Leslie (Andrea Riseborough) is an alcoholic who having been evicted realises that no one trusts her enough to give her a break anymore. Everyone she knows has been burnt by her spiralling addition and that includes her nineteen year old son James (Owen Teague). To Leslie opens with a montage of photographs of Leslie’s life … Continue reading To Leslie
Based on the Roald Dahl book, Matilda (Alisha Weir) is the story of an exceptionally gifted young girl who frees her school from the tyrannical Headmistress Miss. Trunchbull (Emma Thompson). Matilda’s parents played to absolute perfection by Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham are hardly interested in their daughter. The disappointment of not having a son … Continue reading Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
Switching between New York 1933 and Amsterdam 1918 we are told the story of how a doctor, a lawyer and a rich bohemian meet, become best friends, find themselves accused of murder and uncover a political plot so outrageous it would be hard to believe. But as the opening title card says, “A lot of … Continue reading Amsterdam
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