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Some Mother's Son News

1996 Certificate 15
  • 80
  • from 51 members

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons. Read more

Starring Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, Fionnula Flanagan
Director Terry George
Genres Drama

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  • The Queen

    Having a Hel of a time

    • 05 Feb 2007

    Nothing is certain in this life but death, taxes and Helen Mirren's BAFTA win for The Queen. This has been an annus mirabilis for Britain's sexiest septuagenarian, and the members of the British Academy are not about to rain on her parade. The Oscar is so close she can probably smell it. So far, let's see: she won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for playing Elizabeth I, another Globe for Elizabeth II in The Queen, not forgetting the Volpi cup at the Venice Film Festival, the Broadcast Critics'... Read more