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Neighbourhood Watch by Alan Ayckbourn. Pre-West End Tour.

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February 10th, 2012

Neighbourhood Watch never feels like an “issue” play, but the London riots, the increasingly draconian Law and Order rhetoric from the Conservative-led government, and a series of police shootings make it exceptionally timely.

The Office Recap: Special Project (Season 8, Episode 14)

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February 9th, 2012

A Recap/Review of The Office- Special Project (Season 8, Episode 14)

Yes Academy, We Do Need To Talk About Kevin

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February 9th, 2012

This film will upset you. This film will follow you home and haunt you. This film takes courage to face. You will not forget We Need To Talk About Kevin.

100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Killer, #90

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February 9th, 2012

To some fans, The Killer represents the apex of his career—before he went too commercial. It’s got a solid storyline and strong acting. But it’s mostly a lavishly staged ballet of bullets and blood. Guns blaze in slow motion. Bodies fly through the air. This is high-octane violence in a way that makes your typical Sly Stallone or Steven Seagal fare look like Mary Poppins.

House Recap: ‘Nobody’s Fault’ (Season 8, Episode 11)

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February 7th, 2012

As promised, we get something different this week. We open with the camera panning across a room in the hospital in which something very bad has clearly gone down – blood spatter, a bloody handprint, a cluster of Mylar balloons bobbing ironically against the ceiling. It’s so bad there’s not even any music on the soundtrack until we’ve had a few minutes to take it all in.

Alcatraz Recap: Guy Hastings (Season 1, Episode 5)

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February 7th, 2012

A recap/review of Alcatraz: Guy Hastings (Season 1, Episode 5)

Book Review: Ragnarok: The End of the Gods

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February 6th, 2012

Obsessed with the idea of apocalypse, the child whose world is on the verge of unwinding takes comfort in the fantastic tales of sea serpents and ravenous wolves, tortured demi-gods and Yggdrasil—the tree that holds the world in its branches. The thin child finds a way to live in these stories, which vividly reflect the terrors, uncertainties, and vicissitudes of life in a way that both “the sweet, cotton-wool meek and mild” Jesus and “the barbaric sacrificial gloating” Old Testament deity fail to do.

Movie Review: Chronicle

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February 4th, 2012

So if you want to try a telekinetic tragedy for today’s times, your only real option, at least for now, is Chronicle. It may be a bit predictable and a bit clichéd, but so is Oedipus, that doesn’t make either any less engaging or heart rending by the end.

Movie Review: The Woman in Black

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February 4th, 2012

And what better place for sustained periods of quiet dread than an abandoned child’s nursery, truly the most powerful asset of a Victorian horror story. In between these extremes of suspense and shock are several surprisingly vivid moments of horror, as the curse manifests itself well outside the bounds of the haunted house.

The Weekly Listicle: Giants v. Patriots

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February 3rd, 2012

The Weekly Listicle focuses on movies with giants AND patriots.

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