Helen Mirren: An Appreciation

One of my favorite actresses has a new movie about to come out, Red, based on the Warren Ellis comic. Cinematical does a nice article about her career here. It includes a smoking hot video of her from her youth, shot 10 years before I first discovered her in the late 1970s. She is a combination of class and sex appeal, and a very strong, intelligent actress.

Sadly, they neglected to mention one of her best movies, The Long Good Friday, which is one of my all time favorite crime films. It was a low budget British flick that came out in 1980 starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. I saw it when I was living over there. It has Pierce Brosnan’s first movie role (no dialog). Here’s the trailer. Watch it if you haven’t. It’s fantastic.

I hope to be seeing Red this weekend. Looks fun.