Review – The Mimic (Channel 4)
Really enjoyed this. It was billed as “a heart-warming comedy series” and that’s actually how I experienced it. It centres on the …
War Horse
Finally saw the original stage play of War Horse last night, at the New London Theatre in the West End. Had been …
Worried About The Boy
Worried About the Boy – part of BBC2′s line up of 1980s inspired films and documentaries – was a biopic of Boy …
Loving and leaving Lolita
I finished Lolita last week. I enjoyed it a lot. Not, rather obviously, the subject matter. It’s dark, disturbing, unnerving. There are …
Review: Wallander (Episode 4 – Faceless Killers – BBC)
I enjoyed Wallander which returned to our screens this evening. From the stylized opening credits and background music, this instantly feels different …
A farewell to 2009 and to this decade
Wow. It really doesn’t seem so very long ago that I was writing my 2008 retrospective. The older you get, the faster …
An Englishman in New York (ITV1)
The made-for-television movie ‘An Englishman in New York’ premièred this evening on ITV1 at 9pm. Very, very good indeed. Probably the best …
True Blood
I really enjoyed True Blood which premièred on Channel 4 this evening. From the director of Six Feet Under – this is …