Simon Fenton – MRQE

A Knight in Camelot (TV)

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Yet another variation on Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur’s Court.” Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.

“Rector’s Wife, The”

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Three-part dramatization of the novel by Joanna Trollope. A clergyman’s wife shocks the church establishment and infuriates her husband by taking a job in a supermarket. She attracts the passionate interest of three very different men: a newly-appointed archdeacon; his younger brother, a philosopher and academic; and a wealthy businessman new to the village.

“Century Falls”

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story of teenager Tess Hunter and her mother, who move to the seemingly idyllic rural village of Century Falls, only to find that it hides many powerful secrets.

The Power of One

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family’s political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto fight with your fists and lead with your heart. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him – and finds that one person really can make a difference.

Matinee

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.