Feb 4th          
Darkest Hour** (PG) 
(Vue Romford)                                                 

(GB/US 2017)

In 1940 Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister in spite of the desperate situation in the war and his own unpopularity within his own Government.
Forceful and stylised biopic (a sequel of sorts to TV's The Gathering Storm), with the usual thematic diversions from history, but most of what is told is true and it lives or dies by is central star performance, a tour de force of characterisation and make-up.

Written by: Anthony McCarten.
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski.
Director: Joe Wright.
Starring: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane (as Lord Halifax), Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn (as George VI), Samuel West,
Photography: Bruno Delbonnel.
Music: Dario Marianelli.
Make-up: Lucy Sibbick.