Posted in Uncategorized on 30/01/2021| Leave a Comment »
Netflix keeps them coming. THE DIG (linked) started yesterday 29th January and is unmissable. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan, Lily James, Johnny Flynn and Ken Stott. This is the story of the discovery of the Aglo-Saxon ship burual at Sutton Hoo in Sussex, taking place just before World War II started in 1939. It’s one of the best films I’ve seen in recent years. A slow burner, but great.
Posted in Uncategorized on 16/01/2021| Leave a Comment »
A film version of BLITHE SPIRIT was launched on Sky on 15 January 2020, and will be on other premium channels. This is Noel Coward’s sublime play. Best read the review. It has been “re-imagined” by a Downton Abbey team. Result?
Posted in Uncategorized on 12/01/2021| Leave a Comment »
Review added of the latest Michael Winterbottom directed film with Steve Coogan, GREED (linked). It is based on tycoon Sir Philip Green, the “unacceptable face of capitalism.’ Coogan excels at playing these characters, here leading a cast with David Mitchell, Isla Fisher, Asa Butterfield, Sophie Cookson, Shirley Henderson, and Miles Jupp. It is very funny, but with a serious underlying theme. On Sky, soon on Netflix.
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/01/2021| Leave a Comment »
What? George Clooney and Felicity Jones and David Oyewole on Netflix at home? This must have been intended as an SFX blockbuster, but here it is. I’ll try to do short reviews of obviously major movies as they appear. THE MIDNIGHT SKY reviewed here. No plot spoilers either.
Posted in Uncategorized on 08/01/2021| Leave a Comment »
A little later this year … my review of my favourite music of 2020. (LINKED) A limited year undoubtedly, but here you go. And the best album of the year is …
Posted in Uncategorized on 03/01/2021| Leave a Comment »
Paul F. Newman wrote an article on Agatha Christie, focussing particularly on TEN LITTLE INDIANS reviewed yestrday. He gave permission for me to reproduce it on this site. So, for much more on Agatha Christie and versions of And Then There Were None, see Paul F. Newman’s 2007 article: Agatha Christie: Deduction in a dell’arte maskreprinted on this site.
Posted in Uncategorized on 02/01/2021| 1 Comment »
It’s been a while since I added to the 60s Retrospective series. This is TEN LITTLE INDIANS from 1965, a version of Agatha Christie’s And Then There were None, but with a happier ending.
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