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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAINBOW (JUDY)

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During last year's awards season, BBC Films gave us a tale of two Hollywood icons in the late autumn of their careers enjoying one last hurrah in Britain and Ireland. For this year's awards season, guess what? BBC Films has given us a tale of a Hollywood icon in the late autumn of her career enjoying a last hurrah in London. Despite good performances from Steve Coogan and John C Reilly as 'Stan and Ollie', Jon S Baird's film failed to cut through during last year's awards season. A different fate would appear, however, to be awaiting Rupert Goold's 'Judy', with its star, Renee Zellweger widely expected to walk away with the Oscar tonight for Best Actress. Goold's film, penned by Tom Edge, is a melancholic look at the dimming of a Hollywood star. At the start of the film, Zellweger's Judy Garland is turfed out of her luxury hotel suite, where she lives with her children, Bella Ramsey's Lorna Luft and Lewin Ll