Derek Jacobi
VOD film review: The Host (2020)
April 17, 2020 | Anton BitelAndy Newbery’s knowingly derivative thriller reimagines Psycho as a modern, gender-switched clash of classes.Read More
VOD film review: Tolkien
September 15, 2019 | Josh Slater-WilliamsThe charms of Nicholas Hoult as Tolkien cannot save this all too expected journey.Read More
First look UK TV review: Les Miserables (2019)
December 30, 2018 | David FarnorBBC One’s handsome adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel finds fresh details and renewed grit in its moving depiction of inequality and unrest.Read More
VOD film review: Murder on the Orient Express
March 17, 2018 | David FarnorKenneth Branagh’s enjoyably old-fashioned Agatha Christie adaptation finds fresh depths to the moustached detective.Read More
VOD film review: Ironclad
September 5, 2014 | David FarnorThis British sword-swinger plays like The Two Towers on a budget. Helm’s Cheap? Hell yes.Read More