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  • The Children Act (2017)
    Review preview for The Children Act

    Intelligent, disciplined, elegant and closely guarded in matters of privacy

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A high court lady judge has an agonising decision to make when a teenage boy refuses a life saving transfusion while at home her marriage is freezing over
  • Iris (2001)
    Review preview for Iris

    Eyre does nothing with the camera except place it in line with an actor.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Biopic of the novelist who succumbed to Alzheimer's.
  • Notes On A Scandal (2006)
    Review preview for Notes On A Scandal

    Eyre’s direction is flawless and Patrick Marber’s screenplay perfectly pitched.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A sexual adventure leads to emotional blackmail in a comprehensive school.
  • Stage Beauty (2004)
    Review preview for Stage Beauty

    It feels alienated by the nature of its concerns, as if locked in a fancy dress trunk.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    To be or not to be a woman on the London stage, circa Pepys, Charles II and 1660.

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