Tag: Michael Maloney

Posted in Messiah TV

TV Review: Messiah – The Promise (2004)

With its third instalment The Promise, Messiah loses its way a little bit given the high standards…

Posted in Kenneth Branagh News Photos Shakespeare Theatre

News: Tristram Kenton’s stage archive – the Hamlet edition

I’m loving this deep dive that the Guardian is doing  into Tristram Kenton’s archive, this time featuring…

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TV Review: Robin Hood Series 1

Not one to put on your lockdown watchdown list, Series 1 of Robin Hood proves painfully dull…

Posted in TV Waking the Dead

TV Review: Waking the Dead Series 7

Series 7 of Waking the Dead continues its golden era, with a walloping personal impact for Boyd …

Posted in Film Patrick Marber Richard Eyre

Film Review: Notes on a Scandal (2006)

A marvellously against-type Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett score a huge hit in Notes on a Scandal…

Posted in Spooks TV Zinnie Harris

Lockdown TV Review: Spooks Series 5

Full of shocks that actually mean something, Series 5 of Spooks is one of its absolute best…

Posted in James Graham Peter Morgan The Crown TV

TV Review: The Crown Series 3

Series 3 of The Crown sees new actors in across the board but Olivia Colman is sadly…

Posted in Books Kenneth Branagh Photos Theatre

Book review: The Half – Simon Annand

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

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare

Film Review: Henry V (1989)

”Customs curtsy to great kings” It is instructive to watch performances from Kenneth Branagh such as these,…