Author: Ian

Posted in BAFTA Film Awards Film Film & TV awards Lee Hall

73rd British Academy Film Awards nominations

BAFTA Fellowship Kathleen Kennedy Hideo Kojima Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Andy Serkis Best Film 1917 –…

Posted in Film LGBTQ+

Film Review: Judy (2019)

Renée Zellweger is sensational in Judy, a deeply moving account of Judy Garland’s final months in London…

Posted in Film

Film review: Downton Abbey (2019)

Baron Fellowes of West Stafford stretches not a single muscle in pumping out more of the same…

Posted in Film Film & TV awards Golden Globe Awards Phoebe Waller-Bridge TV

The 77th Golden Globe Awards – winners

Best Motion Picture Drama 1917 The Irishman Joker Marriage Story The Two Popes Musical or Comedy Once…

Posted in Mark Gatiss Steven Moffat TV

Not-a-TV Review: Dracula

Three feature-length episodes of a new take on Dracula prove an indulgence too far “One can have…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)

Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall are always watchable but Mrs Lowry & Son lacks the quality they…

Posted in Broadway Cast Recordings Music Musicals Not-London Theatre

Broadway Album Reviews: The New Yorkers / Kiss Me, Kate! / Beetlejuice

I tackle a trio of  Broadway cast recordings in the shape of Cole Porter’s The New Yorkers,…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Wild Rose (2018)

A Brit-flick with a difference as Wild Rose serves up country music via Glasgow, with great performances…

Posted in Alanis Morissette Anaïs Mitchell Broadway Cast Recordings Music Musicals Not-London Theatre

Broadway Album Reviews: Hadestown / Jagged Little Pill / Oklahoma!

Encouraged by their Curtain Up nominations, I take a quick look at the Broadway cast recordings for…