Tag: Sam Spruell

Posted in Courttia Newland Rebecca Lenkiewicz TV

TV Review: Small Axe

Steve McQueen’s anthology flm series Small Axe is an absolute triumph as it depicts the West Indian…

Posted in LGBTQ+ TV

TV Review: Liar Series 2

Series 2 of Liar shifts the focus from rape to murder but does little to raise this…

Posted in Spooks TV Zinnie Harris

Lockdown TV Review: Spooks Series 6

AKA the one that doesn’t work and the one that you should avoid if you’re feeling angsty…

Posted in Howard Brenton Spooks TV

Lockdown TV Review: Spooks Series 3

It’s all change at Thames House as Series 3 of Spooks sees the original core team leave…

Posted in Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Theatre review

Review: Othello, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

“O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains” In…

Posted in Lyric Hammersmith Mark Ravenhill Theatre

Review: Shopping and Fucking, Lyric Hammersmith

“The getting is cruel, is hard, but the having is civilisation”  Shopping and Fucking. Shopping and fucking….

Posted in Film

Film Review: Legend (2015)

“It took a lot of love to hate him” On the one hand, Legend has a pair…

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: To Kill A King (2003)

“This is not war…” As with many historical films, it is easy to get caught up in…