Category: Actors

Acting, Actors, Audiobook, Autobiography, Characters

‘This Much is True’ by Miriam Margolyes

by colingarrow • 23/10/2021 • 2 Comments

My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) Known for memorable characters including Lady Whiteadder and Professor Sprout, roles in Little Dorrit and Oliver Twist, and a host of voice-overs for TV adverts, Miriam Margolyes is a national treasure. From her childhood in Oxford and posing naked for artist Augustus John to working with Martin…

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Acting, Actors, LGBTQ

‘The Last Conception’ (Movie Review)

by colingarrow • 09/10/2021 • 4 Comments

My Review (4 stars out of 5) It’s unusual to see a movie representing Indian culture coming out of Hollywood, but The Last Conception has a lot going for it. Savarna Sikand (Nazanin Mandi), and her girlfriend (played by Callie Schuttera) have been dating for a couple of years but so far Savarana hasn’t got…

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Actors, Autobiography, Film, Theatre

‘Anything for a Quiet Life’ by Jack Hawkins

by colingarrow • 14/09/2020 • 0 Comments

***** Jack Hawkins has always been one of my favourite actors, so it was a real treat to read this self-penned account of his early life, his theatre work, movies and his battle with cancer. Though initially only interested in theatre, Hawkins eventually made it onto the big screen and from 1953, his film work…

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Actors, Cozy, Crime, detective

‘The Rock’ by Robert Daws

by colingarrow • 23/07/2020 • 0 Comments

**** Detective Sergeant Tamara Sullivan finds herself exiled to Gibraltar as punishment for disobeying orders during a police operation. Together with her new boss DCI Gus Broderick, Sullivan investigates the suspicious death of a police constable, leading to the discovery of a dark and sinister secret. This is the first adventure in the Sullivan…