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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
After an accidental encounter with UFOs, an ordinary man follows a series of psychic clues to the first scheduled meeting between representatives of Earth and visitors from outer space…
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MINDHUNTER – Season One
The work of former FBI special agent John Douglas revolutionised the Bureau, and by extension crime fiction. Douglas was a pioneer of criminal profiling in the late-1970s, and his career famously inspired author Thomas Harris to write Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs. Subsequent movies and television series were in turn inspired by…
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.9 – ‘Into the Forest’
There’s a risk mid-season finales will disappoint because the narrative hasn’t built up enough steam, but “Into the Forest I Go” felt like a decent conclusion to the whole season. Or at least a confident pivot towards a new destination. It certainly brought much of the divisive Klingon subplots to an end, at least for…
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THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
When a wealthy woman’s ex-husband and a reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself…
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Competition: Win WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES on Blu-ray!
Would you like to win WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES on Blu-ray? Read on…
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PADDINGTON 2 (2017)
Paddington picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen…
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BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992)
A centuries old vampire comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker’s fiancée Mina Murray, whom he believes is the reincarnation of his lost love…
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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
A lavish train ride turns sinister when detective Hercule Poirot has to solve a murder that was committed during the journey…
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Competition: Win BABY DRIVER on DVD!
Would you like to win a copy of Edgar Wright’s BABY DRIVER on DVD? Read on…
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OUTLANDER, 3.8 – ‘First Wife’
By taking young Ian (John Bell) back to Lallybroch, Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) may have assumed their troubles were over for a while in Outlander. However, the implication of “First Wife” is that we’ll find out exactly who is Jamie’s other wife, a mention of whom was dropped into last week’s episode.…
