Category: Film

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Film Review: On Chesil Beach (2017)

On Chesil Beach proves a most painful watch indeed “Minor seventh might be better” Dominic Cooke’s theatrical…

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Review: Paddington 2 (2017)

I succumb easily to the charms of Paddington 2 and Hugh Grant having the time of his…

Posted in Critics’ Choice Awards Film Film & TV awards Mark Gatiss Stephen Adly Guirgis

24th Critics’ Choice Awards nominees

Best Picture BlacKkKlansman Black Panther The Favourite First Man Green Book If Beale Street Could Talk Mary…

Posted in Film Lin-Manuel Miranda

Film Review: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

54 years is quite the wait for a sequel but Mary Poppins Returns is full of nostalgic…

Posted in Film Film & TV awards London Film Critics Circle Awards

London Film Critics Circle Awards 2018 nominees

Film of the Year BlacKkKlansman Cold War The Favourite First Man First Reformed The Happy Prince Leave…

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Film Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

Despite that title, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society proves unremarkable in its gentle cosiness…

Posted in Film Film & TV awards Screen Actors Guild Awards TV

25th Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees

Film Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Christian Bale – Vice as Dick…

Posted in Alice Birch Film

Film Review: Lady Macbeth (2017)

Who needs Shakespeare when you have William Oldroyd and Alice Birch to give us a chillingly excellent…

Posted in Film Shakespeare

Film Review: Twelfth Night (2018)

With Sheila Atim playing both Viola and Sebastian, this film of Twelfth Night has many a highlight…