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Tag Archives: Tom Hollander
Pride & Prejudice
One day, Lizzie, some man will catch your eye and you’ll have to watch your tongue! There’s a double meaning in that. Can anything be favorably compared to Pride and Prejudice (1995), the BBC miniseries based upon the novel by Jane Austen? … Continue reading
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
That’s the trouble with intrigue, isn’t it? With so many secrets, you can never quite tell who’s on whose side until the game ends. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) the sequel to Elizabeth (1998) (which I haven’t seen) is a historical film. What … Continue reading
The Company
We will keep playing the game, Jack, until the game is over. What The Good Shepherd (2006) packed into a single movie, The Company (2007) rolled out in six, would-be one-hour episodes for TNT (you never get a real hour on American television). That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged alessandro nivola, alfred molina, cambridge spies, chris o'donnell, CIA, historical fiction, james angleton, john lewis gaddis, KGB, kim philby, michael keaton, miniseries, review, robert littell, rory cochrane, television, the cold war, the cold war: a new history, the company, the good shepherd, tinker tailor soldier spy, TNT, Tom Hollander, ulrich thomsen
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British Comedy: A Guide (Part II: The SitCom Tier 1)
So, you’ve gotten a little guidance on SitComs yesterday and now you’re ready to see my first tier of British SitComs. You’ll see that the program heading links are to Amazon and the actors are to IMDB. For the following … Continue reading
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Tagged ben elton, blackadder, british comedy, claire skinner, comedy, daniel roche, derek fowlds, entertainment, fawlty towers, felicity kendal, good neighbors, hugh dennis, john cleese, nigel hawthorne, outnumbered, paul eddington, penelope keith, peter capaldi, prunella scales, ramona marquez, Rev., richard briers, rowan atkinson, steve evets, The Thick of It, Tom Hollander, tyger drew-honey, yes minister, yes prime minister
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Rev. Series 1 & 2
Are you there God? If so, just a couple of questions. Why do you allow there to be kids who don’t know what World War II is? Why did you send that reviewer on my one bad day, was that … Continue reading
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Tagged british comedy, comedy, lucy liemann, miles jupp, olivia colman, Rev., simon mcburney, steve evets, Tom Hollander
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