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Category Archives: U
Pan Am, Episode 8 “Unscheduled Departure” – reviewed by George
Sanjeev (Kal Parekh) is on vacation in Bombay, so a replacement 2nd officer is on board, Charles “Chuck” Moore (Matthew Rauch), who is attracted to Laura (Margot Robbie), but is warned off by Pilot Dean (Mike Vogel). And it’s October, … Continue reading
Posted in P, TV, U
Tagged Fedna Jacquet, Harris Yulin, Jill Abbinanti, Kal Parekh, Karine Vanasse, Kelli Garner, Margot Robbie, Matthew Rauch, Mike Vogel, Millicent Shelton, Nick Thiel, Pan Am, Unscheduled Departure
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Upstart Crow, “A Crow Christmas Special” (2018) – reviewed by George
What a laugh riot! Will (David Mitchell) is on one of his infamous commutes back to Stratford, and the unpleasant man sitting next to him is a sloppy eater of unpleasant-looking food who morphs into a sort of ghostly Stranger … Continue reading
Posted in C, Christmas, TV, U
Tagged A Crow Christmas Special, Ben Elton, David Mitchell, Dominic Coleman, Gemma Whelan, Hannah-Jane Fox, Harry Enfield, Helen Monks, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Karl Theobald, Kenneth Branagh, Lily Cole, Liza Tarbuck, Luka Petrovic, Mark Heap, Paula Wilcox, Richard Boden, Rob Rouse, Rosanna Beacock, Spencer jones, Steve Speirs, Tim Downie, Upstart Crow
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Upstart Crow: “A Christmas Crow” (2017) – reviewed by George
I laughed loudly throughout. What a triumph!Will (David Mitchell) comes home to Stratford to everyone’s delight and good humor and then spoils it by saying he has to go back to London. Why? demands the family except for Will’s dad … Continue reading
Posted in C, Movies, TV, U
Tagged A Christmas Crow, Ben Elton, David Mitchell, Emma Thompson, Gemma Whelan, Harry Enfield, Helen Monks, Liza Tarbuck, Mark Heap, Paula Wilcox, Richard Boden, Rob Rouse, Tim Downie, Upstart Crow
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Upstart Crow, Season 2, Episode 5, “Beware My Sting!” (2017) – reviewed by George
Will (David Mitchell) is working on “The Taming of the Shrew” and he’s getting great support from Bottom (Rob Rouse) and Kit Marlowe (Tim Downie). Much less approval is emanating from Kate (Gemma Whelan), from whom grave disappointment can be … Continue reading
Posted in B, TV, U
Tagged Ben Elton, Beware My Sting!, David Mitchell, Gemma Whelan, Helen Monks, Mark Heap, Richard Boden, Rob Rouse, Tim Downie, Upstart Crow
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Upstart Crow, Season 2, Episode 4, “Food of Love” (2017) – reviewed by George
Will’s father (Harry Enfield) is raving again. “I want to be posh!” Will (David Mitchell) says, “Alright, Dad! I’ll petition the College of Heralds again.”But once back in London his attention is elsewhere. He moans to Kate (Gemma Whelan), Kit … Continue reading
Posted in F, TV, U
Tagged Ben Elton, David Mitchell, Food of Love, Gemma Whelan, Harry Enfield, Mark Heap, Noel Fielding, Richard Boden, Rob Rouse, Tim Downie, Upstart Crow
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Upstart Crow, Season 2, Episode 3, “I Did Adore a Twinkling Star” (2017) – reviewed by George
This episode deals with “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”. Will (David Mitchell) is ecstatic because the new theatre has acquired a patron! And it’s the Lord Chamberlain! But the rules of patronage still apply – he must be flattered and … Continue reading
Upstart Crow, Season 2, Episode 2, “I Know Thee Not, Old Man” (2017) – reviewed by George
All the regular players are present, plus Will’s old schoolmaster Simon Hunt (Geoffrey Whitehead), and two women: Gertrude (Lizzie Winkler) and Gerty (Gemma Arrowsmith) whose presence is essential to the plot, as they come from quite different backgrounds.Basically a funny, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Elton, Gemma Arrowsmith, Geoffrey Whitehead, I Know Thee Not - Old Man, Lizzie Winkler, Mark Heap, Richard Boden, Tim Downie, Upstart Crow
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Upstart Crow, Season 2, Episode 1, “The Green-Eyed Monster” – reviewed by George
Play satirized this week: Othello.Will (David Mitchell) meets an African Prince, Otello (Steve Toussaint), who is attracted to Kate (Gemma Whelan), and the attraction is mutual. His tales of his life and adventures are wondrous both to hear and to … Continue reading
Posted in G, TV, U
Tagged Ben Elton, David Mitchell, Gemma Whelan, Harry Enfield, Mark Heap, Paula Wilcox, Richard Boden, Rob Rouse, Steve Toussaint, The Green-Eyed Monster, Tim Downie, Upstart Crow
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Upstart Crow, Season 1, Episode 6, “The Quality of Mercy” (2016) – reviewed by George
Will (David Mitchell) and Kit (Tim Downie) are having a drink in Lucy’s (Jocelyn Jee Esien) Tavern, and Kit asks if Will plans to invest in the cargo of the ship just arrived from the New World, laden with potatoes … Continue reading
Posted in TV, U
Tagged Ben Elton, David Mitchell, Gemma Whelan, Harry Enfield, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Mark Heap, Matt Lipsey, Rob Rouse, Steve Speirs, The Quality of Mercy, Tim Downie, Upstart Crow
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Upstart Crow, Season 1, Episode 5, “What Bloody Man is That?” – reviewed by George
The plague is in London and the theaters are closed. So Will (David Mitchell), Kate (Gemma Whelan), Bottom (Rob Rouse), and Kit (Tim Downie) have embarked by coach for good old Stratford-upon-Avon. However, the coach broke down (listen to Will’s … Continue reading
