Tag: Penny Ryder

Posted in Christmas TV

TV Review: Motherland – Last Christmas

With Anna Maxwell Martin and a shirtless Oliver Chris, Motherland – Last Christmas is a real festive…

Posted in Digital Hampstead Theatre Inua Ellams Musicals News Theatre West End

Round-up of August theatre news

Hampstead Theatre has announced its remaining Main Stage productions for 2021. Stockard Channing and Rebecca Night will perform in the Pulitzer…

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TV Review: Motherland Christmas special

Motherland continues to excel with this sharp-edged and scabrously funny Christmas special “What absolute shite are you…

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare

Film Review: All Is True (2018)

Ben Elton and Kenneth Branagh latter-day Shakespeare biography All Is True is at once precious and poignant…

Posted in Film Lee Hall

Oscar Week Film Review: Victoria and Abdul

Not even Judi Dench can save this irresponsible look at the British colonial legacy, Victoria and Abdul…

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TV Review: Motherland (Series 1)

Anna Maxwell Martin shines in funny new sitcom Motherland “It’s better now I’ve got this nanny…” Between…

Posted in Shakespeare The Hollow Crown TV

TV Review: The Hollow Crown – The Wars of the Roses: 3. Richard III

“The king’s name is a tower of strength” The Hollow Crown reaches its climax with a solid…

Posted in Film Kenneth Branagh

DVD Review: My Week With Marilyn

“I thought you hated all that Royal Court stuff”  I never quite got round to watching My…

Posted in Film

Film Review: Wimbledon (2004)

“Four million tennis players in the world, and I’m 119th. But what that really means is this…