Tag: Emma Thompson

Posted in Film

Film Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

“Just because you’ve got the emotional range of a teaspoon…” aka the one that should have launched…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

“A little louder please, and very clearly. Rid-di-kulus” aka the one that is actually really good  

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare

Film Review: Henry V (1989)

”Customs curtsy to great kings” It is instructive to watch performances from Kenneth Branagh such as these,…

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare

Film Review: Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

“You take pleasure then in the message?” The good bits of Much Ado About Nothing, when done…

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 Film

Film Review: An Education (2009)

“Silly schoolgirls are always getting seduced by glamorous older men, but what about you two?” Lone Scherfig’s…

Posted in Emmy Awards Film & TV awards TV

67th Primetime Emmy Awards nominees

Outstanding Comedy Series Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon)…

Posted in Musicals Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Review: Sweeney Todd, London Coliseum

“At the top of the hole sit the privileged few” And it is mostly the privileged few…

Posted in Music YouTube

Saturday afternoon music treats

Patti LuPone – Anything Goes I got sucked into a LuPone YouTube spiral last week and this…