Shakespeare & Hathaway TV Review: Private inspector Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton) always works alone. Only Frank isn’t doing so well. He might have a brilliant instinct when it comes to solving crime, but he’s also out of shape and low on cash. Frank needs a partner. Frank needs ex-hairdresser and people-person Lu (Jo Joyner). He […]
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Fisherman’s Friends Movie Review: A London music executive, Danny (Daniel Mays), heads to a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend. Towards the end of the weekend, his boss pranks him into trying to sign a group of shanty singing fishermen (led by James Purefoy). Danny soon becomes the ultimate fish out of water. He […]
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Bridget Jones’s Diary Movie Review: Pity poor Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger). She’s the 1990s British everywoman: single, weight-obsessed, and very probably drunk on mid-price white wine. Her life goes from middling to worse when she embarks on a doomed affair with boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). In the background lurks a literal Mr Darcy (Colin […]
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A Christmas Carol Movie Review: It’s Christmas Eve and 7 years before, Ebenezer Scrooge (Patrick Stewart) buries his long-time friend and business partner, Jacob Marley. Since then Scrooge is always in a bad mood. His loyal, but meek clerk, Bob Cratchit (Richard E. Grant), is the target of Scrooge’s cruelty and bitterness. Scrooge’ s nephew, […]
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Cutting It TV Review: The tv series is about hairdressers at war, in love and at work. Allie Henshall (Sarah Parish) and husband Gavin (Jason Merrells) own a successful hairdressing salon and Allie dreams of expansion. However, the site they had their eye on, across the road, is taken over by rival hairdresser Mia (Amanda […]
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The Bletchley Circle TV Review: A group of former World War II codebreakers attempt to make use of their skills in their post-war lives. In the first series we meet the ladies of Bletchley Park seven years after the end of WWII. When Susan (Anna Maxwell Martin) reads about a serial killer who has been […]
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Bleak House TV Review: This mini tv series is an adaptation of Charles Dickens‘ novel of the same name. The story closely follows the characters in the infamous court case of Jarndyce versus Jarndyce that relies heavily on the production of an up-to-date will in order to settle the inheritance. Two young cousins (Patrick Kennedy, […]
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Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Movie Review: After losing all their money to London crime boss Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty) in a card game, twentysomething friends Eddy (Nick Moran), Tom (Jason Flemyng), Soap (Dexter Fletcher) and Bacon (Jason Statham) decide to steal from their drug-dealing neighbour, Dog. So using guns stolen from burglars in […]
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Dragonheart Movie Review: Knight Bowen (Dennis Quaid) attempts to instill the values of King Arthur in his pupil, Prince Einon (David Thewlis), in the hope that he will rule more wisely than his tyrannical father. Einon is given one half of a dragon’s heart after he is wounded in return for promising to rule well, […]
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Skins TV Review: Tony (Nicholas Hoult) and his friends go through their angst-ridden lives, as they grapple with issues of race, religion, sexuality, drugs, and eating disorders. Where to watch – Click here -> Amazon 7/10 Skins is a enjoyable drama series with some nice comedy and touching moments. Also there are some great […]
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