“It’s been dross from the start, I never understood the appeal.” (Guardian reader, @thedozerator, 4 November 2011) As you probably know, Season Two of Downton Abbey comes to an end tonight on ITV1. Short bursts of badly scripted and indifferently… Continue Reading →
Gone Girl will be best enjoyed with your blood-alcohol level raised and your expectations lowered. Before the 2014 BFI London Film Festival gets under way next week, I decided to indulge in some mainstream, big-budget Hollywood entertainment – David Fincher’s… Continue Reading →
In a makeshift tent somewhere in France, three rookie nurses are set the exacting task of making up a hospital bed in just two minutes under the steely gaze of Matron. They’re cheered on by a motley band of supporters…. Continue Reading →
Ardent admirers of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy whipped themselves into a frenzy last week over the casting of British actor Charlie Hunnam as Christian Grey* in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s forthcoming movie. They vented their displeasure by starting an online… Continue Reading →
Yes, it’s another list! This one collects the TV reviews I’ve written on this blog in one place. Of course I do watch a lot more TV shows than this, but it’s not that often I feel inspired to blog… Continue Reading →
“John Terry’s career has been defined by courage, commitment and . . . controversy.” That was the verdict of an earnest BBC reporter with airtime to fill but not much in the way of new information about the latest drama… Continue Reading →
Earlier this week a news report claimed that LOCOG has “barely put a foot wrong” in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics. If you’re one of the thousands who lost out in the Great Ticketing Fiasco of 2011, you… Continue Reading →
My Week with Marilyn is more than just a film: it’s the latest instalment of How to Win an Oscar by Portraying a Famous Dead Person. In recent years the Academy Awards have become increasingly fixated on the idea that… Continue Reading →
It seems you can’t put on a costume drama these days unless you have a septuagenarian Dame in your cast. A bird in the airing cupboard; a monkey at the breakfast table; and a trainee footman getting frisky with one… Continue Reading →
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