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SUPERGIRL – Season One
In a year which has seen Zack Snyder again misunderstand the appeal of Superman, it’s heartening to watch the first season of Supergirl and see a show embodying the values of this timeless comic book hero. This series might not focus on the Man of Steel himself, but by putting its attention on his Kryptonian…
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PREACHER, 1.9 – ‘Finish the Song’
The penultimate hour of Preacher took a significant step forward, in terms of finally bringing ‘The Cowboy’ (Graham McTavish) into the main story, and there were several moments I very much enjoyed, but also more of the odd decision-making that has characterised this first season. It’s frustrating because I’ve started to make my peace with…
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BUSTER KEATON: THE COMPLETE SHORT FILMS (1917-1923)
Eureka Entertainment’s ‘Masters of Cinema’ release of Buster Keaton’s short films is important because Buster Keaton is important. To borrow from Orson Welles, Keaton was the greatest of all the clowns in the history of the cinema. The box set starts with his first screen appearance in a Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle film. He’d go on…
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THE BFG (2016)
A girl named Sophie encounters a giant who, despite his intimidating size, turns out to be a kindhearted soul shunned by other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.
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STAR TREK BEYOND (2016)
The U.S.S Enterprise crew explore uncharted space, before encountering a ruthless enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test…
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MR. ROBOT, 2.3 – ‘eps2.1_k3rnel-pan1c.ksd’
Of all the many things I love about Mr. Robot (its sharp dialogue, excellent performances, the way it deliberately messes with your mind so that you’re never quite sure what you’ve just seen), my favourite thing of all is the way it so acutely taps into the paranoia of our times. This is a drama…
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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK – Season Four
The fourth season of Netflix original Orange is the New Black picks up directly where we left off, with the inmates all swimming in a lake, having left Litchfield through a cut in the barbed wire. However, thoughts of the series continuing without exploring fresh territory are diminished by the season’s fast-paced premiere, where creator…
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PREACHER, 1.8 – ‘El Valero’
Much like the previous episode, “El Valero” had its ups and downs. I loved the clever way the writers have been steering us towards this point, however: with battle re-enactment hobbyist Donny (Derek Wilson) dressed in his military gear to help Alamo fanatic Odin Quincannon (Jackie Earle Haley) destroy Jesse’s (Dominic Cooper) church, which gave…
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20 Years On: THE FRIGHTENERS
On 19 July 1996, Peter Jackson’s THE FRIGHTENERS was released to disappointing box office sales, but 20 years later it’s clearly an important transitional movie for the LORD OF THE RINGS director…
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COCOON (1985)
After a group of old men start swimming in a pool full of alien cocoons, they become rejuvenated with youthful vigour, in Ron Howard’s 1985 sci-fi drama…
