Category Archives: review

When Absolutes Are Anything But…. #review #theatre

Posted on May 2, 2018 by

I’ve been having a ‘mare with ordering theatre tickets recently. For our last two trips I seem to have managed to order five tickets for each performance. Ordering four might have some logic in that we might take one or … Continue reading →

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Of pies and prisoners #filmreview

Posted on April 27, 2018 by

When I first started work in a legal role, I was less than poorly paid. So much so I sold my bike to fund a holiday. Even then the best we could manage was a trip to the Channel Islands, … Continue reading →

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Isle Of Dogs #filmreview

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

Everyone who reads this blog know I have an ongoing love interface with Dog. We get each other. When our local picture house announced their first dog friendly screening of the new Wes Anderson film, Isle Of Dogs, I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Plasticine Rocks #earlyman #filmreview

Posted on February 9, 2018 by

I’m not entirely sure when I first saw Wallace and Gromit in action, but I do know it was in The Wrong Trousers. Since then I’ve marvelled at the skill of stop motion animation, the storylines and the in-jokes, adopted … Continue reading →

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It’s All In The Post #thepost #filmreview

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

I remember well All The Presidents Men. Redford and Hoffman, of course but also Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee the fearsome editor of the Washington Post. What distinguished it was the tension that the story telling generated even though we … Continue reading →

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Telling It As It Is #filmreview #threebillboardsoutsideebbingmissouri

Posted on January 22, 2018 by

There are comic moments when you can catch yourself laughing and then checking to see if you’re the only one. Sometimes it’s because of the company you’re in. Mostly it’s because you’re pretty sure part of the joke is the … Continue reading →

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Darkest before Dawn #filmreview #darkesthour

Posted on January 20, 2018 by

I’m a bit of a snob, that’s incontestable. And it can manifest itself in several ways, one of which is an unedifying arrogance about certain aspects of our history. Films that touch on areas I have studied, or read about, … Continue reading →

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