Tag: Jim Broadbent

Posted in Charles Dickens Christmas Theatre West End

Review: A Christmas Carol, Noël Coward Theatre

“Bah humbug” Thing with resolutions is that it is terribly easy to break them. And having resolved…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Mark Gatiss TV

TV Review: London Spy

 “People lie Danny, they lie very well”  Well this was a disappointment wasn’t it, there’s no two…

Posted in Alan Bennett Film National Theatre Theatre

Film Review: The Lady in the Van

“You wouldn’t see Harold Pinter pushing vans down the street” It is more than 15 years since…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Moulin Rouge (2001)

“I’m paid to make men believe what they want to believe”  ‘Spectacular, spectacular!’ It’s donkey’s years since…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Paddington (2014)

“I’m going to stuff you, bear” A rather unexpectedly lovely surprise from the end of last year…

Posted in Christmas Film

Film Review: Get Santa (2014)

“That is one exceptionally clever squirrel” A slightly odd addition to the festive film slate, Christopher Smith’s Get…

Posted in British Independent Film Awards Film Film & TV awards

2013 British Independent Film Awards nominations

Best British Independent Film Metro Manila Philomena The Selfish Giant Starred Up Le Week-End Best Director Sean…

Posted in TV

TV Review: Einstein and Eddington

“We need English science to prove to everyone just how good we are” A 2008 BBC film,…

Posted in Film LGBTQ+ Mark Gatiss

DVD Review: Bright Young Things

“Reader, be glad that you have nothing to do with this world. Its glamour is a delusion,…