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Posted in Film

Film Review: Quartet (2012)

“I do hate getting older, I hate every bloody moment of it”  Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut on…

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Film Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

“You won’t see better for your grey pound” The opening quarter of John Madden’s film The Best…

Posted in Film Martin Sherman

Film Review: Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

 “I’m bored with widowhood” As the aristocratic Lady Conway, Thelma Barlow’s amusing run through the options open…

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Film Review: The Love Punch (2013)

“It’s all gone. Let’s get drunk” There’s something hugely likeable about the amount of fun The Love…

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DVD Review: A Rather English Marriage

“We rubbed along alright” Master of televisual adaptation Andrew Davies turned his hand to Angela Lambert’s novel…

Posted in Soho Theatre Theatre

Review: Microcosm, Soho Theatre

“Two men just watching a bit of Cruise, nothing wrong with that…” The most amusing part of…

Posted in Albums Music Scott Alan

Album Review: Scott Alan – Anything Worth Holding On To

  “When you feel like you just slept through all the best years of your life” This…

Posted in Cast Recordings Music Musicals West End

Album Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Original London Cast Recording)

  “That’s my Charlie, that’s my son” At a time when big new musicals have been dropping…

Posted in Nina Raine Old Red Lion Theatre

Review: Donkey Heart, Old Red Lion

“This has been going on for years…we never put it right, it just repeats.” Mere mortals don’t…