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setsuled
4 Jan 2021, 03:51
Blank of the Daleks
I can see their line of thinking--they figured the surest bet was someone who'd worked on the show before and who also had a hit series outside of Doctor Who. It's a combination of anxiety,…
poliphilo
3 Jan 2021, 09:27
Blank of the Daleks
Chibnall wrote Broadchurch. I keep reminding myself of that. Broadchurch was good.

But he was never the right person to run Dr Who. Did no-one ever notice that the episodes he wrote for the show…
poliphilo
23 Dec 2020, 10:14
An, or the, English Family
My favourite Newton role is Lukey- the "eccentric" painter- in Carol Reed's Odd Man Out. It allows him to go completely over the top.
setsuled
12 Dec 2020, 01:15
A King in a Shadow
I'm always amazed at how young Gertrude is.

You could be right that it is his best, though I really like his Henry V.
poliphilo
10 Dec 2020, 12:11
A King in a Shadow
This was my first Hamlet- and I still love it- even though Olivier is too old for the role and the text is pared to the bone. As you say, it looks wonderful. Considered simply as a movie I think it's…