by Dave Bradley | Sep 18, 2018 | Film, Reviews
3.5 stars (out of 5) American Jesse Peretz directs this filming of Englishman Nick Hornby’s 2009 novel, complete with his sister Evgenia as one of the co-script-adaptors and Judd Apatow amongst the producers, and the result is one of the wryest, funniest films in...
by Lynette Washington | Jan 7, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Nick Hornby (Penguin Books Australia) 2014, 342pp, RRP $29.99 Nick Hornby has written some ripper books: High Fidelity, A Long Way Down and Juliet, Naked are my favourites. So when I picked up Funny Girl I was anticipating something edgy, sharp and brave. Funny Girl...