From The Trail Of The Chicago 7 to Riviera and David Copperfield: The best on demand TV this week 

NETFLIX The Trial Of The Chicago 7 There’s one reason why people are talking about The Trial Of The Chicago 7. The film is written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, the man behind The West Wing on TV and movies such as The Social Network. It’s a courtroom drama about a chapter of American history … Read more

The Personal History Of David Copperfield review: ‘An unbridled joy’

The Personal History Of David Copperfield            Cert: PG, 1hr 59mins  Rating: As nomination season for the big film awards comes to a close, it is clear there are both winners – basically Joker, 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – and losers.  Unfortunately, Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History … Read more

Dickens with 2020 vision: BRIAN VINER reviews The Personal History Of David Copperfield

The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG) Rating: Verdict: What the Dickens! The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (15) Rating: Verdict: Incoherent fun Years pass without a single film based on an autobiographical novel about an aspiring young writer emerging out of genteel impoverishment in the mid‑19th century . . . then, what do you … Read more