Tag: Daniel LaPaine

Posted in TV

TV Review: A Spy Among Friends

Damian Lewis and Anna Maxwell Martin deliver compelling performances but the six episodes of A Spy Among…

Posted in Kiln Theatre Theatre

#AdventwithClowns Day 13 – The Invisible Hand (Kiln Theatre via Sky Arts)

Ayad Akhtar’s clever writing in The Invisible Hand almost makes me understand the financial market and confirms…

Posted in LGBTQ+ TV

TV Review: Van der Valk Series 1

The location shots of Amsterdam are wonderful but Series 1 of Van der Valk is crushingly boring…

Posted in TV Waking the Dead

TV Review: Waking the Dead Series 8

Alas poor Stella. Series 8 of Waking the Dead shakes up the team once again but its…

Posted in John Cameron Mitchell John Logan Penny Dreadful The Good Fight TV

New TV shows to get stuck into

I get stuck into the first episodes of TV shows Van Der Valk, The Good Fight, Gangs…

Posted in Black Mirror TV

12 Days of Christmas – Black Mirror 1:3

“Sorry I go a bit weird and wonky sometimes” On the third day of Christmas, Black Mirror…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Last Chance Harvey (2008)

“Cantankerous I’ve never been” Joel Hopkins’ The Love Punch was a film that worked far better than…

Posted in Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Review: The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s Globe

“I will not hear thee speak; I’ll have my bond” Following the exceptional Rupert Goold/RSC adaptation which…

Posted in Jon Robin Baitz Old Vic Theatre

Review: Other Desert Cities, Old Vic

“Families get terrorised by their weakest members”  In a rare sighting of new writing at the corner…