A short review this time, as with my second daughter getting married at the end of this week, I have wedding stuff to do! Le-Weekend is the latest from Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Hyde Park on Hudson) and is a distinctly peculiar film. First and foremost, it is brilliantly acted, with Lindsay Duncan and Jim … Read more
I have to admit that all I knew about Leith, before looking it up on Google Maps, was that in the famous tongue-twister the police from there “dismissive up”. But it turns out that Leith is a port-based district of Edinburgh. And very picturesque it is too in Dexter Fletcher’s new musical “Sunshine on … Read more
Whilst opinion has it that he should have followed through and made “Willow 2” (if you haven’t seen the “Life’s Too Short” special by Warwick Davis/Ricky Gervais, you really should!), Ron Howard’s latest film is Rush, the quite remarkable true story of the rivalry of James Hunt and Nikki Lauda culminating in the thrilling finale … Read more
“Porridge”, “On The Buses”, “Are You Being Served?”, Morecambe and Wise – all classic British TV shows that largely crashed and burned when ported to the big screen. So it was with some trepidation that I approached Norfolk’s biggest star – Alan Partridge’s – first big screen adventure. So the large question (cue jingle – … Read more
The World’s End is Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s final film in the so-called “Three Flavours Cornetto” trilogy, following Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. (This is nicely illustrated with a great sight gag in the final scenes). The film’s plot has Simon Pegg as a wastrel forty-something teenager wanting (needing) to … Read more