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Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Batman: The Cat's Meow & The Bat’s Kow Tow

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The Cat’s Meow “Oh, nonsense, Chief O’Hara. I know a reformed woman when I see one.” Oh my. Catwoman is back, so let there be much rejoi...
Monday, 30 March 2020

Kyuss- Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)

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These days I love the genre known as "stoner rock", despite, as George W. Bush would have put it, not having imbibed any of the ...
Sunday, 29 March 2020

Batman: The Penguin’s Nest & The Bird’s Last Jest

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The Penguin’s Nest “Citizen, you may return to your harpsichord.” With Frank Gorshin's Riddler suspiciously absent since the movie (...

Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures (1979)

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It’s not exactly true to say that this band, and this album came from nowhere- one obvious influence, for a start, is that infamous Sex Pi...
Saturday, 28 March 2020

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)

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“I have a bad feeling about this...” This is the first time I’ve seen this since I saw it at a now long-gone cinema in 1999, and went fo...
Friday, 27 March 2020

The Mandalorian: Chapter 1- The Mandalorian

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“Is it true that you guys never take off your helmets?" It's here, at last. Disney Plus has reached the UK which, aside from a bu...
Thursday, 26 March 2020

Can- Tago Mago (1971)

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This was the first "Krautrock" album I ever heard, in my early- to mid- twenties. Anything with a whiff of "prog" I st...
Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Rush- 2112 (1976)

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For years I resisted anything that had the slightest whiff of "prog"- after all, my mental image of the genre as I understood it...

Batman: Come Back Shame & It's How You Play the Game

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Come Back Shame "Moo." Shame is, I think, the last of the truly iconic villains created for the TV series to appear, and first...
Tuesday, 24 March 2020

Coronavirus update

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Blogging may be slightly less frequent during the week for the foreseeable future as I'm trying to combine working from home full time (...
Monday, 23 March 2020

Batman: Marsha, Queen of Diamonds & Marsha’s Scheme with Diamonds

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Marsha, Queen of Diamonds "Batman's never rude to a lady, Marsha. But you're no lady." Phew. After yesterday's blo...
Sunday, 22 March 2020

Batman: The Impractical Joker & The Joker's Provokers

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The Impractical Joker "I can always think up a bit of a taradiddle." Oh dear. I'm afraid this two-parter with the Joker...

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

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"When I read, no one is after me." This is, while not entirely without verging into sentiment at times, an extraordinary film....
Saturday, 21 March 2020

Atypical: Searching for Brown Sugar Man

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“Someone wants to buy my canoe!” Wow. What a finale. What an ending. What a bromance. I think we can say that most threads end on a note...

Atypical: Sam Takes a Walk

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“I had sex so I’m not angry!” The penultimate episode, then, and there are many character threads coming to the boil, I think more so than...
Friday, 20 March 2020

Atypical: Road Rage Paige

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"Sometimes there’s no good answer.” Time to finish Atypical- at first we wanted to savour it and not let it finish as the new season ...
Thursday, 19 March 2020

Batman: Green Ice & Deep Freeze

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Green Ice "A reporter's lot is not easy-making exciting stories out of plain, everyday people like Robin and me..." Mr Fre...
Wednesday, 18 March 2020

Batman: Hizzonner the Penguin & Dizzoner the Penguin

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Hizzonner the Penguin "No Robin, I want to conduct a campaign that deals with the issues. I'm convinced the American electorate ...
Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Batman: The Devil's Fingers & The Dead Ringers

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The Devil's Fingers "The moment we've dreaded for years has arrived. This time, we're going to have to solve a case... ou...

Batman: An Egg Grows in Gotham & The Yegg Foes in Gotham

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An Egg Grows in Gotham "All the King's horses and all the King's men won't be able to put you together again!" Thi...
Sunday, 15 March 2020

Black Death (2010)

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“I believe hunting necromancers and demons serves men more than it serves God." This film seems appropriate right now, does it not?...

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

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“Every voyage has its own flavour.” It took fifteen years for a sort of sequel to be made to The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad . It was well ...
Friday, 13 March 2020

Ebirah: Horror of the Deep (1966)

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"It's too bad Mothra has no alarm clock..." Wow. I've rather liked every film until now, albeit some more than others,...
Thursday, 12 March 2020

Batman: The Clock King's Crazy Crimes & The Clock King Gets Crowned

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The Clock King's Crazy Crimes "I am a little hungry." "Of course, Robin. Even crimefighters must eat. And especially ...
Wednesday, 11 March 2020

Batman: The Greatest Mother of Them All & Ma Parker

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The Greatest Mother of Them All "Her legs remind me of Catwoman." "Yu're growing up, Robin..." After this seco...
Tuesday, 10 March 2020

Nirvana- Incesticide (1992)

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Cards on the table time: Nirvana always have been and always will be my favourite band. Not only have I listened to all the albums and ind...
Monday, 9 March 2020

Batman: The Spell of Tut & Tut’s Case Is Shut

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The Spell of Tut “Gosh, Batman! What are they dressed like that for?” After a strangely underwhelming pre-titles it's time to jump w...
Sunday, 8 March 2020

The Island of Dr Moreau (1977)

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"Are we not men...?" ...We are Devo. Sorry, although I'm told the film was an influence on said Ohio geniuses. Anyway, I...

Invasion of Astro Monster (1965)

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"Glen, I cannot become an earthling..." It's a week or two since I've seen a Godzilla film, and it's good to get b...
Thursday, 5 March 2020

Batman: The Minstrel's Shakedown & Barbecued Batman?

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The Minstrel's Shakedown "When it's still hotter, then you will melt/ Nothing left but your utility belt..." A rather...
Wednesday, 4 March 2020

Batman: Hot Off the Griddle & The Cat and the Fiddle

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Hot Off the Griddle "The marchioness of misdemeanours is a wily opponent." This two-parter has the same writer as last week...
Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Batman: Shoot a Crooked Arrow & Walk the Straight and Narrow

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Shoot a Crooked Arrow "That malfeasance marksman!" Oh dear. It's a new season, and we start with, well, a rubbish two pa...
Sunday, 1 March 2020

Doctor Who: The Timeless Children

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“Gird your loins, gentlemen.” “I don’t... I don’t know how to do that.” Now that is how you do a season finale. No, none of the “Fam” di...
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Saturday, 29 February 2020

Batman: The Movie (1966)

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“It approaches a climax...” "Nyet, not so fast. Be more slow." I had to watch this before embarking on Season Two, but I’d for...
Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Batman: Fine Finny Fiends & Batman Makes the Scenes

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Fine Finny Fiends "Dick, I'm afraid you'd better put your Latin verbs aside for the nonce." The final two parter of a ...

Batman: Death in Slow Motion & The Riddler’s False Notion

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Death in Slow Motion “Our hopes for his reform have been blasted once again!” The last time I saw this episode I’m sure it was introduce...
Sunday, 23 February 2020

Doctor Who: Ascension of the Cybermen

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“We're carrying the Cyberman that makes other Cybermen scream..." Well, yeah. That was very good indeed. Actually, it was sort of...

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

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"I think we're dead meat..." I know; it's been a long time. But after the not-very-goodness of the last film- indeed, ...
Friday, 21 February 2020

Batman: The Bookworm Turns & While Gotham City Burns

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The Bookworm Turns "I solemnly swear by my oath as a crimefighter that this outrage will not go unavenged!" This episode boast...