Wantonly staid and sentimental where his earlier work was austere and intuitive, “Blitz” is old-fashioned in its ... delicate stillness of Ronan’s face, “Blitz” burns with the ...

The barrage of bombs obviously presents a mortal danger to him, but there are other obstacles for a nine-year-old around every ... of British unity in the face of the Blitz, a reminder that ...

Blitz stars the newcomer Elliott Heffernan as George, a 9-year-old whose devoted single mother ... as if to rub the viewer’s face in their misery. A sequence in which George must steal jewelry ...

The director also discusses writing his first original song for a film and the relief on discovering that Saoirse Ronan could 'sing like a bird' “Blitz ... a 9-year-old boy — played by ...

Blitz feels like a gloriously old-fashioned epic shot through a modern lens. McQueen potently handles themes of race, class and gender: the general vibe of warm community spirit is punctured by ...

Taken on its own terms, “Blitz” is well done, but it could almost be a Barry Levinson Oscar-bait movie from 1992. The central character, George (Elliott Heffernan), is a 9-year-old boy with a ...