All Helen Mirren Reviews

Lost in a world with too much news: the daily newspaper

State of Play.

June 5th, 2009

“State of Play” is nostalgic both for the mini-renaissance of 1970s American filmmaking and the halcyon days of the press. It asks a difficult question: What will become of the daily newspaper?


An onslaught of children's literature adaptations

Inkheart.

May 22nd, 2009

The success of “Harry Potter” inspires the sincerest form of flattery. “Inkheart” has the bad luck to be turned into a film at the tail end of a decade stuffed with adaptations of children’s fantasy literature.