Monthly Archives: November 2017

Film Review – Battle of the Sexes

Posted on November 29, 2017 by

The famous “Battle of the Sexes” 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and former champion Bobby Riggs is dramatised to very agreeable effect in this satisfying drama, co-directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Featuring outstanding … Continue reading →

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Interfaith Romance: An interview with DM Miller

Posted on November 24, 2017 by

In the next in my occasional interview series, I caught up with author DM Miller, whose interfaith romance Heart series, chiefly concerning the relationship between Muslim Abdul and Jewish Catherine, caught my interest some time ago. The Religion of the … Continue reading →

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Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Posted on November 21, 2017 by

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, based on a memoir by Peter Turner, is about the brief but passionate relationship between Peter and Oscar-winning but fading Hollywood star Gloria Grahame, who had memorable supporting roles in films like It’s a … Continue reading →

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Film Review – Justice League

Posted on November 18, 2017 by

A very troubled production history has beleaguered DC’s Justice League film. It had already been plagued by reshoots when personal tragedy meant director Zack Snyder had to be replaced by Joss Whedon. Another round of rewriting and reshoots ensued and, … Continue reading →

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Download The Birds Began to Sing FREE – for five days only

Posted on November 17, 2017 by

Love a gripping, page-turning psychological thriller? Download my novel The Birds Began to Sing absolutely FREE – for five days only! Here is the blurb from the back of the novel: When aspiring novelist Alice Darnell enters a competition to … Continue reading →

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Film Review – The Death of Stalin

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

Very loosely based on the political tumult following Stalin’s demise, Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin is a superb, darkly hilarious historical satire, and a must-see for Iannucci fans. Amid the chaos and paranoia after Stalin’s death in 1953 Soviet … Continue reading →

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Film Review – Paddington 2

Posted on November 12, 2017 by

Every bit as good as it’s predecessor, Paddington 2 is an absolute blast for the entire family, and one of the best films I have seen this year. After the events of the first film, talking bear Paddington is happy … Continue reading →

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All my novels now available as paperbacks from Amazon

Posted on November 10, 2017 by

At long last, I have stopped procrastinating, deferring, delaying, dilly-dallying, putting off, hanging fire, dragging my feet, beating about the bush and taking a rain check (or a “precipitation verification” as I sometimes call it, since the expression, American in … Continue reading →

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Film Review – Murder on the Orient Express

Posted on November 7, 2017 by

Hercule Poirot’s luxuriant moustache is depicted far more as described in the novel in Kenneth Branagh’s new take on the Agatha Christie classic. Here the sheer volume of exquisitely groomed whiskers are endlessly distracting to quite amusing effect, far more … Continue reading →

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Film Review – The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Posted on November 5, 2017 by

I’ll cut to the chase:  director Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a stone cold masterpiece. Capitalising on the promise shown in his previous works, Dogtooth and The Lobster, here he crafts his best film yet; a … Continue reading →

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