MARK GATISS

OPERATION MINCEMEAT (2022)
Starring Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald, Matthew MacFadyen, Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss, Hattie Morahan, Penelope Wilton, Paul Ritter, Tom Wilkinson and Simon Russell Beale. Directed by John Madden.

During WWII, two intelligence office use a corpse and false papers to outwit German troops.

REVIEWS Operation Mincemeat - A noble dramatisation of an important historical deception

LOCKED DOWN (2021)
Starring Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Merchant, Dulé Hill, Jazmyn Simon, Ben Kingsley, Ben Stiller, Mindy Kaling, Lucy Boynton and Mark Gatiss. Directed by Doug Liman.

Just as they decide to separate, Linda and Paxton find life has other plans when they are stuck at home in London in a mandatory lockdown. Cohabitation is proving to be a challenge, but fueled by isolation and copious amounts of wine, it will bring them closer together in the most surprising way - by hatching a plan to steal a precious diamond from luxury department store Harrods.

REVIEWS Locked Down - Far from pandemic perfection

THE FAVOURITE (2018)
Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, Joe Alwyn, Jenny Rainsford, James Smith, Tim Ingall and Lillyrose Stevens. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen’s companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfil her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.

REVIEWS The Favourite - Revisiting the delicious modern classic
The Favourite - A delicious work of magnificent insanity

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (2018)
Starring Hayley Atwell, Ewan McGregor, Jim Cummings, Mark Gatiss, Nick Mohammed, Peter Capaldi, Brad Garrett, Bronte Carmichael, Sophie Okonedo and Toby Jones. Directed by Marc Forster.

The young boy who embarked on countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with his band of spirited and loveable stuffed animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into our world and help Christopher Robin remember the loving and playful boy who is still inside.

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay and Mark Gatiss. Directed by Paul McGuigan.

A unique, never-before-seen twist on Mary Shelley’s classic 19th century novel. Told from Igor’s perspective, we see the troubled young assistant’s dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man – and the legend – we know today.

SHERLOCK: THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE (2016)
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Amanda Abbington and Andrew Scott. Directed by Douglas MacKinnon.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

REVIEWS Sherlock: The Abominable Bride - Surprisingly entertaining yet frivolously unnecessary