Has anyone else seen this film yet? We went to see it this afternoon and it really does live up to its billing! I'm not a huge fan of war films - I find they often end up trying to cover too much at too shallow a level. But this one tells a simple story - but tells it brilliantly. The storyline, acting and cinematography…
BBC 1 tonight. A hard watch but a quite riveting performance by Glenda Jackson, former star of Women in Love, an MP for some years and now in her eighties. Its based on a book by Emma Healey. The main character is Maud (Glenda Jackson) who is struggling with Alzheimer’s. The story revolves around two time periods, one when…
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The gritty French Police drama based in Paris started a new series last night on BBC4. It doesn't always show the most romantic side of the French capital!!! There are elements of the story that continues through from the previous series but the latest story centres around the killing of a police chief. Clearly the French…
New police series on BBC1 seems quite promising if somewhat confusing at least at the outset. David
Anyone else trying to watch this adaptation? (BBC2) I caught up with first episode last night, and sort of struggled a bit. Very dark, very heavy on Church politics, some good casting. Might try and give it more attention second time around, it’s not something to knit through I have now realised. I enjoyed the film version…
Went to see the Downton Abbey film today. If you had watched the TV series the film was a pretty seamless move other than they took advantage of cinegraphic effects a lot more, some to good effect others not so. I thought there was more humour in the film than in the TV series perhaps because they had it extended over a…
Went to see Judy last night. Enjoyed the storyline, but not keen on Renee Zellweger as I kept seeing Bridget Jones and Beatrix Potter, although her mannerisms were very good. The story focuses on the last year of her life when she appeared at the Talk of the Town and reflects back to when she appeared as Dorothy Gale. If…
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