Film Review: The Children Act (2017)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 19 November 2018 Ian McEwan’s penchant for fine storytelling is on display once more in The Children Act….
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Review: National Theatre Live: Angels in America (2017)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 14 September 2017 “In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we’ve left…
Film Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 20 March 2017 It’s finally here. The live Disney musical we’ve all been waiting for. Twenty-six years after…
Film Review: Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 12 September 2016 It’s been 12 years since Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) graced the big screen, and quite…
Film Review: Burnt (2015)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 22 October 2015 Bradley Cooper + food. Who could ask for anything more? While our television screens remain…
Film Review: A Walk In The Woods (2015)
byWritten by Kevin Hawkins Originally published 1 September 2015 Given how much the film and literary worlds love mingling with one another, it’s no…
Film Review: Men, Women & Children (2014)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 27 November 2014 You are reading this on the internet, probably with another tab opened on social media….
Film Review: Saving Mr Banks (2013)
byWhen we watch a film, we often lose focus on the complexities and persuasion that it took behind the scenes to get a film even into production. As is the case with the production of Mary Poppins in the early 1960s when Walt Disney finally lured Poppins author P.L. Travers to Hollywood.
Film Review: Beautiful Creatures (2012)
byIf you’re a fan of teenage fiction, especially the supernatural kind, you’ll anticipate the plot as you go along. Intense adolescent love, implied sex scenes that are powerful enough to quite literally start fires, long gazes with no words spoken, not to mention a bottomless bag-full of tricks, spells and special effects, Richard La Gravenese’s adaptation has it all.
Film Review: Men In Black III (2012)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 24 May 2012 The first Men In Black film was a fun, comic book style adventure that successfully…