1000 Tiny Birds: 2026 edition

Shakespeare In Love (1998)

2026-01-27

Baffling to find out that this somewhat lightweight comedy (and, understandably controversially, the first comedy to win Best Picture since Annie Hall) was written by Tom Stoppard?! Sure, why not. It’s pretty much the first episode of Blackadder II extended to a feature length film, but with Martin Clunes playing Richard Burbage. It’s enjoyable enough, and well-made at that. So fair play to them all, but it’s probably no Saving Private Ryan, is it?