Tag: James Dryden

Posted in Jasmine Lee-Jones TV

TV Review: The Long Shadow

A truly top quality cast do their best in The Long Shadow but do we need another…

Posted in Dennis Kelly Film Musicals

Film Review: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022)

Some brilliant set pieces make Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical highly enjoyable, even if it doesn’t quite…

Posted in Film Moira Buffini Simon Stone

Film Review: The Dig (2021)

Simon Stone creates a beautifully warm Britflick in the gentle Sutton Hoo drama The Dig “Don’t let…

Posted in TV

Not-a-TV Review: Close to the Enemy

“We would like some more cabbage please” I wanted to like Close to the Enemy so much…

Posted in Film Tom Stoppard

Lockdown film review: Tulip Fever (2017)

Despite a mostly good cast, Tulip Fever proves a punishingly dull film – not even self-isolation should…

Posted in Film Mike Leigh

Film Review: Peterloo (2018)

I wanted to like Mike Leigh’s Peterloo, I really did… “You must be famished coming all the…

Posted in Martin McDonagh Royal Court Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015

Review: Hangmen, Royal Court

“Don’t worry. I may have my quirks but I’m not an animal. Or am I? One for…