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Thursday, 30 January 2014

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

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"Not to be rude or anything, but this isn't a great time for me to have a house elf in my bedroom!" Aw, isn't Dobby cute...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

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"You're a wizard, Harry!" I am thirty-six years old. It's time to admit, after years of aspiring to do so, that I will n...
Wednesday, 29 January 2014

IT

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Part One "A clown brought us down here. We all float." I hadn't heard of this before, but my uber-coulrophob ic fianc...

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

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"Virtual reality will grow and grow." Er... no it won't. it's an odd beast in hindsight, this film. On the on e hand t...
Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Grimm: Quill

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"Oh my God. Hank knows!" Like the last episode, this episode ostensibly has a plot and everything. But essentially it's abou...

Grimm: Bad Moon Rising

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"Oh, I'm ready!" This episode, fact fans, is based on a Grimm tale called The Old Woman in the Wood . But, far more importan...

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: The Bridge

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"Did I beat Captain America's time?" This one ends on a cliffhanger. Of course it bloody ends on a cliffhanger, as this is t...

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Repairs

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"I don't mean to scare you. I just mean to use you as bait." This is already categorisable as a particular type of episode; ...
Monday, 27 January 2014

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: The Well

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"This guy has lives through all of the scary stuff- the crusades; the Black Death; disco..." As if I wasn't already feeling ...

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: The Hub

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"Not everyone gets sent to Tahiti." "It's a magical.. place." this episode may get the most James Bond opening y...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World (Revisited)

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Many of my lovely readers may be unaware how this blog first started way back in June 2009, a long time ago when I was clean-shaven, singl...
Sunday, 19 January 2014

Sherlock: His Last Vow

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"I'm a doctor. I know how to sprain people." After two episodes which play with structure we get something resembling a mo...
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Sherlock: The Sign of Three

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"Who leaves a wedding early? So sad." Series Three continues to play with the format by not only giving us a wedding comedy ep...

Sherlock: The Empty Hearse

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"What did he say?" "F..." "Cough." I'm so very late in writing up this season of Sherlock (an...

Crash (1996)

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"The car crash is a fertilising rather than destructive event." This strange, disturbing yet beautiful film is, unforgivably, ...
Monday, 13 January 2014

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)

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"I remember how to undress myself." "Yeah, but I do it so much better." It's been a while, but it's time...
Thursday, 19 December 2013

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

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"What are you going to do- assemble a cabinet at them?" I saw The Day of the Doctor  at the pictures with my good lady and a b...
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Friday, 22 November 2013

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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"Quid pro quo. Yes or no?" This is another film from the shocking list of films-you-must-see-before-you-die that I hadn't ...
Thursday, 21 November 2013

An Adventure in Space and Time

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"You can't rewrite history. Not one line." I'm watching the rerun of An Unearthly Child  on BBC 4 as I write this, wit...
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Monday, 18 November 2013

Dollhouse: Epitaph Two- Return

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"I can bring back the world!" What a very strange ending. Things are still a bit post-apocalyptic, and there are many individu...
Sunday, 17 November 2013

Dollhouse: The Hollow Men

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"This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but with a whimper."...

Dollhouse: Getting Closer

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"They roam like free range chickens. We keep ours more like veal." Deep breath. Very close to the end now. And...oh yes. SPOILERS....

Dollhouse: The Attic

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"My real name's Echo!" Wow. This is at the same time a surreal, virtual reality themed episode, redolent of Part Three of clas...

Dollhouse: Stop-Loss

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"I'm Anthony, by the way." It's clear that we're entering the final phase. Victor is leaving the Dollhouse, yet he and...

Dollhouse: A Love Supreme

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"So... if she floats, she's a witch?" If the situation wasn't volatile or chaotic enough already, throw in Alpha (Alan Tud...

Dollhouse: Meet Jane Doe

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"You are the coldest bitch on this planet!" And this is where it all starts to look a bit rushed: three months have passed, just l...
Thursday, 14 November 2013

Dollhouse: The Left Hand

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"There is no Dollhouse." Gosh. Where to begin?  I suppose I'll start by praising Enver Gjokaj 's extraordinary per...

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

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"I'm the Doctor. But probably not the one you were expecting." I'm  not usually in the business of reviewing minisodes...
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