About Time DVD review . The impossibility of time travel must be galling for Richard Curtis. But then, who needs to jet back 20 years and make Groundhog Day before Harold Ramis when you can just remake it and hope no-one spots the crib? The conceit of Curtis’s latest is …
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The Girl With All The Gifts book review . Fear the day you hear that someone’s making a film of The Girl With All The Gifts , because with Hollywood’s track record for extracting all subtlety from a novel, it’s bound to end up looking like a mutant hybrid of …
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Doctor Who: Eleven Doctors, Eleven Stories book review . There’s a swagger to the minimalist cover of this anthology of Doctor Who novellas (previously released as individual ebooks). There are no pictures of the Doctor or any monsters, just an impressive list of the authors involved. It starts with a …
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Misfits Series Five Episode Five Review Episode 5.05 Writer: Howard Overman Director: Lawrence Gough THE ONE WHERE Finn is kept prisoner in a virtual world by a lonely girl called Leah, while Rudy and Jess get together and a new superhero appears to be in the wings. (opens in new …
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Episode 2.05 Writers: Drew Z Greenberg & Jake Coburn Director: Wendey Stanzler THE ONE WHERE: An assassin targets Sara in Queen manor while Moira needs to make a momentous decision in court… THE VERDICT: As secret origins go, Sara’s transformation from a party girl lounging in lingerie like a Victoria’s …
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Atlantis 1.03 “A Boy of No Consequence” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.03 Writer: Howard Overman Director: Justin Molotnikov THE ONE WHERE Jason insults Heptarian and ends up leaping bulls for his life. VERDICT Sometimes,sci-fi and fantasy can stretch credulity too far. Forget the TARDIS dragging the Earth …
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Episode 2.04 Writers: Andrew Kreisberg & Wendy Mericle Director: Eagle Egilsson THE ONE WHERE: A new crime lord known as the Mayor is arming the gangs of Starling City. Oliver discovers the secret of Black Canary’s identity. THE VERDICT: “Do you have any happy stories?” asks Felicity. It’s an appropriate …
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Supernatural (opens in new tab) Season Nine Episode Three “I’m No Angel” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 9.03 Writers: Brad Bucker, Eugenie Ross-Leming Director: Kevin Hooks THE ONE WHERE The brothers search for their wayward angel. VERDICT Castiel is the star of the show this week, and as …
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Star Trek: Federation — The First 150 Years book review . From the future to your coffee table, Federation: The First 150 Years is an in-universe recap of the Trek universe’s origins, covering everything from Zephram Cochrane’s pioneering warp drive test flight through to the death of James T Kirk. …
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The Returned 1.08 “The Horde” review . Episode 1.08 Writer: Fabrice Gobert Director: THE ONE WHERE A group of 100 or more Returned advance on The Helping Hand. VERDICT You didn’t really think we were going to get all the answers this week, did you? Okay, we do get a …
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