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CLIQUE – Series One
Childhood friends Georgia and Holly are a few weeks into studying at university in Edinburgh, when Georgia finds herself drawn into an elite circle of alpha females, led by lecturer Jude McDermid…
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BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.2 – ‘Witness’
Another methodical episode, which you either appreciate or find your leg twitching with impatience. I rather enjoy the oasis of calm a drama like Better Call Saul provides, punctuated with moments of tension and big surprises. At least “Witness” did a few things people have been asking for, in terms of bringing Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk)…
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THE LEFTOVERS, 3.1 – ‘The Book of Kevin’
The best drama on television returns with another bold and remarkable season premiere, cementing its well-earned reputation for balancing human emotion with imaginative fantasy. Much like the previous premiere, “Axis Mundi”, it opened with a flashback separate to the main story but foreshadowing issues the regular cast will be facing. While it wasn’t as astonishing…
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DOCTOR WHO, 10.1 – ‘The Pilot’
There’s a marvellous composition right at the start of this week’s Doctor Who that speaks volumes. As “The Pilot” begins and Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) is shown into The Doctor’s (Peter Capaldi) study at Bristol University, she sits down at The Doctor’s desk. Not only is this opening shot a wonderful nod to the ideas…
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FAST & FURIOUS 8 (2017)
When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of terrorism and a betrayal of his friends, the crew face trials that test them as never before…
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CATASTROPHE – Series Three
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s semi-biographical sitcom Catastrophe recently returned to Channel 4 for its third series. Named after a quote from Zorba the Greek (“I’m a man so I married. Wife, children, house, everything. The full catastrophe!”), the show follows husband and wife Rob and Sharon Morris as they contend with the trials and…
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BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.1 – ‘Mabel’
I know too many people who gave up on Better Call Saul during its first season, either because it wasn’t enough like Breaking Bad for their liking, or they just had a hard time identifying with Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and didn’t particularly care about his arc. It’s a shame this spin-off naturally breeds such…
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THE CITY OF THE DEAD (1960)
A young woman uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England, but upon arriving in the village of Whitewood she finds herself “marked” for sacrifice by an undead coven of witches…
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CALTIKI, THE IMMORTAL MONSTER (1959)
Archaeologists investigating Mayan ruins release a gelatinous monster, during a time when a doomsday comet has returned in the sky…
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LEGION – Season One
Noah Hawley’s Legion is a hard show to classify. It can, at least on some level, be seen as a superhero drama (as it’s based on an X-Men comic book spin-off character), but it doesn’t fit neatly into a single box. It’s defined by weirdness and ambition, a constantly disorienting narrative with unpredictable twists and turns, and an…
