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Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Stephen King's "Joyland" book review

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There is a lot to like in this retro tale of summer, spooks, 70's young love, and amusement park life. Stephen King again proves he is a...
Monday, 28 April 2014

Stephen King "Doctor Sleep" A return to form?

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Don't you love a page-turner? This is a return to form for Stephen King, as good as his horror classics from the seventies. You don'...
Friday, 24 January 2014

"Dracula" Episode 10, finale, NBC TV series, 2013, spoilers

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"Dracula" went out with a bang, literally. Bye bye to wireless electricity.  Lots to like in the final episode (with possibly no ...
Wednesday, 16 October 2013

"Murder in Mississippi" by John Safran, true crime, 2013

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I have followed John Safran's ballsy and brave documentaries since the mid 90's. His wry humour, as well as the ability to get himse...
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Friday, 13 September 2013

"Peaky Blinders" Once Upon A Time In Birmingham, BBC2, review

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From the stunning opening scene (dude rides into town on a horse??) featuring Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand", atmospheric Birmin...
Wednesday, 11 September 2013

"I'm So Excited" (2013), I'm so disappointed

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Pedro Almodóvar's new movie is a pretty silly sex comedy. Imagine "Airplane!" meets "Priscilla". It was fun to see ...
Wednesday, 26 June 2013

"King Kong" The Musical Melbourne World Premiere, review

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Picture Source: Scott Barbour/Getty Images Unique, groundbreaking, overblown, a mishmash of styles, poignant, ambitious - all of the...
Friday, 21 June 2013

"Hannibal" NBC Episode 13 Series 1 final "Savoureux" review, spoilers

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Don't expect fast moving action in this series final. This is a mood piece. The beautifully executed final scene between Will and Hannib...
Saturday, 8 June 2013

"Hannibal" NBC Series 1, Episode 11 "Roti" review

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It is novel to find a lead character in a prime time show who is truly disturbed. Will is the real deal. As usual, the show serves up some s...
Friday, 7 June 2013

"Da Vinci's Demons" Series 1 final, Episode 8 "The Lovers" review

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A ripper cliffhanger! Loads of tension builds up as the Medici family prepare for Holy Communion. Showdown in the cathedral, blood-daubed p...
Saturday, 1 June 2013

"Up the Women" BBC4 TV series Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3 review

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You think, O God, is this going to be a Frankie Howerd spinoff? No, it's a brave (could have been a train wreck) sitcom (1910 suffragett...

"Hannibal" NBC Series 1, Episode 10 "Buffet Froid" review

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Great to see NBC have commissioned Series 2. Shades of the supernatural in this disturbing episode. But then, aren't they all disturbing...
Thursday, 30 May 2013

"The Fall" Creepiest show on TV at the moment Episodes 1-5 review

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I am knocked out by "The Fall". Gillian Anderson (confession: I have never been a big fan) is fantastic as the cold and complex d...

"Da Vinci's Demons" Series 1, Episode 7 "The Hierophant" review, spoilers

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God, I'm thick, just realising each episode title refers to a tarot card. This is the penultimate episode in Series 1. We know Series 2...
Sunday, 19 May 2013

"Da Vinci's Demons" Series 1, Episode 6, "The Devil" review

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Well, they pulled all the stops out tonight! Turkish baths/saunas, big dicks, gladiators, pissed off Popes, Vlad the Impaler (the third?), b...
Friday, 17 May 2013

Why are movies so damn L-O-N-G these days?

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Is it to sell more pop corn and crap? It is rare for a Hollywood movie to be under 100 minutes, usually around 2 hours, even comedies. Take...
Wednesday, 15 May 2013

"Bates Motel" A and E Series 1 Episode 9 "Underwater" 2013 review

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"Why do crazy people keep gravitating towards me?" cries Norma. The funniest line of the night. Her confrontation with Ra'uf a...

"Vicious" ITV Episode 3 review Please Sirs!

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Pl-lease Sirs! (apologies to the wonderful Esmonde/Larbey TV series) I gave this stinker another go. I need not have bothered. The running ...
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Sunday, 12 May 2013

"Da Vinci's Demons" Series 1, Episode 5 "The Tower" 2013 review

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This week, a totally outlandish load of bollocks, but rollicking good fun. We had the Spanish Inquisition (“Nobody expects the Spanish Inq...
Saturday, 11 May 2013

"Hannibal" NBC Series 1, Episode 7 "Sorbet" review

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This episode was a real feast, beginning with an amazing scene showing a journey through the opera singer's vocal cords, Hannibal in the...