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The Netflix docuseries Churchill At War, explores his role as leader during World War II, his time as the British Prime Minister and his relationships with his wife and children. During his life as a public figure and leader during the war, Churchill was married to his wife, Clementine, the daughter of Sir Henry Hozier and Lady Blanche Ogilvy. Despite the heavy demands of public life, as seen in the Netflix docuseries and other depictions of Churchill in TV and movies, their marriage was close, and they remained together until Churchill's death in 1965.

Winston Churchill first met his wife, Clementine, in 1904, but they didn't officially begin a relationship until 1908. Churchill proposed to Clementine at a party at Blenheim Place in August 1908, and they married on September 12, 1908. During his time as British Prime Minister during the war, Churchill was heavily supported by his wife, who served in various organizations supporting veterans in war.

Aussie attitudes to immigration are the target of bloody satire in a horror-comedy that eventually gets stuck without a paddle

This is a horror comedy whose two constituent genres, like so much else in this style, cancel each other out: too funny to be scary and yet not funny enough to be funny. Two Heads Creek shows up like a would-be Ozploitation shocker and it’s lively enough, it hangs together and the anti-racist intentions are there. The screenwriter and star is Jordan Waller (who played Randolph Churchill in Darkest Hour).

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Gary Oldman has one of the best-received performances of the year for his turn as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.” One review yet to come in was from the living members of the Churchill family — like his great-grandson Randolph, who showed to a recent press event for the Focus Features release aboard the historic Queen Mary in Long Beach, Ca. “We’re always a little bit nervous about these ventures, but I can say wholeheartedly, Gary, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben have absolutely done us so proud,” Randolph Churchill said. Also Read: 'Darkest Hour' Fact Check: Did Winston Churchill Really Sneak Off to the.

A fascinating study of the life of Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill, is available in this British series that was seen on PBS in the 1970.s. Jennie is most famous as the mother of Sir Winston Churchill, but this view of her life shows the multi-faceted and strong willed woman behind the name. Lee Remick won the Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for her performance as Jennie. American heiress Jennie Jerome was just 19 years old when she met Lord Randolph Churchill and married him, even though both families objected strongly. British society didn.t like the young American women who were flocking to Britain to find titled husbands, and Jenny faced a great deal of opposition. Lord Randolph...

DVD Playhouse—May 2010

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Allen Gardner

Avatar (20th Century Fox) James Cameron beat his own title as box office champ, set with Titanic over a decade ago, with this eye-popping sci-fi epic about a paraplegic Marine name Sully (Sam Worthington), who takes the form of an “avatar,” or virtual being, to go undercover on the planet Pandora, attempting to infiltrate the native Na’vi to gather intelligence that will aid a joint corporate and military operation to rape the planet of its natural resources, destroying its indigenous population in the process. When Sully suddenly “goes native,” he locks horns with the company CEO (Giovanni Ribisi) and his gung-ho commanding officer (Stephen Lang, in a wonderful, scenery-chewing turn from a long-underrated actor). Thought of by many scholars and film buffs as a “game-changer” as much as the first Star Wars film was—and they may be right. While Cameron’s politically-correct...

Christopher Cazenove, who has died of septicaemia aged 64, always dreamed of being a film star, although his father – a brigadier in the Coldstream Guards – wanted him to follow in his military footsteps. Ironically, when Cazenove fulfilled his acting ambitions, he made his name as the blue-eyed, clean-cut hero Lieutenant Richard Gaunt in The Regiment (1972-73). The drama series, following a 1970 pilot, traced the fortunes of the Cotswolds Regiment at the turn of the 19th century – from the Boer War to service in India – through the lives of two families, the Gaunts and the Brights. Cazenove's fame was confirmed when he was featured on the cover of Radio Times.

The old Etonian seemed happy to become typecast playing aristocrats. On television, he was also seen in Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill (1974) as George Cornwallis-West, a...

The cast of "Thor" is finally filling up with the tapping in of Tom Hiddleston. On Monday, May 18, Marvel Studios announced that the award-winning British actor has been cast to portray Loki, Thor's half-brother and archenemy. This unveiling of Hiddleston came out soon after "Star Trek" actor Chris Hemsworth was revealed as the depicter of the god of thunder.

His appointment furthermore shot down speculation of a bigger name, in this case Josh Hartnett, being considered for the part. Variety reported that the studio leaned towards this relatively unknown actor because their idea is "to help auds ease into the property and get to know the character", stressing that, "an established actor would be a distraction".

An adaptation of the comic book franchise launched in 1962, "Thor" will be set in modern time. It tells the story of disabled medical student Donald Blake, whose alter ego is a hammer-wielding Norse god Thor.

Tom Hiddleston is almost unknown in Hollywood but not for long since he has been chosen to portray Loki, Thor's arch-nemesis. Tom Hiddleston screen credits include Randolph Churchill, son of Winston Churchill the wartime Prime Minister, in the film The Gathering Storm. He also appeared in a leading role in Joanna Hogg's film Unrelated (2007).His Donmar Warehouse credits include Cassio in Michael Grandage's production of Shakespeare's Othello alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor to much critical acclaim and Lvov in their West End revival of Chekhov's Ivanov.His TV credits include Detective Martinsson in the BBC drama Wallander and Bill Hazledine in Suburban Shootout.About Loki: Thor's archenemy. The son of Laufey, king of the frost giants of Jotunheim, one of the "Nine Worlds" of the Asgardian cosmology.