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All Is True 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

7th February 2019 by Sarah Cartland 1 Comment

*** Read my interview with All Is True’s Oscar-winning costume designer Michael O’Connor *** As all married women heading into their dotage know, if there’s one thing a just-retired husband needs it’s a hobby – and luckily William Shakespeare, newly returned to the rather chilly bosom of his family in Stratford Upon Avon, has his… All Is True Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: anne hathaway, globe theatre, playwright, puritans, Shakespeare, stratford upon avon, the bard, William Shakespeare

Ken Who?

31st January 2019 by Sarah Cartland 1 Comment

Kenneth Branagh should have his own edition of the kids’ game Guess Who? (Clockwise from top left: Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets / William Shakespeare in All Is True / Hamlet in, er, Hamlet / Dr Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein / Hercule Poirot in Murder On The Orient… Ken Who? Read More

Filed Under: Lookalikes, Weird Movie Shit Tagged With: AAA, All Is True, frankenstein, games, gilderoy lockhart, guess who, hamlet, harry potter, hercule poirot, ken branagh, kenneth branagh, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Pirate Radio, sir alistair dormandy, The Boat That Rocked, William Shakespeare

All Is True – Yes There Really Is A Trailer & New Poster

28th January 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

UPDATE: Read my 4-star review of All Is True now and my interview with Michael O’Connor, the film’s costume designer (who won an Oscar and a BAFTA for The Duchess) All Is True – the title comes from an alternative name for Shakespeare’s play Henry VIII (which rarely seems to be performed! I’ve never seen… All Is True – Yes There Really Is A Trailer & New Poster Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: AAA, anne hathaway, ian mckellen, judi dench, kenneth branagh, Shakespeare, stratford upon avon, the bard, William Shakespeare

Macbeth (2018) 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

8th March 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

buy / rent Macbeth on vod from amazon uk I know, I know, I’m always #TeamLadyMacbeth. Come on, she’s not all bad! But in this new telling of this familiar Shakepearean tale of regicide and madness among Scots nobles, Akiya Henry’s performance as the scheming wife of our favourite usurper to the throne is a… Macbeth (2018) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: lady macbeth, macbeth, prophecy, regicide, scottish play, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare

Macbeth (2015) – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

12th June 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Click here for the full Macbeth review

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: macbeth, macbeth film, macbeth review, macbeth video review, scottish play, Shakespeare, the bard, video-review, William Shakespeare

Coriolanus 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

18th September 2016 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Aufidius was starting to think the offer of a gamer of Laserquest and a cheeky Nando's had been a cruel trick

When it comes to Shakespeare, I sometimes feel that over the years I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly, on stage and screen. Shakespeare done well lifts you up with its sheer brilliance, but I’ve also sat through far too much lazy thigh slapping, hey nonny nonnies and unlikely mix-ups involving twins. And who can… Coriolanus Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Aufidius, caius martius, Coriolanus, Shakespeare, Shakespeare adaptations, tullus aufidius, William Shakespeare

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