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 ...

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Part road movie and part odd-couple buddy film, Philomena is mainly about having someone live solely in your imagination for 50 years only to experience that person becoming real. It's an ...

The film often flashes back to Philomena s memories of the convent, revealing the details of her pregnancy and the merciless nuns who took her son Anthony away. These expertly handled flashbacks to ...

A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.