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Thursday, 30 August 2018

Update

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You may have noticed I haven't posted for a while, which is partly because of being away last weekend and partly because of life being (...
Friday, 24 August 2018

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Potential

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"You're not special. You're extraordinary." Not all Buffy episodes can stand out. Yes, Buffy is an extraordinary serie...
Thursday, 23 August 2018

Angel: Soulless

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“Boning your mom and trying to kill your dad? There should be a play...” And suddenly things get brilliant. The season was looking a bit a...
Sunday, 19 August 2018

Man of Steel (2013)

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"What are you smiling about, Captain?" "Nothing, Sir. I just think he's kind of hot." Usually I'd write a ...
Saturday, 18 August 2018

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

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“Humanity has always feared what is different,"  I've read a lot of Chris Claremont's run on X-Men (the comic book, of cou...
Thursday, 16 August 2018

The Night Caller (1965)

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"And if that is an atom bomb, and you drop it, I'll 'ave you on a charge!" Yes, the premise really is as said on the p...
Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Showtime

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“I’m the thing that monsters have nightmares about...” Part two of an implicit two parter plays out this episode as Buffy finally defeats...
Sunday, 12 August 2018

Final Destination (2000)

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“In death, there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps, no escape."  I was a little wary to see a "horror" film w...

Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

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"Even these mosquito bites will look like juicy, juicy mangoes..” I used to follow football a bit. At least international. Then the...
Saturday, 11 August 2018

The Flintstones (1994)

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“Yabba dabba doo!”  This film may be technically set in the Stone Age, vaguely defined, but we all know it's actually set in those e...
Friday, 10 August 2018

Angel: Awakening

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“What is it about evil that jacks up the IQ points?” Ah, I begin to see where this season may be going... The whole episode is a splendi...
Monday, 6 August 2018

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Bring on the Night

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“Sorry to barge in. Afraid we have a slight... apocalypse.” This is, there's no doubt about it, an Important Episode. In fact, it'...
Sunday, 5 August 2018

The Wicker Man (1973)

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“We’re a deeply religious people...”  This is the second time I've seen this film, and the subtext truly grows with reviewing. The t...
Saturday, 4 August 2018

Justice League (2017)

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“What are your superpowers again?” “I’m rich.”  I'd intended to start this blog with a quip about that notorious moustache. After ...
Thursday, 2 August 2018

Angel: Long Day’s Journey

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“We need Angelus..." Obviously there's a lot of plot here- this big, apocalyptic demon is still loose in LA and up to stuff, rath...
Wednesday, 1 August 2018

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Never Leave Me

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"That.s the worst attempt at pig slaughtering I've ever seen..." So the big bad gets a name: the First, a one off baddie fro...
Tuesday, 31 July 2018

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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"I'm asking for safe passage through the Anus..." Time for another Marvel film, methinks. I'm determined to get throug...
Monday, 30 July 2018

Don’t Breathe (2016)

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“You have to be made accountable...” I know I’m on a mission to watch all the Marvel and DC related movies, plus all the big horror fran...
Sunday, 29 July 2018

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

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“The first was the best."  Phew. The franchise doesn't end with a whimper after all, but with a typically clever and well-direc...
Saturday, 28 July 2018

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

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“We’re in Twin Peaks here...” Well, it had to happen at some point in a long-running franchise like this. This is bloody awful. Yes, i...
Thursday, 26 July 2018

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

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“Nine, ten, he’s back again...” This is the fifth film in the series and, you know, it’s not at all bad. Oh, there are diminishing retur...
Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Angel: Habeas Corpses

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”Zombies are slow moving, dim witted and crave human flesh.” “Like you?” “No!” Plot-wise this is quite straightforward; Connor wants t...
Sunday, 22 July 2018

The Wolverine (2013)

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"A man who has nightmares every night of his life is in pain.” I know my 1980s Marvel, more or less. But I admit I never read the C...
Saturday, 21 July 2018

Yellow Submarine (1968)

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“How was it, Ringo?" "Arrowing?"  Wow. What to say about this after the experience of seeing it again after upwards of ...
Sunday, 15 July 2018

Blade (1998)

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“You may wake up one day and find yourself extinct."  It's strange to think that this is such an early Marvel film. In fact, pr...
Saturday, 14 July 2018

Tales from the Crypt (1972)

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"Who's next? Perhaps... you?" At last I get to see a proper Amicus portmanteau film; I’ve been meaning to for ages. And th...
Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sleeper

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"Man, I hate playing vampire towns..." Wow. The first misfire of the season, really. And just after Angel appears to have done ...
Tuesday, 10 July 2018

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

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“You shouldn't have buried me. I'm not dead!" After the huge disappointment of the second film it's pleasant to find th...

Angel: Apocalypse Nowish

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"It's not like the world's gonna end right this second!" Well, that was sudden. It's all looking very apocalyptic i...
Monday, 9 July 2018

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Conversations with Dead People

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“I mean, I was afraid to talk to you in high school. And now we’re, like, mortal enemies.” Here we have it, then; a proper arc episode, wh...
Sunday, 8 July 2018

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

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"I'd rather been a good man than a great king." I've pretty much decided that I need to get a move on with watching al...

Humans: Season 3, Episode 8

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“I created life once before...” Well, that was epic and eventful. This last episode had a lot to squeeze into its forty-odd minutes and ju...
Wednesday, 4 July 2018

Humans: Season 3, Episode 7

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“It’s genocide!” It’s the penultimate episode, full of foreboding for the finale, expertly constructed as ever, and the pieces are in plac...
Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Angel: Spin the Bottle

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"I know who's president. And that I sort of wish I didn't." Oh, Cordy. Yes, I know. Back then we all thought George W. B...
Sunday, 1 July 2018

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Him

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"Bollocks to the whole thing..." I've made allowances for the fact I'm not hugely into teen relationship drama, and this...

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

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"He wanks as high as any man in Wome!" This is, surely, the greatest comedy film ever made. By miles. I suspect that’s an unco...
Saturday, 30 June 2018

Mad Max 2 (1981)

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"You're living off the corpse of the old world." They say this is the greatest action film ever made. It's hard to dis...
Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Cyborg (1989)

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“I like the misery!”  The hero of this glorious late '80s Cannon Films, er, , played by the esteemed M. Van Damme himself, is called...
Saturday, 23 June 2018

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

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"Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries!" I'm obviously not blogging the telly series; it’s bril...

Humans: Season 3, Episode 6

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"Social cohesion is our only hope..." After having our hopes raised, this is where we start to see them dashed. We can tell righ...
Friday, 22 June 2018

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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"I have a feeling we're not in Kansas any more!" This is one weird film. Brilliant, extraordinary, but, well... I'm 41...
Thursday, 21 June 2018

A Very English Scandal: Episode 3

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“I was rude, I was vile, I was queer, I was myself!" After a peerless couple of episodes, themselves a bloody good example of quality...
Wednesday, 20 June 2018

A Very English Scandal: Episode 2

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"She's the love of my life." "Don't be ridiculous!" Another utterly compelling hour of telly, then, as thing...
Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Humans Index

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