Tag: Michelle Duncan

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TV Review: Dalgliesh (Series 2)

Bertie Carvel’s Dalgliesh still proves a little too impenetrable in Series 2 but some cracking guest stars…

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TV Review: Elizabeth is Missing

Glenda Jackson is brittle and brutal in the excellent Elizabeth is Missing “How about some Vera Lynn?”…

Posted in Film LGBTQ+ Peter Morgan

Film Review: Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Moralising, heteronormative rubbish. Bohemian Rhapsody really serves its nominal subject very poorly indeed. “No-one knows what Queen…

Posted in Doctor Who LGBTQ+ Mark Gatiss Russell T Davies Steven Moffat TV

Countdown to new Who: Doctor Who Series 2

“Some things are worth getting your heart broken for” David Tennant’s opening season took the template of…

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 Deborah Bruce Orange Tree Theatre Theatre

Re-review: The Distance, Orange Tree Theatre

“I’ve just had a text from Lewisham council” I hadn’t intended to revisit Deborah Bruce’s The Distance…

Posted in Luther TV

TV Review: Luther, Series 3

 “You assert this fabulous moral conscience John, this adherence to unwritten law” Despite finding Ruth Wilson’s performance…

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DVD Review: Lost in Austen

“Is that agreeable? ‘Oh yes, ooh yes’” To the few regular readers of this blog, it will…