The Critic is a film I was drawn to, because Ian McKellen (Last Action Hero – yes, seriously!) – in the lead role as The Chronicle’s drama theatre critic Jimmy Erskine – is a national …
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The Critic is a film I was drawn to, because Ian McKellen (Last Action Hero – yes, seriously!) – in the lead role as The Chronicle’s drama theatre critic Jimmy Erskine – is a national …
Continue readingCulprits is a new Disney+ drama – on Hulu in the US – and if it has one thing going for it, it delivers an engaging opening to the episodes, the first one setting out …
Continue readingFunny Woman stars Gemma Arterton (Black Narcissus) as Barbara Parker, a young ’60s girl, working in a sweet-making factory, but aiming for the big lights, starting with being a glamour girl, and up for Miss …
Continue readingBlack Narcissus is a new take on the 1947 movie, and novel by Rumer Godden and broadcasts over three nights on BBC1 this Christmas. I’ve never seen that film, nor read the book, but reading …
Continue readingTheir Finest – based on the novel, Their Finest Hour And A Half – in case you wondered why the title didn’t make a huge heap of sense and was wildly ambiguous – centres around …
Continue readingThe Voices stars Ryan Reynolds as Jerry, that chipper guy working 9-5 at a bathtub factory, with the offbeat charm of anyone who could use a few friends. With the help of his court-appointed psychiatrist, …
Continue readingInside No.9 is a new set of darkly comic tales from Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, best known for The League Of Gentlemen and Psychoville. For six weeks, you are invited into six very different …
Continue readingInside No.9 is a new set of darkly comic tales from Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, best known for The League Of Gentlemen and Psychoville. For six weeks, you are invited into six very different …
Continue readingRunner Runner – a film for online gamers. Runner Runner is a film that’s perfect for today’s gamer. The whole storyline is based around online gambling but has the bonus factor of the majority of …
Continue readingByzantium stars Saoirse Ronan as Eleanor Webb, a young girl seen, early on, writing a book about a story which must never be told, and then throws the pages out from her balcony because she …
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