Macbeth

Description: Genre: Drama / Gordon Ramsay can rest easy as working all hours in a hot, steamy kitchen is not something that appeals ... more

Macbeth ... to actor James McAvoy, who stars in BBC One's modern interpretation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Written by Peter Moffat (Hawking, Cambridge Spies), Macbeth is transposed to the enclosed and heated world of a top restaurant kitchen. James stars as chef Joe Macbeth who runs a successful restaurant with his wife, Ella, played by Keeley Hawes.

Newest Review: ... he wants his son to inherit the restaurant and run the place, taking ownership. Macbeth (McAvoy) and his wife Ella (an outstanding Keeley Hawes) are so desperate to have the place, but how far will they go to ensure it's theirs? Well, in fact, it's this desperation that the hour and a half programme focuses mainly on, with the relatively happy Macbeth slowly but surely turning embittered as ... more

... his desire for success and notoriety turns him into a murdering savage. The development of his character is phenomenally performed by McAvoy, and the cold and calculating Ella is magnificently portrayed by a sultry Hawes. The two really sizzle on scree...more

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Macbeth: Pigs will fly, pigs will fly...... (892 words)
by - written on 11/11/09 (Very useful, 53 readings)
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Before last night, I had never really see James McAvoy get his teeth into something really gritty, where he can let go and explore a darker side to his nature. I know he has been in Shameless, but usually I see the softer side of him, from the shy and timid character he plays in Last King of Scotland, to the dork in Starter For 10. Shakespeare's Macbeth is a very dark and back-stabbingly engrossing tale. Never really having paid much attention to it before, I started watching this late last night, as the second of a 4 episode disc where the BBC takes Shakespeare's plays and gives them a modern adaptation, making them current. Macbeth originally sees the ... Read the complete review

Depressing but Very Good. (1599 words)
by - written on 25/02/06 (Very useful, 1140 readings)
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You when at school and you are forced to read Shakespeare’s plays for English whether you liked them or not? Well I always enjoyed his plays and cannot count the number of times that I have been to see them on stage because I have been so many. It is not his style of writing that I like because I find it quite annoying but more his ideas and the way his stories play out. One of my favourite plays is Macbeth as it is very dark and very interesting so I was excited when over Christmas last year I saw that they had done a modern adaptation of the play. It was great and this is why. ----- Actual story of Macbeth: Three witches’ prophesise ... Read the complete review

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