Ideal Home is one of those comedies where the title is the opposite of what we’re looking at, as gay couple Paul (Paul Rudd – hope he didn’t forget his character’s first name) and Erasmus (Steve Coogan, overplaying the camp accent) find things change unexpectedly. They’re already at each other’s throats, as the former is […]
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No Comments »Felicity Montagu has been confirmed by Steve Coogan that she’ll be returning to the Partridge fold in This Time With Alan Partridge, which is coming to BBC1 later on in 2018, some 25 years after Alan Partridge’s BBC debut, so yes, Partridge finally gets that second series at the BBC! Smell my cheeeeeese! She played […]
This Time With Alan Partridge is coming to BBC1 later on in 2018, some 25 years after Alan Partridge’s BBC debut, so yes, Partridge finally gets that second series at the BBC! Smell my cheeeeeese! The show will see Alan (Steve Coogan, also known for The Trip trilogy) handed a career lifeline – the chance […]
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. […]
Posted in Blu-ray, Movies, Reviews Tags: Andrea Riseborough, David Holmes, David Schofield, Essie Davis, Harriet Walter, Jack Arbuthnott, Jessica Barden, Julian Barratt, Keefus Ciancia, Laura Hastings-Smith, Mindhorn, Nicholas Farrell, Richard McCabe, Robin Morrissey, Russell Tovey, Sean Foley, Simon Callow, Simon Farnaby, Steve Coogan, Tony Way No Comments »BAFTA 2017 Television Awards took place tonight, and the winners are as follows: Leading actor Adeel Akhtar – Murdered By My Father Leading actress Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley Supporting actress Wunmi Mosaku – Damilola: Our Loved Boy Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. […]
Posted in News Tags: Adeel Akhtar, Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle, Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, BAFTA, Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe, Damilola Our Loved Boy, Emmerdale, Fleabag, Happy Valley, Hillsborough, Joanna Lumley, Michael McIntyre, Michael Mcintyre's Big Show, Murdered By My Father, Muslims Like Us, National Treasure, Nick Fraser, Our Journey to Europe, Panorama, People Just do Nothing, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Planet Earth II, Sarah Lancashire, Steve Coogan, Teenage Prison Abuse Exposed, The Night Manager, The Open Production Team, The People vs OJ Simpson, The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration, Tom Hollander, Victoria Derbyshire, Who Do You Think You Are, Wunmi Mosaku, exodus No Comments »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 […]
BAFTA 2017 Television nominations have been announced, and the awards will be broadcast on BBC1 on May 14th. Leading actor Adeel Akhtar – Murdered By My Father Babou Ceesay – Damilola, Our Loved Boy Robbie Coltrane – National Treasure Benedict Cumberbatch – The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses Leading actress Nikki Amuka-Bird – […]
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The Trip To Spain is the third in Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon‘s occasional but engaging series as they find a reason to traverse the countryside to sample top eateries. We’ve had English restaurants, Italian restaurants, and now – in the third series which sees it moving to Sky Atlantic from BBC2 – Spanish ones. […]
Rules Don’t Apply tells the unconventional love story of aspiring actress Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins), her determined driver, Frank Forbes (Alden Ehrenreich), and the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty), for whom they work. Set in 1958 Hollywood, 1958, small town beauty queen and devout Baptist Marla is under contract to the latter and arrives […]
Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle is another in the long line of Steve Coogan‘s character’s spin-offs and I can’t claim to have seen every last minute of his output, but what I have seen I’ve hugely enjoyed – apart from parts of I’m Alan Partridge Series 2 where he actually looked older than the later ‘Alpha […]
