The King's Speech (2010)

Forget the DCEU and MCU: grandly staged historical dramas like this one about King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II and stammering deliverer of rousing wartime speeches, form a rich and sprawling KGVIU - King George VI Universe - with Dunkirk and Darkest Hour and other recent big budget historical releases helping to turn boring WWII high school history classes into a rich cinematic tapestry that you feel you could watch stop-start, one movie in conjunction with the others and learn m9re than you ever did from your school books.

★★★★☆

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The Best Offer (2013)

An auction house director becomes besotted with an agoraphobic client who keeps her identity a secret and never shows her face in this rather annoying mystery full of weirdos, peculiar steampunk fairytale flourishes, affected acting, heavy-handed analogies, unconvincing relationships, and shameless red herrings keep you guessing to the end but leave you feeling cheated.

★★☆☆☆

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