Send your movie questions to FlickChickIn honor of the marvelous Helen Mirren who walked away from the Golden Globes with a pair of richly deserved awards for The Queen and the television miniseries Elizabeth I this weeks film is John Mackenzies UK gangster picture The Long Good Friday 1980I vividly remember seeing The Long Good Friday when it opened briefly and with little fanfare in New York in 1982 I went into the theater with no expectations and came out feeling as though Id been kicked between the eyes which I mean in the best possible way And I came out in awe of Helen Mirren whom I later realized Id already seen in the notoriously hard-core historical spectacle Caligula 1979 which probably represents the last time Bob Guccione and Gore Vidals names appeared in the same sentence But I digress Caligula is a story for another day Cockney villain Harold Shand Bob Hoskins dreams big and his dreams are on the verge of coming true Guided by his longt
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