Tag: Rufus Jones

Posted in Film

Film Review: Wonka (2023)

With more than a little debt to the aesthetics of Paddington, Timothée Chalamet leads musical romp Wonka…

Posted in LGBTQ+ TV

TV Review: Four Lives

I finally get round to watching the achingly poignant Four Lives, a searching dramatisation of institutional failings…

Posted in TV

TV Review: Eric, Ernie and Me

Tea Ern? I finally catch up with the delightful 2017 TV film Eric, Ernie and Me “So,…

Posted in Film Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe

Film Review: Bill (2015)

Bill reunites the Horrible Histories crew around Shakespeare and features a vivid if too brief turn from…

Posted in Messiah TV

TV Review: Messiah – The Promise (2004)

With its third instalment The Promise, Messiah loses its way a little bit given the high standards…

Posted in TV

TV Review: W1A (Series 3)

W1A remains entirely watchable in Series 3 but repetition sets in to blunt its comic edges “It…

Posted in TV

TV Review: W1A (Series 2)

Something doesn’t quite click right with Series 2 of W1A, as it struggles to live up to…

Posted in TV

TV Review: W1A (Series 1)

Series 1 of W1A hits the spot when its humour tends towards the gently absurd. And at…

Posted in Terry Johnson Theatre West End

Review: Dead Funny, Vaudeville Theatre

“Benny Hill? Oh, for fuck’s sake…” I started off Terry Johnson’s production of Dead Funny concerned that…