James Bonney MP Review
Set in the context of The Labour Party’s attempted executive coup of Jeremy Corbyn last summer, Ian Buckley’s James Bonney MP is a small scale play about a jaded backbench Blairite Labour MP fighting a professional war on two fronts.
Moonlight Review
Soul crushing despair at the realisation of one’s own mortality is the perfect frame of mind in which to eat popcorn for one and take in Barry Jenkins’ hotly anticipated Moonlight.
Indignation Review
Indignation is probably the best word I could use to describe my emotional state on arrival at a rather more stylish West End venue than I had envisioned, rocking the old dad-bod, complete with flustered, ruddy complexion and beige slacks.
Ben-Hur Review
Timur Bekmambetov’s update of the multiple Oscar winning historical epic and iconic Ben-Hur feels like an unusual choice of film to re-imagine for a 21st Century audience.
Wiener-Dog Review
The latest Todd Solondz tale of innocent joy and wonder is told as a collection of vignettes tied together by a common thread, a Wiener-Dog.