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Carry on England (1976)
Windsor Davies is the saving grace
Another review gave this 2 stars, and included the line "The only saving grace is Windsor Davies as the bellowing Sergeant Major". This alone saves the film for me and makes it a pleasure. It is not the best Carry On and I would rate others higher, and others a lot lot lower. But I have a soft spot for this one. The relationship between Kenneth Connor and Davies is very good and very funny, especially at the start of the film. It's also always a pleasure to see Melvyn Hayes who is rare in Carry On films. The storyline and jokes are dated (as are most of the Carry On films) but give it a chance - it may grow on you!
Domina (2021)
Not quite as good as Rome
Compared to the wonderful HBO series Rome, this feels rather contrived. It's a great idea to see it from Livia's perspective but there is no common narrative all the way through that brings all of the pieces together that we saw with Lucius and Titus in Rome. This is set after Rome of course and I would like to see more development of the Tiberius character, but perhaps that will happen next season. Most of the acting, and the sets are very impressive but some more character development would be helpful.