Love Actually has earned its status as a modern Christmas classic
When I was a child, there was a list of films that I believed to be unquestionable Christmas classics. We’re talking movies such ...
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Movies
LFF Review: Ron’s Gone Wrong
While some of the features on offer this festival aren’t for the faint of heart (looking at you, Titane), Ron’s Gone Wrong is ...
Television
Season 4 trailer for The Crown sets up tragedy
With its season four trailer, Netflix is moving The Crown ever-closer to modern times, with the 20th century in its second half, nearing one of ...
Martin McDonagh sets his next feature with The Banshees of Inisheer
Irish-British filmmaker and playwright Martin McDonagh has set his next feature film, coming three years after 2017’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The ...
Reviews
Review: The Gentlemen
What do you get when you mix British gangsters, snappy quick dialogue, and a good dose of dark humor? Well, a Guy Ritchie ...
Why Fleabag deserves its multiple Emmys
The 2019 Emmys “It’s so wonderful and reassuring to know that a dirty, pervy, angry and messed-up woman can make it to the ...
Richard Curtis teases Blackadder reunion special
The possibility of a Blackadder revival has been on the table for a while, but this week Richard Curtis has revived speculation by ...
Reviews
Review: All is True
The year is 1613. The Globe Theatre, the embodiment of Shakespeare’s life work, has just burned to the ground, and the heartbroken writer ...
Benedict Cumberbatch and Colin Firth join Same Mendes’ Oscar hopeful 1917
If you’ve got a British period piece and you want to be taken seriously as an award contender then there’s no better way ...
The Favourite takes home seven awards at the BAFTAs
While not quite as popular as the Golden Globe or the Academy Awards, the British Academy of Film and Television Awards, also called ...
Lost episodes of Doctor Who have been reanimated
Episodes from Doctor Who‘s fourth series, once thought lost to time, are coming back with the help of animation. Older television shows often ...
Reviews
Review: Johnny English Strikes Again
Johnny English Strikes Again is neither entirely stupid nor entirely witty. It’s just smart enough to set-up a decent joke, but just dumb ...