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Thursday, 30 November 2017

A Quick Update...

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It’s unlikely that there will be much blogging, if any, between now and the middle of next week as real life is busy at the moment. Fear not...
Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Jessica Jones: AKA Sin Bin

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"Killgrave? Think about obvious! Was 'Murdercorpse' already taken?" Jessica is playing for high stakes with Hope's f...
Sunday, 26 November 2017

The Trollenberg Terror (1958)

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"His head! It was torn off!" Oh my God. Those special effects are... somewhat vintage. You can see why Mystery Science Theatre...
Saturday, 25 November 2017

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

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“Somebody's shoved a red hot poker up our ass, and I want to know whose name is on the handle."  This is where it all began fo...
Friday, 24 November 2017

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

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“Well, the first symptom would be flames out of his anus...”  Ok, I admit it- I'm finding it difficult to watch Eddie Redmayne in an...
Monday, 20 November 2017

The Shining (1980)

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"Come and play with us, Danny. For ever. And ever. And ever..."                                                                  ...
Saturday, 18 November 2017

Dune (1984)

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"He who controls the spice controls the universe." Wow. That... was weird. This is, I’m told, David Lynch’s least loved film...
Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Jessica Jones: AKA WWJD?

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"I care if you die. The rest are fungible." This tour de force of a two hander between Krysten Ritter and David Tennant is easil...
Monday, 13 November 2017

Braveheart (1995)

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“The trouble with Scotland is it's full of Scots...” I’ve seen this film a fair few times but not for many years, and certainly not ...
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Thursday, 9 November 2017

The Great Escape (1963)

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"They are the common enemies of anyone who believes in freedom. If the high command didn’t believe in Hitler, why didn’t they throw him...
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Tuesday, 7 November 2017

The Gifted- Season 1, Episode 2: rX

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"Mr Strucker, you were prosecuting this woman three days ago. Now... what, she's a brave freedom fighter?" Things hot up as ...
Monday, 6 November 2017

The Gifted- Season 1, Episode 1: eXposed

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"Mutie, Andy? Racist much?" Yeah, I know; starting a new series. But it’s Marvel, and I just have to! “Things change when it’s...
Sunday, 5 November 2017

Gunpowder: Episode 3

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"I mean to die!" So here we are at the finale, a somewhat tricky episode dramatically as we all know how it ends.The answer to t...

Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

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"I can help you if you can't get it up..." Well, there may be no Leslie Nielsen this time (although we get an unexpectedly...
Saturday, 4 November 2017

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

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”Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer..."  I've always thought, before seeing both films again lately, that whilst ...
Friday, 3 November 2017

Frost/Nixon (2008)

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”Hello, good evening and welcome!” “I don’t actually say that...” For all that Ron Howard is an unflashy director his style certainly wo...
Thursday, 2 November 2017

Gunpowder: Episode 2

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“Kings are anointed by God!" And so we come to the middle episode of three, linking the first episode and finale with lots of narrati...
Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Gunpowder: Episode 1

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"Would you rather that I conform?" Well. That was well-acted, well-directed and... violent. It's entertaining, historical re...
Friday, 27 October 2017

Victoria: The Luxury of Conscience

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"You have been a great prime minister!" And so we reach the rather gripping season finale, full of incident and excitement as we...
Thursday, 26 October 2017

Victoria: The King Over the Water

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"You know, erm, I have some socks for you to darn..." It's the quiet episode before the season finale, so time for slowness,...

Victoria: Faith, Hope and Charity

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"If I follow my conscience, I will destroy my party." We knew it was coming; Victoria does the Irish Potato Famine, and it’s as...
Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Victoria: Entente Cordiale

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"It is a place of artifice and deceit!" So Victoria and her entourage are off to Paris and its predictably more fashionable cour...
Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Victoria: The Sins of the Father

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"At least Ernst knows who his father is!" So Victoria gives birth, rather painfully, and his father announces that "we have...
Monday, 23 October 2017

Victoria: Warp and Weft

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"They don't need balls. They need bread." A much better and more substantial episode this week. Victoria is back on track. ...

