Tag: Gemma Arterton

Posted in Digital Film Short Films

Short Film Review #21

Does God Play Football? is utterly heart-warming – it’s northern, has Helen McCrory, a cute moppet and…

Posted in TV

DVD Review: Capturing Mary (2007)

“Is that the back of Evelyn Waugh’s head?” Whether you care for his work or no, the…

Posted in TV

DVD Review: Lost in Austen

“Is that agreeable? ‘Oh yes, ooh yes’” To the few regular readers of this blog, it will…

Posted in Film Moira Buffini

Film Review: Tamara Drewe (2010)

“You’re just a sex object, no-one would have you” I did a lot of travelling this weekend…

Posted in Film Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

DVD Review: Love’s Labours Lost, Shakespeare’s Globe

“He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument” Working my…

Posted in BAFTA Film Awards Film Film & TV awards

64th British Academy Film Awards nominations

BAFTA Fellowship Sir Christopher Lee Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Harry Potter film series Best Film Black…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Henrik Ibsen Theatre

Review: The Master Builder, Almeida Theatre

“I have underwear in my haversack” I have made no secret of my issues with Ibsen on…

Posted in Jamie Lloyd LGBTQ+ Theatre West End

Review: The Little Dog Laughed, Garrick Theatre

“You’re like Huckleberry Finn on a raft of rent boys” I’m not sure at what point something…