Journey’s End takes place towards the conclusion of World War I, for a few days from Monday, 18th March 1918 onwards, in St Quentin, Northern France. There’s a stalemate, and the Germans want to break this. It’ll mean an attack from their side, but as each company of soldiers must spend 6 days, out of […]
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Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool is set in the Scouse city in 1981, and it wasn’t until after I saw this that I discovered it was based on a true story. I hadn’t heard of her before and so that’s how I approached watching this which, at the start, finds actress Gloria Grahame (Annette […]
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Save Me centres around Nelly (Lennie James), rather a modern day Arthur Daley, doing a bit of wheeling and dealing here and there, rather than a proper job. He has principles to a degree, but being monogamous isn’t one of them, as he lives with Tina, aka ‘Teens’ (Kerry Godliman), but he’s sleeping with several […]
Posted in Reviews, TV Series Tags: Adrian Edmondson, Alan McKenna, Alexander Arnold, Alice Feetham, Amelia Bennett, Barry Ward, Bryan Senti, Camilla Beeput, Daniel Adegboyega, Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan, Dustin O'Halloran, Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness, Jason Flemyng, Kerry Godliman, Leni Zieglmeier, Lennie James, Marlon Smith, Nadine Marshall, Nicholas Croucher, Nick Murphy, Olive Gray, Patrick Schweitzer, Phil Dunster, Ragevan Vasan, Remmie Milner, Save Me, Stephen Graham, Struan Rodger, Suranne Jones, Susan Lynch, Thomas Coombes No Comments »Walk Like A Panther is a forthcoming comedy about a group of 1980s wrestlers, who are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure. They’re led by father-son duo, Mark (Stephen Graham – Little Boy Blue) and Trevor Bolton (Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake), this […]
Journey’s End is the seminal British play about World War I, set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918. It tells the tale of a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope (Sam Claflin), variously awaiting their fate. Possibly entertainming, but doesn’t look wildly different from anything we’ve seen before. […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge is the first one in the series I’ve watched properly. I never got into them when they first started, so I gave the first one a try a short while back it was on BBC1 (and yes, in 2.35:1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 – they had got that right […]
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Little Boy Blue is a four-part drama based around the horrific real life situation of a drive-by shooting from a bike which hit young Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old boy, a Harry Potter fan like most children, a supporter of Everton FC, and out simply enjoying football practice. After the tragedy, which took place on Wednesday […]
Posted in Reviews, TV Series Tags: Alicia Brockenbrow, Andrew Schofield, Brian F O'Byrne, Christina Bimpson, Clara Mbirimi, Dan Skinner, Danny Wilson, Dr Kulbir Mann, Elizabeth Berrington, Howard Corlett, Jak Corrie, James Nelson-Joyce, Jay Johnson, Jeff Pope, Jodie McNee, Kent Riley, Kwadjo Dajan, Laura Dos Santos, Little Boy Blue, Matthew Roberts, Megan Dawson, Michael Baker, Michael Moran, Nathan Clark Smith, Neil Fitzmaurice, Niall Byrne, Olivia Manning, Paddy Birkenhead, Paddy Rowan, Paul Whittington, Sara Powell, Sinead Keenan, Sonny Beyga, Stephen Graham, Stephen Walters, Steve Gribbin, Sylvie Gatrill No Comments »Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge is the new name for the fifth in the Pirates franchise, which was originally subtitled Dead Men Tell No Tales. Jack is back, and his luck has run out. Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem) has released the most deadly ghost pirates of the sea from the devil’s Triangle. Salazar is […]
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The Watchman centres around security guard Carl Freeman (Stephen Graham – Orthodox), a man who spends all his nights alone in a darkened room, and who sees all but can only phone the police if he spots something dodgy on the streets, rather than being able to take action himself. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames […]
The Secret Agent is mild-mannered shopkeeper Verloc (Toby Jones), who’s been doing some work for the Russian Embassy along the way, but now there’s a new broom at the office in London, First Secretary Mr Vladimir (David Dawson), and he’s going to have to earn his keep by doing more than just half-assed investigatory work […]
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