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Review: Peterloo (2018)
I’m fully behind everything PETERLOO as a film stands for, and with individual liberties under threat ever more stories like this have become vital. Unfortunately I found the the manner in which Mike Leigh tells this story deeply frustrating. Lancashire, … Continue reading
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Tagged Historical Drama, Maxine Peake, Mike Leigh, Neil Bell, Peterloo, Rory Kinnear, Vincent Franklin
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Netflix Original Triple Bill
You have to say this for Netflix: their original films are an eclectic mix of stories. Here’s my take on just three examples to be found on the ever more interesting and diverse streaming service. TALLULAH (2016) Is TALLULAH anything … Continue reading
Review: Victor Frankenstein (2015)
I know you shouldn’t pre-judge, but I was preparing to get angry at VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN. I do try and avoid preconceptions, but Frankenstein feels very personal to me after dedicating an awful lot of time and effort to my MA … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Scott, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Da Vinci, Daniel Radcliffe, Film, Frankenstein, Horror, James McAvoy, James Whale, Jessica Brown Findlay, Mary Shelley, Max Landis, Movies, Robert De Niro, Rory Kinnear, Son of Frankenstein, Spencer Wilding, Universal, Universal Horror, Victor Frankenstein
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Review: The Imitation Game (2014)
Much like its subject, THE IMITATION GAME has spent many years in obscurity, an unloved script waiting for someone to take a chance on a story about the secretly gay genius who was instrumental in helping bring World War II … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Lawther, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charles Dance, Drama, Film, Game of Thrones, Graham Moore, Guardians of the Galaxy, Headhunters, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Matthew Goode, Morten Tydlum, Movies, Period Drama, Rory Kinnear, Saving Private Ryan, Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Thriller, Tuppence Middleton, War Movie
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Penny Dreadful’s Frankenstein: Faithful and Thoughtful
The following article contains spoilers for Episodes 1 and 2 of Showtime’s new television series PENNY DREADFUL, and for a 196-year-old novel. I’ll admit I’m a sucker for slightly trashy pseudo-historical romps on TV – THE TUDORS, DRACULA and now … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature, Television
Tagged Alex Price, Billie Piper, Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Dracula, Eva Green, Film, Frankenstein, Gladiator, Hammer Horror, Harry Treadaway, Horror, John Logan, Mary Shelley, Movies, Penny Dreadful, Reeve Carney, Robert DeNiro, Rory Kinnear, Skyfall, The Exorcist, The Last Samurai, The Tudors, Timothy Dalton, TV, Universal
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