All Critics articles – Page 95
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CriticsThe Queen: Her Commonwealth Story
“For all of the charming anecdotes and evocative footage, genuine insights were few and far between”
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CriticsRAF at 100
“Ewan McGregor proved a worthy presenter of a remarkable 90-minuter in which his passion for RAF aircraft was obvious”
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CriticsContagion!
“It gave us proper, grown-up science and didn’t pitch it at the IQ of a five-year-old”
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CriticsThe Secret Helpers
“No offence to those who took part, but it was sentimental mediocrity dressed up as documentary”
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CriticsThe World’s Ugliest Pets
“Didn’t offer that much to marvel at, unless it was the food bills at Caroline Quentin’s house”
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CriticsThe Funeral Murders; Imagine…
“A masterful and careful handling of an ever-combustible narrative”
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CriticsThe Durrells; The Good Karma Hospital
“Watching The Durrells is like taking a warm dip in the Ionian Sea after a glass of robola”
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CriticsDo The Right Thing; My Baby’s Life: Who Decides?
“Ruth and Eamonn have conjured up a straightforward remake of That’s Life!”
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CriticsSaving the British Bulldog; The Assassination of Gianni Versace
“A thorough investigation that ought to make anyone think twice about buying the breed”
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CriticsThe Ruth Ellis Files
“This trenchant investigation uncovered enough new material to make us rethink the entire story”
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CriticsBeing Blacker; Jane; The Repair Shop
“A big, beautiful sprawl of a film, that spans continents as well as generations”
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CriticsStill Game; Not Going Out; Civilisations
“A sharp-witted, old-school sitcom, but with an original twist”
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CriticsLucy Worsley’s Fireworks for a Tudor Queen
“Perky history with an explosive finale, but overlong at 90 minutes”
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CriticsThe Seven Year Switch
”A marginally less tawdry version of C5’s gruesome Love Island knock-off, Make or Break. It’ll probably do well”
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CriticsCollateral; Imagine; Marcella; Action Team
“This was a rather bleak, unsatisfying and empty conclusion to the saga”
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CriticsChurchill’s Secret Affair
“It’s a bloody good story. Outrageous toffs, adultery, fascists – what more could you want?”
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CriticsThe Assassination of Gianni Versace
“A lush, gossipy tour de force that dazzles and tantalises in equal measure”
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CriticsAmazing Hotels; 100 Years Younger in 21 Days
“It was an amazing hotel, for sure, but we didn’t see much of the life beyond the lobby, beyond exactly what the hotel wanted us to see.”