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Ben Lawrence

Film Critic

United Kingdom

His Dark Materials (TV Series) (2019)

Publish Date: October 15, 2019
"A fine piece of drama, capturing the strangeness and childlike wonder of the books, but also their rigour and bite (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Telegraph
Aladdin (2019)

Publish Date: May 22, 2019
"A big-hearted fantasy musical with a gorgeous colour palette and a strict moral code which tries very hard – but doesn’t quite succeed – in improving on the studio’s 1992 original (…) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

Telegraph
Requiem (TV Miniseries) (2018)

Publish Date: February 3, 2018
"I was gripped with a delicious fear throughout (...) [After watching the first episode] I reckon you would be mad to miss the next episode (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Telegraph
The Crown (TV Series) (2016)

Publish Date: November 22, 2017
"[2nd Season Review]: Kirby’s performance (...) manages to capture Margaret’s many complex shades (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Telegraph
Sherlock: The Lying Detective (TV) (2017)

Publish Date: January 9, 2017
"'Sherlock' continues to be a class act – a testament to the almost hallucinatory talents of creators (...), and proof of the malleable potential of Arthur Conan Doyle’s pipe-smoking detective. (...) Rating: **** (out of five)"

Telegraph
Sherlock: The Six Thatchers (TV) (2017)

Publish Date: January 1, 2017
"The performances from the two leads were both first class (...) Mark Gatiss’s story (...) was a dizzying triumph of complex plotting (...) and beautifully choreographed action scenes. (...) Rating: **** (out of five)"

Telegraph
Rillington Place (TV Miniseries) (2016)

Publish Date: November 29, 2016
"A measured, neat performance [by Roth] (...) [The script] never quite allows Roth room to manoeuvre (...) This opener was curiously flat and uninvolving (…) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

Telegraph
War and Peace (TV Miniseries) (2016)

Publish Date: December 14, 2015
"Ardent fans of the novel may feel the need to list various omissions. Yet a production of 'War and Peace' that slavishly, obsessively followed the original is unlikely to be as irresistible as this. (...) Rating: **** (out of five)"

Telegraph
Capital (TV Miniseries) (2015)

Publish Date: November 24, 2015
"Strong performances from a superb ensemble cast underpin the BBC's adaptation of John Lanchester's state-of-the-nation novel (…) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Telegraph
I, Claudius (TV Miniseries) (1976)

Publish Date: June 4, 2013
"[It] remains a powerful, compelling piece of drama, crowned by an extraordinary performance from Sir Derek Jacobi"

Telegraph
The Hour (TV Series) (2011)

Publish Date: November 15, 2012
"[2nd Season Review]: 'The Hour' remains tautly structured and with just the right balance between necessary period cliché and fun facts (…) Rating: ***½ (out of 5)"

Telegraph
What Remains (TV Miniseries) (2013)

"Tony Basgallop’s excellent new four-part drama (...) is a conventional whodunit shot as arthouse cinema. There are clichés (...) but they don’t spoil the overall effect or the power of the story."

Telegraph

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