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The Good Liar

A con man tries to fleece a widow; but there's more here than meets the eye. A crime caper and…

The Crown S3 (Netflix) – streaming review

For those viewers who soaked in the glory and the drama that was the first two seasons of The Crown,…

Last Ones Left Alive (Sarah Davis-Goff) – book review

Pandemics, post-apocalyptics, zombie dramas, dystopians – choose your preferred  genre label here – generally seem to go all out large…

Timothy Spall (Mrs Lowry and Son) – interview

Timothy Spall looks nothing like most of the characters he's played - and yet like all of them. The acclaimed…

CLOSED: Win tickets to Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon

- Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon - Only in cinemas from 9 January 2020 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks…

By the Grace of God – movie review

François Ozon is one of France's leading filmmakers. His movies typically involve characters caught up in circumstances beyond their control,…

School of Rock: The Musical (Capitol Theatre) – theatre review

School of Rock: The Musical is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the highly successful film (2003) of the…

Two documentaries – Martha: A Picture Story and Where’s My Ray Cohn?

Martha: A Picture Story Martha Cooper's aim was to become a National Geographic photographer. Instead, at 76 years young, she's…

Mrs Lowry and Son – movie review

Quick test - who was L. S. Lowry? If you've got no idea, I suspect you're not alone. Lowry went…

Knives Out – movie review

One of the great whodunnits, Knives Out has a whip-smart script, a stellar cast and a delicious tongue-in-cheek humour. When…