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As Spain’s main Oscar contender, you know that Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s ironically titled ‘The Good Boss’ will have a certain weight to it.  With Javier Bardem at its centre …
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The horror genre isn’t short of either ‘found footage’ type films or ones involving possession.  Mixing the two, yet still giving it a fresh edge is new Thai film ‘The Medium’.
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A Season of Sinister Dreams (2021) by Tracy Banghart follows two young women, Evra and Annalise, whose lives become irrevocably intertwined when the crown prince disappears. Told in first-person present …
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On the surface, Undine may appear to be just a romance with some fantasy elements, but with connections to water nymph stories, including Fouqué’s Ondine, Giradoux’s play of the same name, and Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, you find that those still waters run deep.
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A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe

Thea Hope longs to be an alchemist out of the shadow of her famous mother. The two of them are close to creating the …
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After a highly successful directing career in the theatre, Phyllida Lloyd branched out into directing the musical Mamma Mia!, which became one of the highest grossing live-action musicals of all time. She followed that up by directing Meryl Streep to an Oscar in The Iron Lady, so clearly knows how to deliver, regardless of the setting. In this instance, she tackles domestic violence in her new film, Herself.
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Sadly, all good thing things must come to an end, and it is now that point for The Magicians, as we hit episode 13: Fillory and Further. This review contains SPOILERS!
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As we reach the penultimate episode, the songs are back in The Magicians, in episode 12: The Balls. This review contains SPOILERS!
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We’re nearing the end, and everyone is having to make hard choices on The Magicians, in episode 11: Be the Hyman. This review contains SPOILERS!
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As we hit the last part of the season, and the series, it’s full steam ahead now on The Magicians, in episode 10: Purgatory. This review contains SPOILERS!
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After a slight lull, all the skeletons are coming out in The Magicians, in episode 9: Cello Squirrel Daffodil. This review contains SPOILERS!
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We’re back in Fillory as the second half of the fifth season continues, in episode 8: Garden Variety Homicide. This review contains SPOILERS!
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