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Long live the queen indeed. Olivia Colman maintained her perfect Golden Globes record on Sunday, taking home Best TV Drama Actress for “The Crown.” The Oscar winner previously won for her supporting turn on the AMC limited series “The Night Manager” three years ago and for her eventual Oscar-winning performance in “The Favourite” last year.

While many stars have gone 2 for 2 at the Globes, including last year’s TV drama actress winner Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”), it’s much more difficult to bat 1000 at three-plus nominations for acting. Martin Landau also went 3 for 3, prevailing for the second season of “Mission: Impossible” in 1968 and then on the film side for his supporting performances in “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” (1988) and “Ed Wood” (1994), the latter of which earned him an Oscar.

See Golden Globes: Complete list of winners in all 25 categories

Neither Colman nor Landau have anything on Rosalind Russell though.

In 91 years, no one has ever been Oscar-nominated for playing a pope. That could change this year if Jonathan Pryce (lead actor) and Anthony Hopkins (supporting) are recognized for the crowd-pleasing “The Two Popes,” as, respectively, Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI.

The film depicts their mutual wariness, which turns into friendship. And thanks to director Fernando Meirelles and writer Anthony McCarten, it also packs a punch in dealing with the men’s very different socio-political backgrounds.

“The Two Popes” sounds like a TV movie that would be shown on cable every Easter. In fact, Italian TV has done a bevy of papal biopics over the years, and America has had a hand in several, including Jon Voight (!) in the 2005 “Pope John Paul II” miniseries.

But Vatican City has rarely appeared on the big screen. “The Agony and the Ecstasy” (1965) and “The Shoes of the Fisherman” (1968) were both intended as...

Cinema Releases for the Week 03/05/09

Beautiful - New Aussie feature from debut writer/director Dean O'Flaherty. I thought it was a pretty mess.

Dean Spanley - Toa Fraser's period comedy starring Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam, Pete O'Toole and Bryan Brown. It is a co-production between the UK and Fraser's native New Zealand.

Jcvd - Jean Claude Van Damme stars in this self-mocking movie. Screens exclusively at Acmi here in Melbourne. For other states I can't tell ya, unfortunately.

Let the Right One In - If this movie were being released wide I'd make a joke and hoping fans of Twilight go see it and then realise what they've been wasting their time on. Alas, it's only screening at one cinema in Victoria and I'm sure not many more around the rest of the nation. I didn't think it was the greatest thing since sliced bread when I saw it at Miff last year,...