miranda richardson

Notebook Reviews: SLEEPY HOLLOW

Tim Burton – 1999 Sleepy Hollow is a good looking and atmospheric Hammer-style horror from Tim Burton. It doesn’t quite live up to its potential, but this it ticks all the right boxes and Johnny Depp is very good. Christina Ricci is [...]

January 11, 2021

Jake Gyllenhaal Is Getting STRONGER

Hot on the heels of Mark Wahlberg’s Patriot’s Day (read the Movies In Focus review) comes Stronger, a drama which offers a very different insight into the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. Jake Gyllenhaal looks to give yet another dedicated [...]

June 27, 2017

DVD Review: The BBC’s AND THEN THERE WERE NONE Is A Hugely Satisfying Whodunnit

The BBC has delivered a wonderful TV adaptation of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Sarah Phelps writes and Craig Viveiros directs this three-part thriller which features an impressive line-up of actors (Charles Dance, Sam Neill, Toby [...]

January 9, 2016