Official Secrets (2019)

My Top 10 Favourite Movies of 2019 (10 movies items)

"It's an account of whistle-blower Katharine Gun and how her disclosing of an incriminating confidential memo affected her life and other people's. Even if I couldn't necessarily grasp the bureaucratic/political details that were being discussed, the insanely high stakes of the situation are still fully conveyed through the tone and skilful acting and direction. One of my favourite scenes is the reveal of a simple mistake that ends up costing the newspaper its reputation. But it's all anchored by"

A good movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was one of the last movies starring Keira Knightley that I haven’t seen, I thought I might as well check it out. I have to admit that I had never heard of Katharine Gun before so it was definitely an interesting story and, at least, it was miles better than the really disappointing ’The Aftermath’ which I also watched recently. In fact, I mentioned Knightley but there was actually a rather big cast involved (Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Northam) and I liked this approach. Indeed, even though the whole thing started with an albeit reckless but still courageous young woman, eventually, this movie clearly displayed that, at the time, in contrary to the US, in” read more