Tag: Jim Broadbent

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12 Days of Lesley Manville – 12: The Go-Between

Ben Batt is suitably swoonworthy but this TV adaptation of The Go-Between is perhaps just a little…

Posted in Film Nick Payne

Film Review: The Sense of An Ending (2017)

The Sense of An Ending “How often do we tell our own life story? How often do…

Posted in Agatha Christie TV

TV Review: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?

Directed by Hugh Laurie, Agatha Christie adaptation Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? is an diverting bit of…

Posted in Jessica Swale TV

TV Review: Ten Percent

Ten Percent remakes Call My Agent for the English and loses pretty much all of its charm…

Posted in Film Richard Bean

Film Review: The Duke (2020)

Roger Michell’s hugely enjoyable and wonderfully warm-hearted film The Duke stars Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren “Be…

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Film Review: Dolittle (2020)

Sadly falling short of the ‘so bad it is so very good’ mark, this Robert Downey Jr-led…

Posted in James Graham Musicals

Get a vaccine and get the ‘Rhythm of Life’

Ours is not to reason why but Josie Rourke has made a star-studded video, written by herself…

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TV Review: Black Narcissus

A quality cast including Gemma Arterton and Dame Diana Rigg can’t save Black Narcissus for me “Better…

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Book review: Time To Act – Simon Annand

Simon Annand’s Time To Act is a beautiful book of photos capturing actors in the minutes before…