Tag: Robin Pearce

Posted in Film

Film Review: Surge (2020)

There’s committed work from Ben Whishaw in Surge but fatally flawed writing makes it a very difficult…

Posted in Jack Thorne Lin-Manuel Miranda Philip Pullman Phoebe Waller-Bridge TV

TV Review: His Dark Materials, Series 2

No spoilers, but the second series of His Dark Materials is a continued absolute triumph “Your duty…

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Oscar Week Film Review: Darkest Hour

No amount of prosthetics can stop this from being my…Darkest Hour “The deadly danger here is this…

Posted in Black Mirror TV

12 Days of Christmas – Black Mirror 3:6

“He wants people to face the consequences of what they say and do” On the twelfth day…

Posted in Film Mark Gatiss

Hallowe’en Film Review: Victor Frankenstein (2015)

“This is not life” Released last year, Victor Frankenstein has the ignominy of being something of a…

Posted in Alan Bennett National Theatre Theatre

Review: People, National Theatre

“People spoil things” Were I watching Alan Bennett’s new play People at home on DVD, I would…

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Film Review: Charlotte Gray (2001)

Part of Helen McCrory weekend “Is it possible for a person to commit a crime without knowing…

Posted in Henrik Ibsen Jermyn Street Theatre Theatre

Review: Little Eyolf, Jermyn Street Theatre

“Is there something troublesome that gnaws in your house?” My history with Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen has…