Tag Archives: Anita Dobson

Curfew. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Sarah Parish, Mandip Gill, Mitchell Robertson, Alexandra Burke, Tommy McDonnell, Lucy Benjamin, Anita Dobson, Adam Korson, Amy Louise Pemberton, Bobby Brazier, James Craven, Selorm Adonu, Pearl Dsouza, Alisha Bailey, Mark Killeen, Emily Ross, Oliver Anvin-Wilson, Larry Lamb, Raphael D’Alterio, Ciarán Owens, Phoebe Sparrow.

The safety of the individual is imperative, however when considered against the freedom of half the population we have to consider with balanced feelings, with an eye to the future and the impact it might have on social and societal cohesion in the future.

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(541 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: The Church On Ruby Road. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, Davina McCall, Anita Dobson, Michelle Greenidge, Angela Wynter, Barney Wilkinson, Bobby Bradley, Mary Malone, Belinda Owusu, Gemma Arrowsmith, Hemi Yeroham.

The Christmas special of Doctor Who is arguably never meant to be taken as seriously as the series that follows it, it is after all a time for hope and the occasional moment of silliness, not one for frights and trepidation.

Doctor Who: The Church On Ruby Road. Television Review. full post

(375 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Inside No.9: Mother’s Ruin. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Anita Dobson, Phil Daniels.

It’s too late to ask your parents to reveal their secrets when they have left this mortal coil, but what lengths would you go to ask them for the truth when they are in Heaven or Hell, or the Limbo in between.

In typical resounding style, Inside No.9’s Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith take the opportunity to delve into the realm of the nightmare and the visionary in the latest episode of the successfully long running series, wonderfully titled, Mother’s Ruin.

Inside No.9: Mother’s Ruin. Television Review. full post

(383 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

London Road, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Olivia Coleman, Anita Dobson, Tom Hardy, Kate Fleetwood, Paul Thornley, Eloise Laurence, Philip Howard, Lynne Wilmot, Janet Henfrey, Calvin Demba, Nicola Sloane, Jenny Galloway, Gillian Bevan, Rosalie Craig, Alecky Blythe, Michael Shaeffer, Rae Baker, Paul Hilton, Nick Holder, Howard Ward, Linzi Hateley, Hal Fowler, Alexia Khadime, Meg Suddaby, Dean Nolan.

It won’t be the first film or musical to be made after a killing spree but London Road is perhaps arguably one of the first in which deals with how a community that had the viper in its nest, deals with the infamy attached to its soul once the murderer has been locked away from society.

London Road, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool. full post

(517 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)