TV REVIEW - 'True Love'

'True Love' is a five part BBC television series written and directed by Dominic Savage, which made its début on Sunday bringing in 3.1 million viewers.


The first of the quintet of 30 minute episodes features David Tennant whose character 'Nick' has to decide whether to leave behind his present life with his wife played by Joanne Froggatt and two children or run away with his first 'love' played by Vicky McClure. The episode which was shot in Margate showed outstanding talent from both Tennant, Froggatt and McClure who all used a certain amount of improvisation in the episodes as with all the actors in the series. 


Although the episode showed an excellent and distinctive tale of a modern day situation which has given hope to English drama series again the episodes were only 30 minutes long and the story line was consequently rushed into a rather short period of time. 


This was made more disappointing to the rather bizarre scheduling times the BBC has put the series in, The quintet has been given out over the past 4 days finishing tonight with the final two episodes, the first at 22:45 on BBC1 finishing with the final episode straight after.

However the episodes are a really decent look into the quaint and dark side of British television which gives it an eery feel which are definitely worth watching even if you aren't into the romantic and heartbreaking side of television.

Catch up on BBC Iplayer if you have missed the series NOW - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01k692v/True_Love_Nick/

Film Review - 'The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists'

Released in the UK under the title 'The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists' and in the US and Australia as 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' Hugh Grant shows off his famous and iconic accent to a new younger audience.

The Aardman Animation film released on the 28th of march 2012 in the UK and on the 27th of April 2012 has made its way for being one of the more amusing family films of this year and is highly recommended by many including Empire magazine who give the film four out of five stars.

The director Peter Lord who previously directed the rather iconic film of the 2000's 'Chicken Run' did not fail to live up to the high bar he had set for himself. The film had funny elements throughout and although it is aimed at children and going to watch it on a Saturday afternoon did mean I was surrounded by young children this film will amuse people of all ages.

The cast were superb although perhaps surprising with Hugh Grant being cast as the large and superior 'Pirate Captain' he managed to take on the role well, his voice was nearly unrecognisable throughout the film. Martin Freeman who supported by playing the role of the pirate with a scarf showed his softer side which worked with Grant's larger and more demanding voice.

Peter Lord has mentioned in his personal twitter account that he is working on a possible sequel idea, however if you don't want to wait that long then on the DVD and Blu-ray for the film a short film will be included which includes the pirate captain hosting his own show.


Star Rating - 4/5
Rating - (U) For very mild Language, Violence, Threat and Innuendo
Strongly recommended for all ages!


Watch the Trailer here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWOFLtsDvbw