The A Word centres on Joe Hughes, a five-year-old boy who, with the assistance from specialists, we can see will be diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum and this drama shows that for his …
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The A Word centres on Joe Hughes, a five-year-old boy who, with the assistance from specialists, we can see will be diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum and this drama shows that for his …
Continue readingOccupied taps into the the global warming paranoia, due to hurricanes and the like that’s happening all around the world. Set in the near future, the USA has become completely self-sufficient with their energy needs, …
Continue readingThirteen is the first drama commissioned for BBC3 as an online-only channel, yet like all of its new programmes they’re clearly contractually obliged to air on normal TV as well, so basically they’re getting a …
Continue readingAudition starts with the heart-wrending situation for Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) whose wife, Ryoko (Miyuki Matsuda), passes away. Seven years later, his son wants him to marry again. It’s not an easy task to meet …
Continue readingThe Progman centres around investigative Sunday Times sports writer David Walsh (Chris O’Dowd) covering the Tour de France, getting suspicious about Lance Armstrong’s (Ben Foster) team because they’re winning tour after tour, but Armstrong can’t …
Continue readingOne Child is part of BBC’s China Season and the title is also the policy within China of one child per household. That policy plays a part in this, but it doesn’t dominate the proceedings, …
Continue readingPride And Prejudice And Zombies started off okay. The title tells you everything you need to know and the movie sets the scene with an opening monologue from a posh-sounding Lily James as the post …
Continue readingThe Lobster, sadly, didn’t win the Outstanding British Film at the BAFTAs, as that went to Brooklyn, but if it were available, it would easily win the ‘Weirdest Film’ award of the past year. The …
Continue readingTrumbo, Dalton Trumbo. Prolific and successful screenwriter but a communist. Hollywood liked the former, but not the latter. The film begins in 1947, yet Trumbo joined the Communist Party of the USA in 1943 after …
Continue readingThe Big Short doesn’t sound like the typical movie that would excite an audience – a drama based on bankers and the impending collapse of the housing market towards the end of the last decade. …
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