Tag: Colin Firth

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Book review: The Half – Simon Annand

The Half – Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage by Simon Annand Just a quickie for…

Posted in Film Lin-Manuel Miranda

Film Review: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

54 years is quite the wait for a sequel but Mary Poppins Returns is full of nostalgic…

Posted in Film Musicals

Film Review: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)

On the two viewings I’ve managed so far, I’m pretty sure Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again…

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Album Reviews: Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project / Mamma Mia / Il Divo – A Musical Affair

This trio of album reviews covers Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project, Mamma Mia! The Movie…

Posted in Film Musicals

Film Review: Mamma Mia! (2008)

All hail Mamma Mia! As we tentatively await the sequel, I revisit a film I can’t ever…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Kingsman – The Secret Service (2014)

“I’m a Catholic whore, currently enjoying congress out of wedlock with my black Jewish boyfriend who works…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Before I Go To Sleep (2014)

“You have problems remembering things” I do like a psycho-thriller and Rowan Joffé’s adaptation of SJ Watson’s…

Posted in TV

DVD Review: Pride and Prejudice (1995)

“Your alliance would be a disgrace” This six-part adaptation of Pride and Prejudice has gone down in…

Posted in Film Tom Stoppard

Film Review: Shakespeare in Love (1998)

“Theatre is the handmaiden of the devil” With a theatrical version of Shakespeare in Love about to…