Einstein and Eddington (2008)

What I have in front of me today is another well put together TV movie, similar in quality to ‘My Boy Jack’. And just as with ‘My Boy Jack’ the BBC, in their infinite majesty, have had a hand in its production. My British heart swells with patriotic pride that dear old Aunty is still […]

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Deathwatch (2002)

I’ve said this before but I think it’s important to say it again. There is a paradox of sorts in these First World War films. They’re films that have been produced to entertain us whilst telling a story of abject suffering. The real life stories they portray or imitate are the personal stories of any […]

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