Movie Review: 'Darkest Hour'
Darkest Hour (2017) Directed by: Joe Wright Written by: Anthony McCarten Starring: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Lily James, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane On December 22, 2017, Universal Pictures released Darkest Hour, a historical dramatization that depicts the ascension of Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) from First Lord of the Admiralty to Prime Minister and the immense challenges he faced in the spring of 1940 - Great Britain's "darkest hour" during World War II. Written by Anthony McCarten ( The Theory of Everything ) and directed by Joe Wright ( Atonement ), Darkest Hour earned six Academy Award nominations at the 2017 Oscars ceremony and took home two trophies (Best Actor - Gary Oldman and Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, and Lucy Sibbick), plus another armful of award and accolades at the Golden Globes, British Film Awards, Austin Film Critics Awards, and other film fetes. Darkest...