Tag: Alex Blake

Posted in Christopher Hampton TV

12 Days of Lesley Manville – 1: Dangerous Liaisons (Series 1)

There’s not enough Lesley Manville to give this TV adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons the life it needs…

Posted in Peter Morgan The Crown TV

TV Review: The Crown (Series 6 Part 1)

The first four episodes of the final series of The Crown prove melodramatic nonsense – Princess Di…

Posted in Peter Morgan The Crown TV

TV Review: The Crown Series 5

Imelda Staunton dons the headgear but series 5 of The Crown feels like it is damaging the…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Finding Your Feet (2017)

Finding Your Feet has Imelda Staunton reluctantly doing the hokey cokey – what more could you possibly…

Posted in Peter Morgan The Crown TV

Trailer for Series 5 of The Crown

“Have Royal scandals damaged the country’s reputation?” The Crown has been getting all sorts of advance publicity,…

Posted in Peter Morgan The Crown

First glimpse at Series 5 of The Crown

Posted in Silent Witness TV

TV Review: Silent Witness Series 11

Signs of staleness start to creep in Series 11 of Silent Witness as Nikki ends up in…

Posted in debbie tucker green Film Royal Court

Film Review: random (2011)

I revisit debbie tucker green’s random, this time on screen, 13 years after seeing it onstage, and…

Posted in Film Richard Eyre

Film Review: The Children Act (2017)

The neglect of Stanley Tucci aside, The Children Act does a decent job of bringing Ian McEwan’s…