I am pleased to report that we are making a little bit of progress with my list of "must-see" movies . Helen Mirren doesn't exactly have goddess status in our household, but she comes pretty close. We saw her in the wonderful Elizabeth I when it was on American TV earlier this year, and we just recently caught up with Prime Suspect 6 on DVD. Of course, Prime Suspect 7 premieres on American TV tonight, and we're very excited about that. But Helen Mirren is not the only reason to see The Queen , in which she portrays the second of England's queens named Elizabeth. The movie begins when Tony Blair became Prime Minister in May 1997 and then skips ahead to the death of Princess Diana later that year. The movie mainly concerns the reluctance of the royal family to leave Balmoral (their estate in Scotland) to come down to London to participate in the public mourning. Almost everyone else believes they must do this, and yet they can only be gently persuaded rather than ordered. I found The Queen Read More...