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Friday, 21 August 2015

The Assassination Bureau (1969)

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"Human life is so expendable. So easily replaced, and pleasurable." This film gets a rough ride from critics, I feel, many o...
Thursday, 20 August 2015

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

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"There'll be no morning for us!" Christopher Lee is the nominal star of this film, but he doesn't get to do much other...
Wednesday, 19 August 2015

The Skull (1965)

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"All I can say to you is to keep away from the skull of the Marquis de Sade!" I haven't reviewed a film featuring the great Si...
Friday, 14 August 2015

The Woman in Black (2012)

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"She makes us do it..." This is the first of the new wave of Hammer horrors I've seen and, if this is anything to go by,...
Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Humans: Episode 8

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"You would trap us in our own minds: give us feelings but take away our free will. Make us slaves." It's the season finale, an...
Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Zombieland (2009)

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"So, do you have any regrets?" " Garfield , maybe?" No, in spite of the title, the year of release and Jesse Eisenberg, ...
Monday, 3 August 2015

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell: Arabella

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"I merely asked questions. Surely that is the prerogative of any pupil?" This is the episode where all turns dark. Strange, up til...
Saturday, 1 August 2015

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell: All the Mirrors of the World

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A guest post once again from MrVortexOfDoom, whose YouTube us most definitely worth a look for those of us who like to see excellent reconst...
Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Adventureland (2009)

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"You don't want 'virgin' to be your signifier." "He takes one semiotics class..." Ah, the nostalgi...
Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Humans: Episode 7

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"Oh, David. What did you do?" Things get more and more intense this episode until the climax, which promises to lead to an emotion...
Monday, 27 July 2015

Freaky Friday (2003)

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"I look like Stevie Nicks!" "Who's he?" Another remake by Disney, then, and yet again this is a rare case ...
Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Humans: Episode 6

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"If you power me down now, I will be unable to penetrate your wife." It had to be that quote. There were plenty of potentials ...
Tuesday, 21 July 2015

Humans: Episode 5

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"She saved our son's life. And you're calling her a sex toy!" Lots of revelations this week, some of them dramatic. It...
Sunday, 12 July 2015

The Battleship Potemkin (1925)

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"Down with tsarism!" Obviously, this is a much-admired film, largely because of the inspiring and extraordinary effective use...

Penny Dreadful: Verbis Diablo

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"Is this what it's like to go mad? Your darkest fears made manifest before your eyes?" More of the same superbly stylish horro...

Humans: Episode 4

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"I'm an analogue man in a digital world..." The usual excellence continues in terms of script, execution and performances, but...
Monday, 6 July 2015

Humans: Episode 3

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"Dr. Millican! This is highly unsafe!" Humans  just keeps getting better and better. And that Kraftwerk -inspired theme tune is re...
Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Any Requests?

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Any requests for what you'd like me to cover on the blog? Obviously, I'm limited in the access I have to stuff, but I've a fairl...

The Doctor Who Pubcast

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Here be the latest of Nick's and my Doctor Who Pubcasts. Previous instalments are also available... http://dwpubcast.podomatic.com/entry...

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

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"Are you gay?" Before I say anything else, I should praise the way this film is shot by Sam Taylor-Wood. I'm not sure a...
Monday, 29 June 2015

Grimm: Cry Havoc

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"If it's any consolation, Kenneth is dead..." ... And now so is Juliette. Who saw that coming? It's quite a twist, as is h...

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell: The Education of a Magician

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"Can a magician kill a man by magic?" "I suppose a magician might. But a gentleman never could." And on we go. More crea...

Humans: Episode 2

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"The synths steal their job; they steal the synth." Well, it seems as though the second episode is no less superlative than the fi...

Grimm: Headache

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"Well, this should be a jolly good romp!" Eh? Jelly Burkhart dies this episode. The cliffhanger is even Nick receiving her head in...
Thursday, 25 June 2015

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell: How Is Lady Pole?

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Something different today: a guest post from MrVortexOfDoom, whose YouTube channel you would be wise to have a look at, particularly if you ...
Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell: The Friends of English Magic

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"All magicians lie, that one more than most..." I've been looking forward to this dries for ages; I loved the novel. Susanna C...
Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Humans: Episode 1

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"Those robots are the Singularity!" It's prime time hard sci-if on Channel 4 courtesy of this remake of the Swedish original, ...
Monday, 22 June 2015

Daredevil: In the Blood

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"If he had an iron suit, or a magic hammer, maybe that would explain how you get your asses handed to you." It's early days, I...
Thursday, 18 June 2015

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: S.O.S, Part 2

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"Yeah, and I thought my mom was bad when she started watching Fox News." This is it, then. No more Agents of SHIELD for an awfully...

Grimm: You Don't Know Jack

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"It's not that easy being pregnant, cutting up your mom, and waiting for someone to kill you!" Looks as though the season is g...
Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: S.O.S, Part 1

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"I am capable of finishing my own..." "Sentences." Here we go, then. War. It's all very confused at the star...

Grimm: Iron Hans

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"So will you be a pawn, or will you be a queen?" This time the story of the week isn't quite as high quality as we've rece...