Alex J. Reviews
 

Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt and Keeley Hawes as DI Alex Drake. This week, my first essay for Film East was published! I wrote about Ashes to Ashes (2008-2010), my all time favourite TV show, and why it healed but also broke my heart - something it continues to do as I near my 10th rewatch of the show from start to finish. And I'm sure it's no surprise that my favourite show includes Keeley Hawes as one of the main characters! A snippet of the essay. Anyway, I feel very

Last night (February 23rd) was the airing of the final episode of the miniseries Miss Austen , which has been shown on BBC1 over the last three Sundays. It is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Gill Hornby and focuses on Cassandra, the only sister of literary icon Jane Austen. You may have heard about the infamous story of Miss Cassandra Austen burning her sister’s letters after her death, leaving very little personal and private information about Jane behind, with

It’s definitely an interview we’ll never forget for those of us who watched Prince Andrew’s Newsnight interview in 2019 (which, let’s face it, was most of us). I fear the phrases “Pizza Express in Woking” and “it was just a straightforward shooting weekend” are etched into my brain forever. And five years after it aired, we have been given not one but two dramatizations of this interview a few months apart. The first to be released was the Netflix film Scoop (2024, dir. Phili

Written by Lucy Kirkwood, directed by Michael Longhurst and Ann Yee, starring Keeley Hawes and Jack Davenport, and performed at The Donmar Warehouse from 19th February to 13th April 2024. A couple of months ago I had the privilege of seeing Keeley Hawes and Jack Davenport perform in The Human Body at the Donmar Warehouse in London (and even got to meet Keeley afterwards!). I wrote a review of it soon after which I posted over on my Instagram (@alexj.writings), so I thought I