Around the World in 80 Days stars David Tennant as world explorer-to-be Phileas Fogg, and he’s offered a wager of £20,000, which is half his fortune, and the cash equivalent today being almost £2m. In …
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Around the World in 80 Days stars David Tennant as world explorer-to-be Phileas Fogg, and he’s offered a wager of £20,000, which is half his fortune, and the cash equivalent today being almost £2m. In …
Continue readingThe Mezzotint: A Ghost Story for Christmas is set almost 100 years ago in 1922, and begins with museum creator Edward Williams (Rory Kinnear – Ridley Road) playing golf before chancing across a rather odd …
Continue readingA Very British Scandal made me think I’d seen this title before, but that was actually A Very English Scandal, the 2018 Jeremy Thorpe drama with Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw. This is technically ‘series …
Continue readingThe Abominable Snow Baby comes from the mind of the late Terry Pratchett, and while this animation looked interesting to check out, I’m someone who’s partly familiar with his works, but not someone who’s actually …
Continue readingSwan Song stars Mahershala Ali (Green Book) as Cameron Turner, who’s terminally ill. But he’s trying to find a way round that. The film is set in the near future, in a time of self-driving …
Continue readingLast Train To Christmas is set entirely on a train, and begins on Christmas Eve, 1985, with the film’s opening 16:9 aspect ratio neatly changing back to 4:3. After embarking on the vehicle in question, …
Continue readingI Literally Just Told You – the gameshow where anything said could be a question because… Jimmy Carr literally just told us. Yes, Mr Carr needs to top up his pension again. Dom RobinsonReviewer of …
Continue readingWith Love is out in time for Christmas, which is a good idea because that’s what it’s based around. Plus, brother and sister Lily and Jorge Diaz (above) are out to find love in time …
Continue readingThe Girl Before begins with Emma (Jessica Plummer) moving into a minimalist house with Simon (Ben Hardy), but while the building would be Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs‘ wet dream, there’s a number of catches …
Continue readingBeing The Ricardos takes us behind the scenes of I Love Lucy, and the lives of the couple both offscreen and on, Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem). Back in those days, …
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