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While there is little doubt that we’re living in a golden era of television – with something for everyone to love or complain about – and more to watch in more varying ways, one of the downsides of the ever-ambitious productions is still the time it takes between seasons....
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The Age of Disclosure, directed by Dan Farah, producer of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One and the fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles, is one of those documentaries that will likely be judged in hindsight – aging as either a fine wine or cheese depending on whether it’s a forerunner...
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It’s 1962 and in the unbecoming town of Derry, Maine, the ‘business as usual’ maxim remains at odds with a strange, unsettling undercurrent that appears to have plagued the area for longer than many inhabitants can – or care to – remember. Young Matty Clements becomes the latest child...
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It’s said that the Doomsday Clock has stood at just a few minutes to midnight’ for a long time, philosophers and pundits alike noting that, if anything, the midnight hour and tipping point to oblivion is closer than ever before. For a long time, the idea of nuclear Armageddon...
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Michael Connelly often has his finger on the pulse of interesting issues, but reading a preview copy of The Proving Ground in a week where the dangers of AI, debate on incel postings, the aftermath of the killing of Charlie Kirk, school-shootings and the power of big money all...
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I’ll be honest: I’m a sucker for a good cat-and-mouse story and in this era of fast-evolving tech and surveillance, characters staying one step ahead of their pursuers can make an interesting and challenging premise. So, while Relay doesn’t technically offer anything new, it rises to the challenge of...
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I had mixed feelings about watching Good Boy. On one hand, I’d heard nothing but good things about this off-kiltered horror entry even before its debut at the 2025 South by Southwest Film Festival in March and was eagerly waiting my own chance to view. On the flipside the idea...
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As we are told multiple times during the latest (and ‘final’) entry in the big-screen Mission Impossible franchise juggernaut, ‘timing is everything…‘. That may be the case, but time and timing might be the real enemy here. In a film where the end is nigh-on three hours of running...
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In an age where trailers frequently reveal not only the basic premise of a film but many of its major beats and a raft of potential spoilers, there’s often a feeling that you have already seen the entire thing before you sit down in the auditorium or settle on...