induce sorrow and anger. Smiles, fortunately, are also in the mix. The tale of a cynical journalist who helps an elderly woman learn what happened to the young son who was taken away ...

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It's safe to say Philomena is not the movie the embattled Catholic Church was hoping to see this holiday season. Directed by British filmmaker Stephen Frears (My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous ...