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Darkest Hour
As awards season buzz begins to ratchet up and armchair Oscars predictors get to their prognosticating, Gary Oldman has seemed a lock for Leading Actor nominations since last November when the first Darkest Hour stills were released showing the IMDb fan favorite actor thoroughly transformed as Winston Churchill. Since then, in subsequent releases of trailers for Joe Wright's upcoming historical-biographical drama set in the early days of World War II, we've received more visual and aural confirmation that Oldman's performance is potentially career-defining for an actor who's already served up a bevy of impressive and challenging screen characters. Count me among those ready to take in this account of the British Prime Minister's first days of office, not only to revisit one of the world's grandest political figures in a seminal chapter of western history but also to watch what is sure to be a larger-than-life acting achievement from a soon-to-be Oscar frontrunner. — Bret
Opens in U.S. theaters Wednesday, Nov. 22
As awards season buzz begins to ratchet up and armchair Oscars predictors get to their prognosticating, Gary Oldman has seemed a lock for Leading Actor nominations since last November when the first Darkest Hour stills were released showing the IMDb fan favorite actor thoroughly transformed as Winston Churchill. Since then, in subsequent releases of trailers for Joe Wright's upcoming historical-biographical drama set in the early days of World War II, we've received more visual and aural confirmation that Oldman's performance is potentially career-defining for an actor who's already served up a bevy of impressive and challenging screen characters. Count me among those ready to take in this account of the British Prime Minister's first days of office, not only to revisit one of the world's grandest political figures in a seminal chapter of western history but also to watch what is sure to be a larger-than-life acting achievement from a soon-to-be Oscar frontrunner. — Bret
Opens in U.S. theaters Wednesday, Nov. 22
PeopleGary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas
TitlesDarkest Hour
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