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IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (1963)
The dying words of a thief spark a madcap cross-country rush to find buried treasure…
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THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (1973)
A professional assassin codenamed ‘Jackal’ plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.
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THE GHOUL (2016)
A detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder, but his therapy blurs the lines between fantasy and reality…
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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 16’
I confess I had to eat humble pie — probably a cherry pie would be most appropriate — after watching Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 16” this week. A few reviews ago I was convinced we’d never see the real Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) again and, given how strange the narrative has become thus far, David Lynch would be…
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DEATH NOTE (2017)
After a high school student finds an ancient notebook with the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it, he decides to become a secret vigilante, but finds himself pursued by a famous detective…
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RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 (1993)
Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught youth performs the operation on his girlfriend after she’s killed in a motorcycle accident.
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GAME OF THRONES, 7.7 – ‘The Dragon and the Wolf’
The finale was a good antidote to the breakneck pace of season 7, as 80-minutes allowed more space for the character interactions this year’s sometimes pushed aside in favour of spectacle and busily moving the plot along. It was a solid end to this season of Game of Thrones, despite most of the big moments…
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ERIK THE CONQUEROR (1961)
In the 9th-century, two Viking children, separated since childhood (one raised by the British, the other by Vikings), meet in adulthood as rivals after war breaks out between Britain and the Vikings for control of England…
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THE DEFENDERS – Season One
The first season of Netflix’s Daredevil was the best TV superhero drama in years, perhaps ever; the second was an entertaining mess. Jessica Jones told a confident story with an unforgettable mind-controlling villain, all while subverting cliches surrounding female protagonists. Luke Cage delivered an intoxicating Harlem atmosphere of hip hop music and amber-tinged cinematography, but…
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TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor in 1984, must now protect her son John Connor from a more advanced cyborg…
