Category Archives: Drama-rama

Sherlock-U-Like: The Woman(s)

Posted on 18/05/2013 by

[This post contains MAJOR SPOILERS!!! I mean, they’ve already been spoiled on several Wikipedia pages, but even so...] Aside from the seasonal end of various sitcoms, this week also saw the epic feature-length finale of CBS’s sublime crime-procedural Elementary… which … Continue reading →

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BAFTA TV 2013: GoT & TMI

Posted on 13/05/2013 by

Last night the British Academy Television Awards were dished out at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Obviously I’m a huge Game of Thrones fan, but I was a little surprised to see it win the Radio Times Audience Award … Continue reading →

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Female Fun Time!

Posted on 01/05/2013 by

Before Bend It Like Beckham… before Goodness Gracious Me… there was Bhaji on the Beach (1993), an ensemble dramedy scripted by Meera Syal and directed by Gurinder Chadha, which follows a disparate group of British Asian women on a tumultuous … Continue reading →

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The Spice Must Flow

Posted on 18/04/2013 by

I’m afraid the misleading DVD cover for The Mistress of Spices (2005) sets up false expectations that put the movie on the back-foot before it’s even started. In large red lettering, it promises “A MAGICAL ROMANTIC COMEDY”… when, in fact, … Continue reading →

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“She’s Not Lebanese! She’s Punjabi!”

Posted on 08/04/2013 by

I was feeling pretty apathetic about the London 2012 Olympics last summer, but came to the conclusion that I couldn’t avoid it completely, so I should probably just find a way to derive some pleasure from the blanket coverage. The … Continue reading →

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JuLiar

Posted on 30/03/2013 by

Although I knew that Tilda Swinton was the star of Julia (2008), and had bought it solely for that reason, I still failed to recognise her when she first appeared on screen. I’m used to seeing her play quite severe … Continue reading →

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Drop The “The”

Posted on 24/03/2013 by

It’s probably not fair to compare the two, but as historical dramas go, David Fincher’s The Social Network (2010) is the spiritual and political antithesis of Made In Dagenham. One follows a group of downtrodden, taken-for-granted female workers as they … Continue reading →

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Working Class Heroine

Posted on 15/03/2013 by

[Contains sassy historical SPOILERS] In an online review of Made in Dagenham (2010), one churlish critic suggested the film was only fit for “knee-jerk feminists and the soft in the head”… thankfully I qualify on both counts, so I ended … Continue reading →

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The Young Offender’s Mum

Posted on 03/03/2013 by

[Contains nappy-crapping SPOILERS] Despite being an avowed Tilda Swinton fan, I was wary about watching We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), because I’d assumed from the serious subject matter that it would be a rather dreary and depressing experience. … Continue reading →

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Brickin’ It

Posted on 22/02/2013 by

[Contains non-SPOILERS for a story in which nothing really happens] There’s no doubt that Brick Lane (2007) is a very pretty film…. but it also left me with a serious case of the blahs. I haven’t read the original novel that … Continue reading →

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