Tag: Oliver Dimsdale

Posted in Film

Film Review: Journey’s End (2017)

A beautifully sensitive film adaptation of Journey’s End that spares none of its horror “Smells like liver…

Posted in Hampstead Theatre Theatre

Review: The Argument, Hampstead Downstairs

“The crisis is over. Isn’t it…?” The Hampstead Downstairs continues its strong run of programming with The…

Posted in LGBTQ+ TV

TV Review: Cuffs Episodes 5-8

“Are you one of those? They’re everywhere in Brighton aren’t they. ‘Yeah, not so many in Halifax…

Posted in Film Shakespeare Theatre

DVD Review: What You Will

“It’s brilliant not to be me” On my way to Bristol to see Filter take on Macbeth, I…

Posted in Not-London Shakespeare Theatre UK

Review: Macbeth, Tobacco Factory

“Full of sound and fury” For those in the know, Filter’s reinterpretations of Shakespeare’s work can be…

Posted in Charles Dickens Not-London Theatre UK

Review: A Tale of Two Cities, Royal & Derngate

“Repression is the only lasting philosophy” Although not intentionally, this year I’ve been racing through the list…

Posted in Film

Film Review: First Night (2010)

“It’s not about reality, it’s about style…feeling…” For my birthday, the present of a DVD that contained…

Posted in Stephen Beresford TV

DVD Review: He Knew He Was Right

“What could be more innocent than visiting the vicar of Cockchaffington?” So having completely tumbled for the…

Posted in TV

TV Review: Breaking the Mould – The Story of Penicillin

“Dirt is the enemy” Breaking the Mould was a 2009 TV movie for BBC4, starring Denis Lawson…