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Wednesday, 23 July 2014

New Worlds: Episode 4

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"I dream of a vast continent, a republic where millions of men live in liberty." So, New Worlds  is over with a whimper, and I not...
Saturday, 19 July 2014

L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1895)

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Yep, it's the first horror film. Cringe with terror as the train seems about to run you over as you sit there is now of the first cinema...

The Cheese Mites (1903)

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Have a look for this on YouTube; it's a partly lost film but 49 seconds exist, of some cheese mites through a microscope. It was origina...
Sunday, 13 July 2014

Secret Window (2004)

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"I did those things so you didn't have to." It's increasingly unusual to see Johnny Depp in a film where he's nei...
Saturday, 12 July 2014

The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence (2011)

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"Is this the perverted film you've been talking about?" Oh, you just knew I had to blog the sequel. This is much more...

Despicable Me 2 (2013)

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"Good day, Mr Sheepsbutt." "Ramsbottom!" This is a bloody good film and well funny although, of course, it'...
Wednesday, 2 July 2014

New Worlds: Episode 3

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"Our lives will never change until the kings are torn from their thrones." This episode, we get Native Americans being all nob...
Sunday, 29 June 2014

Hannibal Rising (2007)

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"What is left in you to love?" Why does this film fail? Well, firstly, it isn't very good, being slow and boring with an ...

Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)

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"Burn the witch." As per this film's predecessor, I ought to make the point that I know sod all about any of the computer...

New Worlds: Episode 2

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"I cannot marry a man I do not love." Sigh. Things aren't really picking up. Ned is leaving Boston for England, and Beth is se...
Saturday, 28 June 2014

New Worlds: Episode 1

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"Young Americans like you must seize true liberty." The Devil's Whore  was superlative television. This... isn't, and ...

The Devil's Whore: Episode 4

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"I took a husband from you." "You took two." Suddenly, from a series which has been exploring the heritage of th...

The Devil's Whore: Episode 3

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"We begin again..." It's very neat, the parallel between the trials of Angelica and the king, both sentenced to die on the...

The Devil's Whore: Episode 2

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"How did your husband die?" "Because I was not tamed." "The world would have you tamed ?" "I know." ...
Monday, 16 June 2014

The Devil's Whore: Episode 1

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"Both armies gave thanks to the same God for the same victory." I loved this when it was first broadcast in 2007 and I loved it wh...
Sunday, 15 June 2014

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Intervention

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"The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the hokey pokey and turn themselves around." Buffy has has a tough time lately. S...

Crossroads (1986)

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"You're just one more white boy ripping off our music." I had to blog this film. For one thing, it has Ralph Macchio in i...
Wednesday, 11 June 2014

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

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"I have found it is the small things, the simple deeds of everyday folk, that keep the darkness at bay." I have a sort of rul...
Sunday, 8 June 2014

Red Dragon (2002)

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"Any rational society would either kill me or put me to some use." I ought to confess, before anything else, that I haven...
Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Hannibal (2001)

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"You can look at my face, but you shied when I said the name of God." It's an interesting prospect; get Ridley Scott to d...

S. Darko (2009)

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"...Then came the drugs. And anus sex." This is possibly the most disappointing sequel of all time, far worse than the actual...
Tuesday, 3 June 2014

Donnie Darko (2001)

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"Every living creature on Planet Earth dies  alone." This is the greatest film of the twenty-first century so far. I thought ...

Paul (2011)

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"Sorry you got killed by my Dad." "That's fine." This film obviously plays on the whole '90s "alie...
Monday, 2 June 2014

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Beginning of the End

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"Reminds me of the old days." "You were never on top!" That`s it, then. The first season is over and, in the end, th...
Tuesday, 27 May 2014

The Tudors: Season Four, Episode 10

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"You won't die. I forbid it!" This is it, then. The end. It's a heavy weight to bear, but we get a worthy finale in th...
Monday, 26 May 2014

The Tudors: Season Four, Episode 9

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"The law is whatever his Majesty says it is!" It's late 1545. Henry is getting close to death, but he remains deadly. At last ...

The Tudors: Season Four, Episode 8

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"I will burn as many heretics as I have to..." It's now 1544. Henry continues to get no younger, and the war (a theatre of the...

The Tudors: Season Four, Episode 7

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"This is a different war; a war of guns." We see the King marry his sixth wife, and Catherine Parr continues to endear herself to ...
Sunday, 25 May 2014

The Tudors: Season Four, Episode 6

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"It was not a happy marriage, your Majesty." "Do you believe that such a thing exists?" "Yes! I believe that with a...

The Tudors: Season Four, Episode 5

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"Catherine Howard, I have to tell you that you are going to die." It all happens so quickly. The episode begins with Henry findi...

Old Doctor Who New Adventures novels reviewed on Outpost Gallifrey

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For thoe who remember the New Adventures, here are a few reviews I wrote about some of them circa 2003, aged 26ish, long before this blog wa...
Saturday, 24 May 2014

Marvel`s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Ragtag

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"What are you feeling?" ''The universe...'' If you`ll indulge me for a sentence, we`ve just (finally!) got our...
Friday, 23 May 2014

Grimm: La Llorana

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"It's always the good ones who are taken." At last we get an episode based on a non-European myth, namely the La Llorona m...

Grimm: The Other Side

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"He's gonna have a tough time in prison!" Something's happened to Grimm. Up until now it's been a fairly good but ...
Sunday, 18 May 2014

The Tudors: Season Four, Episode 4

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"For God`s sake don`t spoil it. Not for us and not for her."  The King is proceeding north for a wee chat with King James V, kin...

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Nothing Personal

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"Who or what is a Man-Thing?" Episode 20 of 22; not far from the finishing line now and, while it`s all very exciting what with ...
Saturday, 17 May 2014

Angel: Disharmony

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"Man... atonement`s a bitch!" Things have been a little heavy lately, so it`s time for a light-hearted episode before the run-up...