The Italian Job (1969)

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"Tell Bridger this is a foreign job to help with this country's balance of payments..." I'm beginning to be wary of go...
Sunday, 22 October 2017

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

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"I'm French. We respect directors in our country." Meh. Quentin Tarantino doesn't exactly make bad films- this is stil...
Friday, 20 October 2017

Victoria: The Green-Eyed Monster

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"Am I just an ignoramus who has to have things summarised by my husband?" A somewhat awkward and directionless episode this time...
Thursday, 19 October 2017

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

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"She'll be back!" Sometimes low expectations can be a very good thing. Oh, I remember quite enjoying this film when I sa...
Tuesday, 17 October 2017

Victoria: A Soldier's Daughter

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"It may be your regiment, Albert. But it is my army." Victoria is back on ITV. I'm afraid I'm late to the party; I assu...

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa

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"What's the point? what's the bloody point?" These BBC 4 dramas always were excellent telly but this 2006 masterpiece......
Monday, 16 October 2017

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

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"No pain, no gain..."  You know those "bad" films that are actually fun to watch and sort of entertain you in spite ...
Sunday, 15 October 2017

It (2017)

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“Wait, can only virgins see this stuff? Is that why I'm not seeing this shit?” Well, that was unusual. A modern day horror film that...
Wednesday, 11 October 2017

Django Unchained (2012)

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"Kill white people and get paid for it? What's not to like?" This is, to date, the only film by Quentin Tarantino that I...
Wednesday, 4 October 2017

Fists of Fury (1972)

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“We are not sick men!” This is my first ever Bruce Lee film, and only my second martial arts film not directed by Quentin Tarantino, unl...
Sunday, 1 October 2017

The Walking Dead- Season 2, Episode 10: 18 Miles Out

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“This is so pointless!" This may be a quiet episode focusing on character- albeit with lots of exciting zombie action, and may have a...
Saturday, 30 September 2017

Chinatown (1974)

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"Middle of a drought and the water commissioner drowns..." SPOILERS Best film about utilities and nonces ever. Ironic, seein...
Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Jessica Jones: AKA Top Shelf Perverts

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"We both know you don't own a vacuum cleaner...” Wow. Jessica has really hit rock bottom after last week; Luke’s stinging rejecti...
Sunday, 24 September 2017

White Zombie (1932)

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"I'm too old to go all the way with you!" Oh dear. I was all set to watch Brighton Rock with Richard Attenborough but, du...
Saturday, 23 September 2017

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

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"You're my favourite person. But every so often you can be a real c***." And so we come to the second part, with Elle unex...

Anastasia (1997)

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"That's what I hate about this government. Everything's in red."  Ok, let's forget historical accuracy. Rasputin d...
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Friday, 22 September 2017

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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"Well... the television said that's the right thing to do! Yes, I know, you were expecting Kill Bill, Vol. 2 . Over the weekend...
Sunday, 17 September 2017

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

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"Your instrument is quite impressive..." I saw this film at the pictures back in 2003, when I was still in my twenties. I enjo...
Friday, 15 September 2017

The BFG (1989 TV Film)

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"I think, on the whole, I prefer the bagpipes." This magnificently quirky (and somewhat druggy feeling) animation from Cosgrove ...
Monday, 11 September 2017

Jessica Jones: AKA You're a Winner

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"Of course they're ok. I don't hurt dogs." Narratively in the context of the season, of course (SPOILERS!) this is The E...
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Saturday, 9 September 2017

Apocalypse Now (1979)

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"I love the smell of napalm in the morning..."  I may have waited until I was forty but at last I can claim to have seen this ...
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Monday, 4 September 2017

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)

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"The tomatoes are coming!" Oh my. That's... quite a cultural experience. What have I just watched? So very low budget; t...
Sunday, 3 September 2017

Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)

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"It's a bit like one of those old houses in horror films." "I see what you mean. It's like Boris Karloff's goin...
Saturday, 2 September 2017

The Terror (1963)

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"Mark you, you are getting yourself into things beyond your understanding!" Roger Corman, O Roger Corman, you have your tropes...
Monday, 28 August 2017

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

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"Polite persons do not take their supper in the nude!"  Well, there's a surprise. Oddly enough this is quite a departure f...