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Upstart Crow: Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: David Mitchell, Gemma Whelen, Liza Tarbuck, Harry Enfield, Paula Wilcox, Helen Monks, Tim Downie, Dominic Coleman, Mark Heap, Rob Rouse, Steve Spiers, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Adam Harley.

It doesn’t seem that long ago that Ben Elton, one of the prestigious and prolific comedy writers of his generation, was asked to step in and take what was a perhaps seen as a series that confused some, baffled others and had those who had the wherewithal to not only admire Rowan Atkinson but who also understood the intricacies of historical comedy, heavily borrowing dialogue from William Shakespeare, to the absolute heights of the British comedy mountain.

Upstart Crow: Series Two. Television Review. full post

(553 words, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

Much Ado About Nothing, Film Review. FACT Cinema.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Alex Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese, Sean Maher, Spencer Treat Clark, Riki Lindhome, Ashley Johnson, Emma Bates, Tom Lenk, Nick Kocher, Joshua Zar, Paul Meston, Romy Rosemont, Elsa Guillet-Chapuis.

Quite simply, every actor and director really wants to get their hands on big budget version of one of William Shakespeare’s works. The doom laden chorus who persistently suggest that the man, who along with William Tyndale can be seen as one of the fathers of modern English, is not hip, not important enough to young cinema goers and that the language leaves people cold, could do worse than actually attend the screening of Much Ado About Nothing as it revels in the language, makes it completely accessible and performs superbly.

Much Ado About Nothing, Film Review. FACT Cinema. full post

(458 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)