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COLOSSAL (2016)
An unemployed party girl from New York moves back home, before realising she’s psychically connected to an enormous monster terrorising Seoul…
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BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.7 – ‘Expenses’
This was a mid-season transitionary episode, where there were no huge moments, just plenty of finessing as the story takes stock, adjusts, then moves in a new direction. The biggest outcome of “Expenses” was getting a further sense of why Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) will ditch his family name, becoming ‘Saul Goodman’, to bend the rules of…
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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 1 & 2’
There’s one indelible image that confirms director David Lynch hasn’t only returned, 26 years later, to that Pacific north-western town Twin Peaks, but has also picked up the reins left unattended since his last feature film, Inland Empire (2006). It’s of a twisting highway, framed by trees, and illuminated only by car headlights. A tracking…
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THE LEFTOVERS, 3.6 – ‘Certified’
We all have our least favourite characters on TV, and Laurie (Amy Brenneman) has always been mine on The Leftovers. A whole episode dedicated to her didn’t fill me with excitement, but thankfully this season has been telling such an absorbing and unpredictable story that it’s just great to get another hour. And, considering my…
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZAR’S REVENGE (2017)
Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the trident of Poseidon.
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DOCTOR WHO, 10.6 – ‘Extremis’
Steven Moffat returns to Doctor Who writing duties this week with “Extremis”, the first chapter of a three-part story. We’re also back in a library for an atmospheric scene-setting tale of conquest by computer simulation. What’s surprising is that he chose to unveil, fairly immediately, that Missy (Michelle Gomez) is the occupant of the vault.…
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ASSASSIN’S CREED (2016)
When Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he’s a descendant of the secret Assassins society.
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RIVERDALE – Season One
Adapted from Archie Comics, Riverdale was a great fit for television because of its numerous story arcs. The US teen drama follows several characters turning detective following the death of local boy Jason Blossom (Trevor Stines). The show had it all, in terms of small-town stereotypes: Jason’s twin sister Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) was the local ‘It Girl’…
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AMERICAN GODS, 1.3 – ‘Head Full of Snow’
American Gods is such an overwhelmingly gorgeous show that it feels hard to criticise it. Like the previous two episodes, “Head Full of Snow” is once again compelling and beautiful, but the disjointed nature of each of these three instalments is making it slightly difficult to get invested in the overall narrative. It needs a…
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BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.6 – ‘Off Brand’
A chastened Chuck (Michael McKean), defeated in court by his brother Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk), is consoled over a glass of vintage wine by his business partner Howard (Patrick Fabrian). They toast to “new beginnings”, and that’s something that carries through every storyline in “Off Brand”, as Better Call Saul appears to have turned a corner.…
