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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…
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BLOOD DINER (1987)
Two cannibalistic brothers kill various young women to use their flesh in their new special dish at their rundown restaurant, while seeking blood sacrifices to awaken a dormant Egyptian goddess.
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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 15’
A startling contrast of emotions and moods pervades “Part 15” of Twin Peaks: The Return. With a sense of impending closure as we hurtle towards the finale, it begins with a gloriously bright, sunny morning. The camera swoops over the trees and mountains, and then the scene cuts to the distant figure of Nadine Hurley…
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GAME OF THRONES, 7.6 – ‘Beyond the Wall’
The penultimate episode is usually where Game of Thrones would flex its ‘action movie’ muscles, by throwing a good portion of the budget at something spectacular happening. This is very much the case in “Beyond the Wall”, but as part of a truncated season able to splash the cash in earlier episodes, it somehow felt…
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YOUR NAME (2016)
Two strangers find themselves linked in a bizarre way, but will distance be the only thing to keep them apart?
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THE LOVE OF A WOMAN (1953)
A young female doctor decides to settle on a remote island, hoping to be accepted by the suspicious population, only to fall in love with a handsome engineer who wants her to give up her vocation…
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THE SLAYER (1982)
A surreal artist suffering from nightmares becomes stranded on a rugged isle, facing off against a supernatural beast alongside her her brother, her husband, her sister-in-law, and a pilot…
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BATMAN RETURNS (1992)
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin in the hat.
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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 14’
It’s never good to be complacent about Twin Peaks: The Return. The unfolding of “Part 14” this week manages to clear up questions left unanswered after two episodes where, on the surface, the narrative was hardly moving forward and Lynch was accused of becoming over-indulgent. If you’re desperate for Lynch to start making connections, then…
