Movies I Have Seen - March 2019 (4 movies)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. 2019 (British), Starring Maxwell Simba as William Kamkwamba, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Trywell Kamkwamba, Aïssa Maïga as Agnes Kamkwamba, Lily Banda as Annie Kamkwamba, Joseph Marcell as Chief Wimbe and Noma Dumezweni as Edith Sikelo. Netflix, March 15, 2019, with Dr. Connie Luther. Music by Antonio Pinto.

Mary Shelley. 2017, Starring Elle Fanning as Mary Shelley, Douglas Booth as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Tom Sturridge as Lord Byron, Bel Powley as Claire Clairmont, Stephen Dillane as William Godwin, Ben Hardy as John William Polidori, Maisie Williams as Isabel Baxter, Joanne Froggatt as Mary Jane Clairmont, Derek Riddell as William Baxter and Hugh O'Conor as Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Netflix, March 20, 2019, with Dr. Connie Luther. Trivia: Haifaa Al-Mansour becomes the first Saudi female director ever to direct a Hollywood film. Music by Amelia Warner.

Lady J. 2018, Starring Cécile de France as Madame de La Pommeraye, Edouard Baer Edouard Baer as Le marquis des Arcis, Alice Isaaz as Mademoiselle de Joncquières and Natalia Dontcheva as Madame de Joncquières. Netflix, March 25, 2019, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack:
Portus Felicitatis
Written by Johann Georg Reutter
L'Arlésienne - Suite No. 2: Menuet
Written by Georges Bizet
Performed by Slovenská Filharmónia (as Orchestre Philharmonique Slovaque)
Conducted by Anthony Bramall
Minuets I and II in A Major and A Minor
Written by Claude Balbastre
Performed by Elizabeth Farr (harpsichord)
Minuet in G Major (BWV Anh. 114)
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Walter Heinz Bernstein (harpsichord)
Minuet in G Minor (BWV Anh. 115)
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Walter Heinz Bernstein (harpsichord)
Sonata in C Minor: Allegro espressivo
Written by Giovanni Batissta Pescetti
Performed by Susanna Mildonian (harp)
Concerto in C Major for Harp and Orchestra
Written by François-Adrien Boieldieu
Performed by Lily Laskine (harp)
Dance of the Jester
By Nick Pynn, Richard Durrant, Tom Arnold
Water Music - Suite No. 3 HWV 350 - Gigue I & II
Written by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Aradia Ensemble
Conducted by Kevin Mallon
Concerto Op. 3 No. 2 in G Minor RV 578
Written by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Concerto in D Minor RV 566: Allegro Assai
Written by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Concerto Köln
Conducted by Werner Ehrhardt (as Werner Erhardt)
Sonata in C Major K. 159
Written by Domenico Scarlatti
Performed by Ton Koopman (piano)
Concerto No. 1 in D Minor BWV 1052: Allegro
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Hélène Grimaud
Adagio in C Major BWV 564
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Enrico Viccardi (organ)
Le quattro stagioni: Concerto Op. 8 No. 3 in F Major RV 293, 'L'autumno': II. Adagio
Written by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Il Giardino Armonico
Le quattro stagioni: Concerto Op. 8 No. 2 in G Minor RV 315, 'L'estate': I. Allegro non molto
Written by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Il Giardino Armonico
Sonata Op. 1 No. 12 in D Minor RV 63, 'La Follia': I. Adagio
Written by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Il Giardino Armonico.

A Royal Night Out. 2015 (British), Starring
Sarah Gadon as Princess Elizabeth
Bel Powley as Princess Margaret
Jack Reynor as Jack Hodges
Rupert Everett as King George VI
Emily Watson as Queen Elizabeth
Roger Allam as Stan
Ruth Sheen as Joan Hodges, Jack's Mum
Jack Laskey as Captain Pryce
Fiona Skinner as Annie
John Neville as Spiv
Samantha Baines as Mary. Netflix, March 30, 2019, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "American Patrol" -
Written by F.W. Meacham (uncredited)
Performed by Paul Englishby
I Came I Saw I Conga'd
Written by James Cavanaugh, John Redmond and Frank Weldon
Skoda Lasky A.K.A. 'Beer Barrel Polka'
Written by Jaromir Vejvoda and Václav Zeman
Two Lovely Black Eyes
Written by Charles Coborn
It'a A Long Way To Tipperary
Written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams
The Hokey Cokey
Commonly regarded as traditional, but also attributed to Jimmy Kennedy (as James B Kennedy)
God Save The Queen
Music by Thomas Augustine Arne (uncredited) and lyrics by Henry Carey
Let's All Go Down The Strand
Written by C.W. Murphy and Harry Castling
Tuxedo Junction
Written by Buddy Feyne (uncredited), William Johnson (uncredited), Julian Dash (uncredited) and Erskine Hawkins (uncredited)
Performed by Paul Englishby
In The Mood
Written by Wingy Manone (uncredited), Andy Razaf (uncredited) and Joe Garland (uncredited)
Performed by Paul Englishby
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Music by Mercer Ellington (uncredited) and lyrics by Ted Persons (uncredited)
Performed by Paul Englishby. Anachronisms
The bus ticket machine used only came in in the early 1960s. In 1945, tickets were clipped manually.
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When the Princess and Jack arrive at the air field, we see them driving through a very run down clearly abandoned site, there is paint flaking from buildings and greenery growing from guttering and roadways, suggesting they haven't been used for a long time. While you might expect the site to look 'war torn', you wouldn't expect it to look, disused as it would now.
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Royal footmen didn't wear the gold and scarlet state coats during the war. On VE Day they would still have been wearing the blue battledress-type uniforms.
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In 1945 champagne would more likely have been drunk from champagne saucers not flutes. Although we do see Champagne Saucers forming the cascade which Margaret knocks over.
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The two main characters are wearing dresses that are from the 1950s, typified by the long, full skirts. These dresses are not just out of period, but they would have been illegal to wear during the wartime due to fabric restrictions, which the royal family were careful to follow, as examples to the nation. Princess Elizabeth's shoes are also not appropriate as leather footwear was not available in colours - again, because of wartime restrictions.

Movies I Have Seen - February 2019 (2 movies)

Roma. 2018, Starring Yalitza Aparicio as Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez, Marina de Tavira as Sofía, Fernando Grediaga as Antonio, Jorge Antonio Guerrero as Fermín, Marco Graf as Pepe, Daniela Demesa as Sofi, Diego Cortina Autrey as Toño, Carlos Peralta as Paco, Nancy García as Adela, Verónica García as Teresa, José Manuel Guerrero Mendoza as Ramón, Adela's lover and Latin Lover as Professor Zovek. Netflix, February 19, 2019 with Dr. Connie Luther.

A Hologram for the King. 2016, Starring Tom Hanks, Alexander Black and Sarita Choudhury. Netflix, February 10, 2019 with Dr. Connie Luther.