Mary Poppins Returns is set 20 years after the 1964 original, and this time, the Banks are having more problems – especially with their bank, since while Michael Banks (Ben Whishaw) lives in the family home with his three children, an unwise investment with Wonga has led to the bank wanting to foreclose, and to […]
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A Very English Scandal centres around the late Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant), an MP who became the leader of the Liberal Party, but – starting in 1965 and with the story going back to 1961 – it was a time when being gay was very much frowned upon back then. Thankfully, times these days are […]
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Paddington 2: This Time It’s Personal… no, that was Jaws IV: The Revenge, but both feature individuals who are little alien in their respective environments because they’re getting hassled by ‘the man’. There’s a complex plot about how Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday is coming up, and the little bear cub decides he should get her […]
Posted in Blu-ray, Movies, Reviews Tags: Aaron Neil, Alex Jordan, Ben Miller, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Cal McCrystal, Catherine Shepherd, Dan Antopolski, David Heyman, David Sant, Deepak Anand, Eileen Atkins, Emeson Nwolie, Enzo Squillino Jr, Geoff Banks, Hamish McColl, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Imelda Staunton, Jamie Demetriou, Jennie Legat, Jessica Hynes, Jim Broadbent, Joanna Lumley, Joel Fry, Julie Walters, Justin Edwards, Kya Garwood, Madeleine Harris, Maggie Steed, Marie-France Alvarez, Michael Bond, Michael Gambon, Nicholas Lumley, Nick Urata, Noah Taylor, Pablo Grillo, Paddington 2, Paul King, Peter Capaldi, Robbie Gee, Robert Stevenson, Sally Hawkins, Sam Payne, Samuel Joslin, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Farnaby, Stephen McDade, Tom Conti, Tom Davis, Virgile Elana No Comments »Bond 25 will see Daniel Craig (above, for the hard of thinking) reprise the role of James Bond in his fifth film in the as yet unnamed movie which has had some alleged plot spoilers leaked, although they’re no doubt about as true as the ‘fact’ that Mr Craig is being paid $100m for the […]
Paddington 2 – it’s coming. Just accept it. Okay, the first one in 2014 was quite funny, but it didn’t need a sequel. However, money talks, so the bear from darkest Peru is back. Voiced by Ben Whishaw, Paddington is now happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a […]
BAFTA 2016 Television nominations have been announced, and the awards will be broadcast on BBC1 on May 8th. Best Actor: Ben Whishaw, London Spy Idris Elba, Luther Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall Stephen Graham, This is England 90 Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running […]
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The 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 premise is simple – Colin Farrell is David, one of a number of individuals who have to go to The […]
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London Spy is a new drama where, since all we saw in the trailer was Spectre‘s Ben Whishaw walking around London, I assumed he was the titular spy. However, Danny (Whishaw) had a far less glamourous occupation – he works in a warehouse where the GPS system always knows your precise location. Makes you realise […]
