Monthly Archive: November 2023
Sprowston Boy is a winner
24th Nov 2023
In the mid 80s, salesman Geoff Whiting and coal merchant Kenny Blanch bought a racehorse and named it after the road they both grew up on. The horse went on to romp home ahead of… read more
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In the Barbie world life in plastic is fantastic
23rd Nov 2023
Greta Gerwig's surprisingly subversive movie about the eponymous Barbie, in all her weird and wonderful incarnations, stars Margot Robbie in a role that she was surely born into, as Stereotypical Barbie. Her stereotypical pal Ken,… read more
Posted in Film
A Timely reminder of the horrors of conflict
10th Nov 2023
It was nearly one hundred years ago that RC Sherriff's extraordinary treatise on life in the trenches was first performed in the West End. And yet, in both its language and sensibilities, Roughcast's staging of… read more
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Return of the Romcom
9th Nov 2023
Shekhar Kapur, probably best known as the director of Elizabeth returns after an extended period with the romcom What’s Love Got to Do with It? It's the sort of fun, frothy and good-natured romp that… read more
Posted in Film
Julian Dutton salutes John Le Mesurier
6th Nov 2023
Julian Dutton's tribute to John Le Mesurier, the actor best known for his role in Dad's Army, was an affectionate but candid look at the life of a man that met triumph and disaster, and… read more
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Caulfield covers Kangaroos and Coat hangers
4th Nov 2023
Diss Station isn't really in Diss, observed Jo Caulfield, and I suppose if you've come all the way from Edinburgh by train, it must feel quite a slog from Gilray Road to the Corn Hall.… read more
Posted in Comedy
A fitting Swan Song for Ken Loach
2nd Nov 2023
In collaboration with his regular screenwriter, Paul Laverty, Ken Loach has completed a loose trilogy around the themes of poverty and austerity with The Old Oak, a film which he has signalled will be his… read more
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