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Showing posts with label spoilers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spoilers. Show all posts
Monday, 30 June 2014

"Penny Dreadful" Season 1, Episode 8, "Grand Guignol", Season 2, Episode 1, "Fresh Hell"

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"Do you really want to be normal?" the man of God asks Vanessa in the final scene. She then thinks long and hard about it. Roll cr...
Monday, 24 March 2014

"Da Vinci's Demons" Season 2 Episode 1

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I've missed this rollicking silliness. The over the top flash forward in South America (complete with Las Vegas showgirl costumes and go...
Tuesday, 18 March 2014

"Bates Motel" Season 2, Episode 10, Episode 3, A&E, spoilers Episode 4, Episode 5

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I swore I wasn't going to watch this soapy stuff anymore... but the Faye Dunaway-style "Chinatown" revelation was a ripper (he...
Sunday, 2 February 2014

"Banshee Origins" Cinemax, web series, prequel 2014, review

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Web series "Banshee Origins" is required viewing for fans.  Economically told, well acted one scene pieces. No sex (tiny bit in ...
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"Banshee" Season 2, Episode 4, Cinemax, review, spoilers,

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Sheriff Hood has this knack of getting into fights with big dudes. This week it's the Amish "teacher"/psycho. You knew somethi...
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 ...
Monday, 28 October 2013

"Masters of Sex" Showtime Series 1, Episode 5, "Catherine"- spoilers

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The first 40 minutes are slow moving and mannered. Then ka-boom! All hell breaks loose. A spooky scene where William mistakes Virginia'...
Thursday, 24 October 2013

"American Horror Story: Coven" FX TV Series 3, Episode 3 "The Replacements", mini-spoilers

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Lots of flashy camera angles and flashing knives this week. Mare Winningham (remember "St Elmo's Fire"?) has some disturbing s...
Friday, 19 July 2013

"Contagion" The thinking person's mega-budget zombie apocalyse movie

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All right, it's not about zombies, but those scenes in Minnesota were damn close. "Contagion" was released a few years ago, bu...
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...
Thursday, 30 May 2013

"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...
Friday, 24 May 2013

"Hannibal" NBC TV Series Episode 9, "Tros Normand" review, spoilers

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Best murder tableau yet. The towering body part totem pole on the wintry beach confirms what a visually arresting show this is. God, it loo...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013

"Bates Motel" Season 1, Episode 8 "A Boy and his Dog", A and E , TV series, review, no spoilers

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How appropriate for Mr Decody, Emma's taxidermist dad, to have a Hitchcock like English accent. Norman has a new hobby - taxidermy ... t...
Friday, 3 May 2013

"Hannibal" Series 1, Episode 6, "Entree", NBC TV show, review, few spoilers

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This was an intricately structured episode, blending monochrome flashbacks with Jack and the very savvy trainee, Miriam. Eddie Izzard (last ...
Wednesday, 1 May 2013

"The Following" Series 1 final Episode 15 "The Final Chapter" review, spoilers

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I was expecting everything to be tied up in with a neat little bow in the series finale. Joe is obviously set to return in Season 2 - dental...
Sunday, 28 April 2013

"Da Vinci's Demons" Episode 3 "The Prisoner" Starz TV series, review, no spoilers

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A great episode this week. Our hero often looks like he is battling ADHD, but then so does Johnny Lee Miller in "Elementary". Le...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013

"Bates Motel" Episode 6 "The Truth" review, spoilers, TV series

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A bit of a hotchpotch this episode.  It didn't make sense for Norma to allow the horny deputy to get so close to Jiao's motel room. ...
Sunday, 21 April 2013

"Da Vinci's Demons" TV series Starz Episode 2 "The Serpent" review, minor spoilers

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Better than the first episode. Just as silly but with more substance. You need to forget about what Renaissance history you learnt in school...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013

"Top of the Lake" Episode 7 series finale review some spoilers

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Beware of pregnant  teenage mothers hissing and brandishing a hunting rifle (c.f. Episode 6 review). No dead spots in this episode. Heaps o...

"The Following" TV series Episode 13, "Havenport" few spoilers

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Well, the shit hit the fan for Joe in this episode. Roderick tried his Plan B. Emma and Jacob are a couple again. Claire tried a bit of kis...