Tag: Jim Broadbent

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Lockdown film review: Tulip Fever (2017)

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

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Book review: The Half – Simon Annand

The Half – Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage by Simon Annand Just a quickie for…

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Review: Paddington 2 (2017)

I succumb easily to the charms of Paddington 2 and Hugh Grant having the time of his…

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TV Review: King Lear, BBC Two

A contemporary adaptation of King Lear does little to prove its worth on BBC Two “Some villain…

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24th Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees

Film Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by…

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Film Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

“After all this time?” aka the one that wraps it all up, and pisses it away with…

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Film Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

“Why is it, when something happens, it is always you three?” aka the one that gets dark…

Posted in Film Shakespeare

Film Review: Richard III (1995)

“I am not made of stone” The boldness of Shakespearean adaptation can be a car crash when…

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Film Review: Le Week-end (2013)

“Once the kids have gone, what’s left of us?” Renewing the creative partnership between director Roger Michell…