I generally make an effort to see anything that features Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, and this film was no exception because of them. Like many others recently, it’s a motion picture inspired by something that really happened. I don't mind that in itself, but as someone who writes stories, I occasionally wonder if studios might offer more support to screenwriters working on original fiction projects. However, t…

It was good to see *’The Duke'* on the big screen at last, considering it had been postponed from September 2020 and I hadn't managed to view it during its February 2022 run – I got tickets for one of the final screenings this afternoon. I don’t often watch trailers, but I happened to see a snippet for this before another movie, and it looked promising – something I can now confirm after seeing it myself. The film…