Deborah Ross

If it were any better, it would actually be a terrible pity: Diana – The Musical reviewed

Plus: another South Korean gem in which nothing happens and everything happens

Jeanna de Waal stars as a Diana who has been styled to look like Clare Balding. Image: © Netflix / Everett Collection / Alamy Stock Photo
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This week, an excellent film (Moving On) and a film that isn’t at all, but is entirely worth it as it’s one of the super bad ones that don’t come along too often. It’s the kind that, if it were any better, it would actually be a terrible pity. (See also: Cats.)

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