Blue Iguana is one of those films where I’m not really sure *what* I watched, but I know I really enjoyed it, as all the scenes put one after the other don’t feel like the sum of their parts, and the film does, at times, feel less than coherent, but at the heart of it […]
The Man Who Invented Christmas centres around how Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) created Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer), Tiny Tim and a number of other classic characters from the timeless tale, A Christmas Carol, as he mixed real life inspirations with his vivid imagination, in what looks like a very amusing family film based on the […]
Mindhorn is a comedy which had me at ‘hello’ when I first saw the trailer, right before I was about to watch Free Fire, so I was gutted when the studio didn’t send enough prints round the UK, meaning my local Odeon (Trafford Centre) couldn’t show it. But now, it’s out on Blu-ray and DVD. […]
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No Comments »Victoria and Abdul tells the tale I’ve never heard of before, where Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal). Directed by Stephen Frears, and based on the novel by Shrabani Basu, it also stars Olivia Williams, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Eddie Izzard, Tim […]
Mindhorn is the name of the late ’80s TV detective played by Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), or so this film would have you believe as… yes, it’s a spoof/comedy! He plays Richard Thorncroft, the titular has-been British TV actor in the series, and in similar style to Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, must work with […]
Brian Pern is the prog-rock brainchild of Rhys Thomas OBE and The Fast Show‘s Simon Day, and this boxset takes in all three series – The Life of Rock, A Life in Rock and 45 Years of Prog and Roll – each of which comprised of just three episodes… not enough, but then I’d rather […]
Posted in Blu-ray, Reviews, TV Series Tags: 45 Years Of Prog And Roll, A Life in Rock, Adjoa Andoh, Al Murray, Alan Ford, Alan Yentob, Alex Jones, Alex Petrides, Anastasia Harrold, Angela Thorne, Anna Maxwell Martin, Anne Nightingale, Ben Newth, Billy Bragg, Bob Mortimer, Brian Pern, Chas Hodges, Chrissie Hynde, Dan Cruickshank, Dan Snow, Danny John-Jules, Dave Peacock, David Arnold, David Baddiel, David Cummings, Dean Thomas, Denis Lawson, Dermot O'Leary, Frances Barber, Jack Whitehall, Jane Asher, John Humphrys, John Thomson, Jools Holland, Julia Deakin, Justyn Thomas, Kathy Burke, Kevin Eldon, Kirsty Young, Lloyd Day, Lorraine Cheshire, Lucy Montgomery, Mark King, Martin Freeman, Martin Kemp, Matt Lucas, Melanie Chisholm, Michael Smiley, Mike Read, Miranda Sawyer, Nigel Havers, Noddy Holder, Noel Edmonds, Paul Gambaccini, Paul Whitehouse, Paul Young, Peter Bowles, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Phil Cornwell, Philip Pope, Rhys Thomas, Rick Parfitt, Rick Wakeman, Roger Allam, Roger Moore, Roger Taylor, Roy Wood, Russell Grant, Simon Callow, Simon Day, Simon Godley, Simon McCoy, Stephen Holbrook, Steven Burge, Suranne Jones, The Life of Rock, Tim Rice, Tony Blackburn, Tony Way, Vic Reeves, Winston Garvey, christopher eccleston, matthew wright No Comments »Four Weddings And A Funeral: Charles is witty and charming, but, at the age of 32, is increasingly looking like a serial monogamist. His life has been full of girlfriends, but he just can’t commit to them. He’s a man so trapped by his Englishness that he can’t truly express his feelings and the more […]
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