11 December 2018 Molly’s Game A film by Aaron Sorkin reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating: **** It takes just a frozen twig to change the course of someone’s life. Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) would appear to be the golden child. Born into a high achieving family in Denver, academically brilliant and on the cusp… Continue reading Issue 136:2018 01 11:Molly’s Game
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Issue 135: 2018 01 04: Fixing Business
04 January 2018 Fixing Business by Digby Jones ‘Making Profitable Business work for the good of all’ Book reviewed by Frank O’Nomics At the heart of this book Digby Jones creates a strong case for having a market-based economy where Business (he insists in the upper-case) is profitable. He argues that this is in the… Continue reading Issue 135: 2018 01 04: Fixing Business
Issue 135: 2018 01 04: “The Last Jedi”
04 January 2018 “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” A film by Rian Johnson Reviewed by Adam McCormack Star rating **** Radio 4’s Never Seen Star Wars gets people to do something that they have not done before even though most of the population has. I do not quite fit that mandate for Star Wars itself,… Continue reading Issue 135: 2018 01 04: “The Last Jedi”
Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Jedi Worship
21 December 2017 Jedi Worship by J.R. Thomas Star Wars: The Last Jedi is currently occupying most every screen in your local multiplex, and whilst Shaw Sheet readers no doubt prefer serious Italian art-house films or indeed their weekly journeys to the Wigmore Hall or Covent Garden, at Christmas they may search for something a… Continue reading Issue 134: 2017 12 21: Jedi Worship
Issue 133: 2017 12 14: Daisy Pulls It Off
14 December 2014 Daisy Pulls It Off (a play by Denise Deegan) The Park Theatre reviewed by Adam McCormack. Star rating **** I really must be careful. Giving away the slightest hint of a plot-spoiler for this perfectly spiffing production could have me labelled a sneak by the “babes” of the Second Form and “sent… Continue reading Issue 133: 2017 12 14: Daisy Pulls It Off
