Tag: Gina McKee

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TV Review: Bodyguard Series 1

Bodyguard reaches a thrilling climax that is sure to disappoint some but left me on the edge…

Posted in Film

Oscar Week Film Review: Phantom Thread

It may be Daniel Day-Lewis’ apparent last hurrah but Phantom Thread is all about Lesley Manville’s world-conquering…

Posted in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Theatre review

Review: Boudica, Shakespeare’s Globe

“I’d rather walk in blood than walk a slave for he thy Emperor!” For every Blue Stockings,…

Posted in Christopher Hampton Film

Film Review: Atonement (2007)

“I suppose we should start by reading it” Atonement was only Joe Wright’s second film but crikey…

Posted in Brian Friel Donmar Warehouse Theatre

Brexited Review: Faith Healer, Donmar Warehouse

And who is there to lead into…well, god know where? The Donmar’s Faith Healer has a lot of…

Posted in Line of Duty TV

TV review: Line of Duty Series 1

“Do you want me to recrime it sir?” With Jed Mercurio’s Line of Duty about to start…

Posted in Christopher Hampton Florian Zeller Kiln Theatre Theatre

Review: The Mother, Tricycle Theatre

“Living with my son again is the best thing that could possibly happen to me; apart from…

Posted in Hampstead Theatre Mike Bartlett Theatre West End Young Vic

Re-viewing Bull, and Di and Viv and Rose

“If it hadn’t been me, it would have been someone else” In one of those curious co-incidences, Mark…

Posted in Jamie Lloyd Shakespeare Theatre

Review: Richard III, Trafalgar Studios

“Now is the winter of our discontent” Like an addict that really should know better, I held…