“These are dark days. Electricity. Suffrage. Evolution!” So says Lord Piggot-Dunceby, head of the Optimates Club – a London home-from-home for posh, white, male 19th century explorers (is that description tautological?) It’s a club which wealthy explorer Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman) is desperate to join, though Piggot-Dunceby has no intention of allowing anyone who believes… Missing Link Read More
Lost City Of Z – Video Review Includes Video 4 stars
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The Lost City of Z 4 stars
“This search for Z – I can no longer bear the cost” explains an emotionally weary Henry Costin, Percy Fawcett’s long time travelling companion on hearing news of Fawcett’s latest exploratory trip. Because by then, after 20 years of travels, for Fawcett no cost is too high. James Gray’s film is beautiful, stately, but overlong;… The Lost City of Z Read More
Tom Hardy And The Importance of Playing Ernest
I love heroes who look like heroic failures but actually were incredibly successful against the odds, even if they didn’t complete their stated mission. Whether it’s George Mallory attempting to summit Everest in 1924 in hobnail boots and a tweed coat (I like to think he and Irving made it to the top); or Sir… Tom Hardy And The Importance of Playing Ernest Read More