Review of the 2016 movie of Dad’s Army added with inevitable comparisons to the TV series.

07/02/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of the 2016 movie of Dad’s Army added with inevitable comparisons to the TV series.

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01/02/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of The Winter’s Tale at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse added. It was fascinating how removing extraneous concepts and reverting to a dark, candlelit Jacobean theatre made fresh sense of the play.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged James Garnon, John Light, Michael Longhurst, Niamh Cusack, Rachael Sterling, Sam Cox, The Winter's Tale | Leave a Comment »
31/01/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of Damon Albarn’s musical wonder.land at the National Theatre. Huge production based on Aly, a bullied teenager who enters a wonder.land video game, creating an Alice in Wonderland avatar ….

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30/01/2016 by Peter Viney
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25/01/2016 by Peter Viney
Fed up with surveys? Take a look at the new article on SURVEYS (linked).
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19/01/2016 by Peter Viney
Review added of Carol,(LINKED) with Cate Blanchett & Rooney Mara. Evocative romance set in early 50s, but with more smoking than “Mad Men” you wouldn’t fancy having to do much kissing. Not that they do. They mainly smoulder. As do innumerable cigarettes.

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13/01/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of Bridge of Spies added. Directed by Steven Spielberg, script by The Coen Brothers, Music by Thomas Newman and starring Tom Hanks with the phenomenal Mark Rylance. Brilliant.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amy Ryan, Ethan Coen, Gary Powers, Joel Coen, Mark Rylance, Rudolf Abel, Steven Spielberg, Thomas Newman, Tom Hanks | Leave a Comment »
05/01/2016 by Peter Viney
Review of Joy (linked), directed by David O. Ruseell, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert de Niro and Bradley Cooper. Very much a successor to Silver Linings and American Hustle resting on a great lead performance by Jennifer Lawrence. Bit can a story about a better mop being sold on a shopping channel truly wipe the floor?

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31/12/2015 by Peter Viney
Better late than never. We missed the first rush, but my thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens are linked here.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Harrison Ford, J.J. Abrams, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Oscar Issacs, Star Wars | Leave a Comment »
24/12/2015 by Peter Viney
A seasonal article A SECONDHAND CHRISTMAS has been added.
A Merry Xmas to all our readers …
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