Tag: Stephen Graham
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Young Woman and the Sea, the Trudy Ederle story
Young Woman and the Sea tells the inspiring true story of Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle. In 1926 she proved that women could be athletes and accomplish heroic deeds. She was the first woman to swim the English Channel, and she did it in two hours less time than it had taken the men who managed it…
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A Thousand Blows S1 review: drama in Victorian London
A Thousand Blows is a gritty drama set in 1880s London. It’s based on real people and true events. It explores a gang of women thieves and a couple of elite boxers.
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Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical review
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical was a complete surprise to me. I was expecting music, dancing, and a happy, cheerful children’s story. There was music and dancing, but Matilda’s story turned out to be a dark fantasy about child abuse and neglect.
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Review: Help, with Jodie Comer as a Care worker
Help is a film from the UK about the first few months of the COVID pandemic and how Care homes in Britain tried to deal with the situation. This Acorn TV import puts you right at the heart of how it felt to be hopelessly unprepared for the deaths of the people in your care.