Tag Archives: Mark Kermode

The Best View | The Duchess – Keira shakes off flat-pack image but her film is hobbled by history

Posted on 16 March 2009 by Jason Best

Keira Knightley unfailingly comes in for a drubbing from some quarters whatever she does, but she earned some of the best reviews of her career for her starring role in The Duchess, a sumptuous historical drama based on Amanda Foreman’s … Continue reading →

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Mary Poppins

Posted on 2 January 2009 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings This holiday favourite was never my spoonful of sugar. It bored me as a child, so I’ve never even watched it from start to finish. Needless to say, I wasn’t planning to pick it for today’s viewing, … Continue reading →

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