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The more ‘Things’ change: More Horror, Homage and Heart in Hawkins…
Spawned on the Fourth of July? John Hughes' life-lessons meets John Carpenter's death-duties. Yes, 'Stranger Things' once again delivers the nostalgic gut-punches...
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Insta-Whimsy Spider: Far from perfect, but swinging…
The tech-heavy 'Spider-man: Far from Home' is a light and more swinging antedote to the sturm und drang of the Avengers movies... -
‘The Whisper Man’ thriller is something to shout about…
When a child goes missing, reflecting the events of previous abductions and murder, the boy, his father and an investigating officer have to draw on old secrets and home truths to find closure...
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Years ago, an alien encounter saw a young girl named Molly witness an alien visitor. The usually efficient Men in Black make sure her parents’ are neuralised so that they won’t remember the event, but... -
Rachel is at that awkward age where she’s deciding whether fitting in to school-life and having friends is the most or least important to her. She tries not to care what others think but is... -
Chris Gilhaney’s life is not what it was. He divides his time between grief-counselling groups and providing an Uber-like service in his car. Chris (Andrew Scott) quietly meditates in his taxi, searching for a temporary... -
Danny and Karl are long-time friends who party all night and all day and don’t have a care in the world… even Danny’s girlfriend, Theo is often a willing participant in living life to the... -
It’s the 1990s and Charles Xavier’s dream of mutants being judged as regular people, even considered ‘superheroes’ who can help in a crisis seems to have been fulfilled. Though it’s not perfect, there’s a tolerance... -
Victoria ‘Vic’ McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings) dreams of escaping her small Massachusetts town and heading off to art college – away from her bickering parents and the area that stifles her talents. She divides her time... -
God (Frances McDormand) has a plan. Or so she says. And so does her opposite number. But for eons (in fact, since the Garden of Eden) two respective minions, one from each side of those... -
Charlotte (Allison Williams) could have been one of the world’s greatest cello-players, studying under the elite and demanding mentorship of Anton Bachoff (Steven Weber) at his exclusive musical academy. However her mother’s illness draws her... -
A weary writer (Seth Rogen) ponders his inability to come up with a satisfying hook for his next project. Moving post-it notes around and staring at his computer screen doesn’t seem to be working… until... -
Sophomore television seasons are always hard. Like that pesky second album follow-up to an unexpected gold-plated disc success, there’s the potentially crippling high expectations and the question of whether you go faster, higher, longer and... -
Anthropology professor Jeff Storck (Chris O’Dowd) is not having a great life. His father, Otis,with whom he lives, has just killed himself. His estranged wife wants a divorce (she’s met another guy called Jeff) and... -
There’s one – and probably only one – absolute truth when it comes to writing for television: that you can’t please everyone, even most of the time. The more passionate the followers of your show,... -
When the pristine Eve (Ginnifer Goodwin) agrees to let her maid use the address to help her grandson get an education placement, she thinks she’s merely bending the rules a little. But when she’s briskly... -
And, so after twelve years, The Big Bang Theory bows out and the primetime schedules take a fundamental shift… Some have blamed Jim Parsons for the show coming to a close and it’s true that...