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FACE/OFF (1997)
20 years ago today, renowned Hong Kong director John Woo’s best American movie debuted in US cinemas: the sci-fi action thriller Face/Off…
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DOCTOR WHO, 10.11 – ‘World Enough and Time’
After that startling opening showing an older, somewhat crumpled version of The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) apparently regenerating, Steven Moffat clearly decided that, as this was his last year as showrunner, he’d use “World Enough and Time” to rattle some cages, bring back The Master (John Simm) and pile on the Cyberman body horror. He borrows…
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THE SORROW AND THE PITY (1969)
From 1940 to 1944, France’s Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. Marcel Ophüls mixes archival footage with 1969 interviews of a German officer and of collaborators and resistance fighters from Clermont-Ferrand…
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TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 7’
Well, “Part 7” of Twin Peaks: The Return was precisely what most of us were waiting for. Like Jerry Horne (David Patrick Kelly), high as a kite, lost in the Douglas firs, and without a car in this week’s opening scene, we’ve often wondered where the hell we were over the last six hours of…
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THE FISHER KING (1991)
A former ‘shock jock’ radio DJ, suicidal after a tragedy he set in motion, finds redemption in helping a mentally ill homeless man…
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AMERICAN GODS, 1.8 – ‘Come to Jesus’
If there’s one consistent theme in American Gods, it’s belief. The show is all about how faith in the Old Gods or the New Gods sustains people and gives them power. If you put your total confidence in the idea that these supernatural beings can control the world, then they can… but, without that belief,…
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BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.10 – ‘Lantern’
A lot happened in the third season finale of Better Call Saul, although many of the big events didn’t get complete pay-off here, as many subplots were left dangling for later. It’s getting a little comical how the show is dragging things out, to some extent, but it’s so well-written and performed that I can’t…
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THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970)
After witnessing an attack, a writer becomes stalked by a serial killer…
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DOCTOR WHO, 10.10 – ‘The Eaters of Light’
Welcome back Rona Munro, writer of this week’s Doctor Who, “The Eaters of Light”. Munro, as many fans will recall, wrote what turned out to be, rather sadly, the last story in the run of the classic series, “Survival”. It’s interesting to see that Munro is, thematically at least, almost picking up where she left…
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HOUSE OF CARDS – Season Five
When you look at Netflix these days, it’s sobering to realise that, just five years ago, the notion of an original series on a video-on-demand platform was met with skepticism. But when the US adaptation of House of Cards debuted in 2013 it surprised audiences and critics alike, and Netflix instantly became a serious provider…
