Showing posts with label British. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British. Show all posts
Friday, 8 December 2017

RIP, continued.

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Anthony Harvey (1930-2917), aged 87.   Harvey directed one of our perennial favourites THE LION IN WINTER in 1968, I remember seeing it...
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Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Strictly finalists ?

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Our 2017 season of  STRICTLY COME DANCING  is coming to a close, with the semi-final this weekend. Here are three sizzlers from last week...
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Saturday, 25 November 2017

Period pieces 1: Miss Marple / Mapp & Lucia

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An investment for those long winter nights is a reasonably priced boxset of all 12 BBC Miss Marple stories featuring Joan Hickson as the in...
Wednesday, 22 November 2017

RIP, continued ...

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Rodney Bewes (1937-2017), aged 79.   Distinctive-looking British actor, best known for THE LIKELY LADS (1964-1966) and WHATEVER HAPPENE...
Sunday, 12 November 2017

Under-rated directors: Clive Donner

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Like Desmond Davis (below) Clive Donner (1926-2010) also seems under-rated but directed a clutch of interesting films and tv movies during ...
Thursday, 26 October 2017

"Life during wartime" ...

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Given my penchant for  1940s British movies, both of the war years and that grim post-war era, its surprising I never saw WATERLOO ROAD ...
Thursday, 19 October 2017

RIP, continued

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Danielle Darrieux (1917-2017), aged 100. Madame Darrieux, one of France's premier stars clocked up 140 credits, including several cl...
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Thursday, 10 August 2017

Summer re-views: Payroll - 1961

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PAYROLL.  A tough, tense thriller which I had enjoyed as a young teen in 1961,  PAYROLL  is a real treat now. Sidney Hayers film shows the...
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Saturday, 5 August 2017

RIP, continued ....

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Barbara Cook (1927-2017),  aged 89.  Barbara was one of the legendary Broadway divas and remained much-loved to the end. She starred in s...
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Tuesday, 4 July 2017

'Gross Indecency' at the BFI ...

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July 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of a landmark in LGBT rights - the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales (no...
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Saturday, 24 June 2017

A treat: Lee and Dirk in The Vision, 1987

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A thousand thanks to Colin for finding this - one of my Holy Grails - a 1987 BBC film with two of my top favourites, which was only ever ...
Thursday, 8 June 2017

Eighties nights ...

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The Jewel In The Crown / Your Cheatin' Heart / Wish Me Luck How did I ever miss THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN back in 1984? Well, I was...
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Sunday, 4 June 2017

Vote for Britain

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A crucial week here in the UK, with our election on Thursday and terror attacks escalating - lets return to the glory years of the 1940s , ...
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