Category: Review
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Gig Review: Damian Lewis at Headrow House, Leeds
– His Second Wind Is Picking Up Speed – by Sam Charles McNeon | Yorkshire Post | June 6, 2026 What must be in the Hollywood water right now, to have several of its finest thespians itching to prove their triple-threat credentials? Kiefer Sutherland played the O2 Academy Leeds last month; Jeff Goldblum was down…
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Pressure Review: Damian Lewis Brings Thunder and Lightning to Montgomery
by Damianista | Fan Fun With Damian Lewis | May 28, 2026 I had the opportunity to watch Pressure at an early screening in New York followed by a Q&A with Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser. And now that I have properly gathered my thoughts (and notes!) from the evening, here is my full review.…
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Pressure: Review Roundup
Get all the Pressure reviews in one place! Below is a compilation of 18 reviews. Review #1 by Frank Scheck | Hollywood Reporter | May 26, 2026 A superb Andrew Scott faces off against Brendan Fraser in a tense D-Day drama. You’d think that every story to be told about World War II would have…
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All Star Cast of Fackham Hall Talk About the Year’s Best Comedy
– Downton Abbey Meets Airplane! – by Tyler Nichols | JoBlo | December 8, 2025 Part of me does miss the days when comedies flourished. It seems like most are simply relegated to streaming and they don’t provide more than a few chuckles. Thankfully, this past weekend saw the theatrical release of what is likely…
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Fackham Hall: The Perfect Parody for Panto Season
– Innuendo Filled Send Up of Downton – by Jonathan Romney | Financial Times | December 11, 2025 You see what they did there? Fackham Hall — I believe, Your Grace — is what they refer to on the continent as a jeu de mots. Co-scripted by potty-mouthed comedian and ventriloquist’s dummy lookalike Jimmy Carr,…
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Fackham Hall Review: Never Underestimate The Power of Laughter
– Silliness Reigns Supreme – by Patrick Gibbs | Slug Magazine | December 6, 2025 We’re just reaching the end of the awards season rush, which means that critics have been watching heavy drama after heavy drama, with the occasional respite for a documentary about Nazis, the conflicts in Palestine and Ukraine or other violence.…
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Fackham Hall Review: Downton Abbey Spoof is Fast and Funny
– Enjoyable Silver-Spoon Romp – by Adrian Horton | The Guardian | December 5, 2025 Period drama parody has some decent and often smart gags and benefits from a game cast including Damian Lewis and Thomasin McKenzie. Perhaps it’s the feeling of end times in the air: after years of inactivity, spoofs are making a comeback.…
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Fackham Hall: Come for Damian Lewis, Stay for the Chaos
– A Gloriously Unhinged Spoof of British Period Drama – by Damianista | Fan Fun With Damian Lewis | December 5, 2025 Christmas came early this year in the form of Fackham Hall, Damian’s gloriously unhinged spoof of the British period drama. I managed to catch an early screening on December 3 — but only…