{"id":9453,"date":"2017-12-04T21:05:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T05:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/?p=9453"},"modified":"2018-01-14T21:19:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T05:19:48","slug":"darkest-hour-movie-review-discussion-panel-and-special-exhibit-on-the-queen-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/darkest-hour-movie-review-discussion-panel-and-special-exhibit-on-the-queen-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"DARKEST HOUR movie review, discussion panel, and special exhibit on The Queen Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9457\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3400.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9457\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/darkest-hour-movie-review-discussion-panel-and-special-exhibit-on-the-queen-mary\/the-finest-hour-exhibit-event-at-the-queen-mary-long-beach-usa-02-december-2017\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3400.jpg?fit=1300%2C867&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1300,867\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Eric Charbonneau&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Gary Oldman&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1512237266&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Eric Charbonneau&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Finest Hour Exhibit Event at The Queen Mary, Long Beach, USA - 02 December 2017&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Finest Hour Exhibit Event at The Queen Mary, Long Beach, USA &amp;#8211; 02 December 2017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Gary Oldman&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3400.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3400.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3400.jpg?w=1300&amp;ssl=1 1300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3400.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3400.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3400.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Oldman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This past weekend, I attended a special screening of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/focusfeatures.com\/darkesthour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Darkest Hour<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a movie about Winston Churchill&#8217;s election to Prime Minister and his decision to take Britain to war. After the screening at the Pacific Design Center, we took a shuttle to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenmary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Queen Mary<\/strong><\/a> in Long Beach. There, we attended a panel discussion with some of the film&#8217;s talent and crew. We also got a sneak preview of the Queen Mary exhibit,\u00a0<strong><em>Their Finest Hours<\/em><\/strong>, and enjoyed a cigar and whiskey reception party on deck.<\/p>\n<h2>About <em>Darkest Hour<\/em><\/h2>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_51567\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JQAYFbcgf60?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=light&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent,\u00a0Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms.\u00a0 As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman).\u00a0 While maneuvering his political rivals, he must confront the ultimate choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people at a terrible cost or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds. \u00a0Directed by Joe Wright, <strong>DARKEST HOUR<\/strong> is the dramatic and inspiring story of four weeks in 1940 during which Churchill\u2019s courage to lead changed the course of world history.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Darkest Hour\u00a0<\/em>movie review<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZPPa4qFnvw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZPPa4qFnvw\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Darkest Hour (@darkesthour)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I get quite emotional when I watch movies, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/focusfeatures.com\/darkesthour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Darkest Hour<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was no exception. First off, I&#8217;m glad I watched the entire first season of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2noFLB0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>The Crown<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0this summer, because watching that made me interested in British Politics and world history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/focusfeatures.com\/darkesthour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Darkest Hour<\/em><\/strong><\/a> takes place during World War II, when the Nazis have taken most of France. Winston Churchill, recently appointed as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom despite his lack of popularity, has the weight of the nation on his shoulders. Gary Oldman does an amazing job of portraying Winston Churchill in this cinematically intense movie. His &#8220;big&#8221; acting style filled the shoes of the larger-than-life Churchill perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Wright&#8217;s interpretation of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/focusfeatures.com\/darkesthour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Darkest Hour<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>writer Anthony McCarten&#8217;s script gave it an intense, edge-of-of-your seat thriller-type feel. I enjoyed seeing the contrast of Churchill&#8217;s brute personality with the public and the softer side we saw interacting with his wife Clementine (played by Kristen Scott Thomas) and his assistant Ms. Layton (played by Lily James).<\/p>\n<p>Churchill, known for mumbling his steady stream of consciousness, was an excellent orator. Gary Oldman nailed this role, and the editorial cutaways to Churchill&#8217;s thought process and speech drafts gave the movie depth and emotion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/focusfeatures.com\/darkesthour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Darkest Hour<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is a must-see, whether you are a history buff or not. It will make you more aware of the world around you, and think about what&#8217;s important in life and what you personally stand for. It brought tears to my eyes to see a nation stand up for what they believed in.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Darkest Hour <\/em>discussion\u00a0panel<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9458\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3150.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9458\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/darkest-hour-movie-review-discussion-panel-and-special-exhibit-on-the-queen-mary\/the-finest-hour-exhibit-event-at-the-queen-mary-long-beach-usa-02-december-2017-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3150.jpg?fit=1300%2C867&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1300,867\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Eric Charbonneau&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Scott Mantz, Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn and Randolph Churchill - Great Grandson of Winston Churchill&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1512233803&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Eric Charbonneau&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;110&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;8000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Finest Hour Exhibit Event at The Queen Mary, Long Beach, USA - 02 December 2017&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Finest Hour Exhibit Event at The Queen Mary, Long Beach, USA &amp;#8211; 02 December 2017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Scott Mantz, Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn and Randolph Churchill &amp;#8211; Great Grandson of Winston Churchill&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3150.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9458\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3150.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3150.jpg?w=1300&amp;ssl=1 1300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3150.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3150.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3150.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Mantz, Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn and Randolph Churchill &#8211; Great Grandson of Winston Churchill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9459\" style=\"width: 1300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3066.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9459\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/darkest-hour-movie-review-discussion-panel-and-special-exhibit-on-the-queen-mary\/the-finest-hour-exhibit-event-at-the-queen-mary-long-beach-usa-02-december-2017-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3066.jpg?fit=1300%2C867&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1300,867\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Eric Charbonneau&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Bruno Delbonnel, Sarah Greenwood, Craig Berkey, Valerio Bonelli, Jacqueline Durran and Katie Spencer&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1512232264&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Eric Charbonneau&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Finest Hour Exhibit Event at The Queen Mary, Long Beach, USA - 02 December 2017&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Finest Hour Exhibit Event at The Queen Mary, Long Beach, USA &amp;#8211; 02 December 2017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bruno Delbonnel, Sarah Greenwood, Craig Berkey, Valerio Bonelli, Jacqueline Durran and Katie Spencer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3066.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9459\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3066.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3066.jpg?w=1300&amp;ssl=1 1300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3066.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3066.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EC1_3066.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruno Delbonnel, Sarah Greenwood, Craig Berkey, Valerio Bonelli, Jacqueline Durran and Katie Spencer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday, December, 2nd, <b>Gary Oldman<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Ben Mendelsohn<\/b>,\u00a0<b>Randolph Churchill (Winston Churchill\u2019s great grandson)<\/b>, cinematographer\u00a0<b>Bruno Delbonnel<\/b>, sound editor\u00a0<b>Craig Berkey<\/b>, costume designer\u00a0<b>Jacqueline Durran<\/b>, production designer\u00a0<b>Sarah Greenwood<\/b>, set decorator\u00a0<b>Katie Spencer<\/b>, and editor\u00a0<b>Valerio Bonelli<\/b>\u00a0previewed\u00a0<i><u>Their Finest Hours<\/u><\/i>\u00a0exhibit on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenmary.com\/\">The Queen Mary<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few things I learned during the panel discussion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A big part of\u00a0<em>Darkest Hour<\/em> was the lighting. The sunlight and shadows reflected Winston Churchill&#8217;s mood and personalities, whether it was his public or private persona.<\/li>\n<li>The pace of the movie was like that of\u00a0<em style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">The West Wing<\/em><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">, where the set was like a maze and the camera moved across the set, from room to room.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Gary Oldman&#8217;s prosthetic face and fat suit were constructed in L.A. before moving the process to London<\/li>\n<li>The editing for this movie was unconventional, as the editing was paced fast despite the dialogue length<\/li>\n<li>Timing was everything in editing<\/li>\n<li>Creating the sets was very tricky<\/li>\n<li>Gary Oldman had worked with costume designer Jacqueline Durran before<\/li>\n<li>Director Joe Wright gave the actors an enormous amount of space and was extremely collaborative<\/li>\n<li>Randolph Churchill appreciated how Winston Churchill&#8217;s humor was captured in this movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><em>Their Finest Hours<\/em> Exhibit on The Queen Mary<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BcQjyFNFl8u\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BcQoedxlKNm\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by ruby westsidemommy (@westsidemommy)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenmary.com\/\"><strong>The Queen Mary<\/strong><\/a> is opening their latest exhibit,\u00a0<em><strong><u>Their Finest Hours<\/u><\/strong><\/em>, on December 7<sup>th<\/sup>. The exhibit will showcase several Churchill artifacts and letters along with set pieces from <em><strong>DARKEST HOUR<\/strong><\/em>, including the replicas of the War Rooms where Winston Churchill and the Allies plotted Hitler\u2019s defeat. Learn why the\u00a0Queen Mary\u00a0was Churchill\u2019s secret weapon and see where history was made.<\/p>\n<h4>The Queen Mary Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenmary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.queenmary.com\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<h1><em>Darkest Hour<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/darkesthour.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9456\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/darkest-hour-movie-review-discussion-panel-and-special-exhibit-on-the-queen-mary\/darkesthour\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/darkesthour.jpg?fit=828%2C315&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"828,315\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"darkesthour\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/darkesthour.jpg?fit=640%2C243&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9456\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/darkesthour.jpg?resize=640%2C243&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/darkesthour.jpg?w=828&amp;ssl=1 828w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/darkesthour.jpg?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/darkesthour.jpg?resize=768%2C292&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>DIRECTOR:\u00a0<\/strong>Joe Wright<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>WRITTEN BY:\u00a0<\/strong>Anthony McCarten<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>STARRING:\u00a0<\/strong>Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, and Ben Mendelsohn<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>RELEASE DATE:\u00a0<\/strong>November 22 (NY\/LA); December 2017 (additional cities)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more info, please follow the film on social:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkesthourfilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.darkesthourfilm.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512522071849000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFkLfuOhueFgwSGcIjwGZFue2kq4g\">Official Site<\/a>\u00a0I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darkesthourfilm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darkesthourfilm\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512522071849000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHOxlmHWIW4Vopdntp3LA2qxxgjBg\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkestHour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkestHour&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512522071849000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGt8NXg2HQlZjBtqu_ipAny_tT22A\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/DarkestHour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/DarkestHour&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1512522071849000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFqTL30XGqrquA8J-4gfk8-dc-Bvw\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>#DarkestHour<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: I attended this special event as a member of the media. Photos provided by Focus Features except when indicated. No monetary compensation was exchanged for this post. All opinions are my own.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, I attended a special screening of\u00a0Darkest Hour, a movie about Winston Churchill&#8217;s election to Prime Minister and his decision to take Britain to war. After the screening at the Pacific Design Center, we took a shuttle to The Queen Mary in Long Beach. There, we attended a panel discussion with some of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[906],"tags":[1700,1318,1702,806,1701],"class_list":["post-9453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements","tag-darkesthour","tag-focusfeatures","tag-longbeach","tag-movie","tag-thequeenmary","eq-blocks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p46LgQ-2st","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9554,"url":"https:\/\/www.westsidemommy.com\/site\/chill-at-the-queen-mary-winter-2017-season-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":9453,"position":0},"title":"CHILL at The Queen Mary Winter 2017 Season Review","author":"westsidemommy","date":"January 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"By Jonna (mom of two, wife of one) After a few years of The Queen Mary's CHILL being on our holiday \"to do\" list we finally made it and had a blast! 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