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Landman opens in a way I wasn’t expecting, as Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton – Bad Santa 2) is tied and bound to a chair – obviously aginst his will, as he owns the rights …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of DUNE PROPHECY!
Dune Prophecy is a prequel to both Dune Part One and Dune Part Two – well, the story to be told would last rather longer than a single movie, set over 100 centuries beforehand, and …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of GENERATION Z!
Generation Z opens with an army truck driving down a tight country lane before it flips over after a tyre blows, leading to its cannister splitting open, causing a spillage that’s having an unwanted effect, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of UNTIL I KILL YOU on ITV!
Until I Kill You is a four-part thriller set in 1991, based on a true story, in which agency nurse Delia Balmer (Anna Maxwell Martin – Ludwig) is rather ostracised at work, as she doesn’t …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (2024)
The Day Of The Jackal (2024) is a slightly more modern take on the Frederick Forsyth novel, although while this TV series version often does have a stylish look to it as if it was …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of ELLIS on CHANNEL 5!
Ellis is not, sadly, a prequel featuring the character in Die Hard who tried to pretend he was John McClane’s friend, while talking to Hans Gruber and Karl, but a new TV detective played by …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of PARIS HAS FALLEN!
Paris Has Fallen is separate from the Gerard Butler movies, where we had 2 good films in the series – Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen, as well as a poor finale in Angel …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of LIONESS SERIES 2 on Paramount+!
Lioness Series 2… yes, they’ve dropped the “Special Ops” moniker at the start, this time round, and coming just 15 months after the first series, but it’s still the same programme with Joe (Zoe Saldana …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of DI RAY SERIES 2!
DI Ray Series 2 opens, like all good love stories, with a murder… in this case, finishing off crime boss Frank Chapman, alas with some collateral damage. I’d forgotten everything that happened in the first …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of RIVALS!
Rivals is set in a world where everyone’s all posh and hoity-toity, opening with a couple – the male half being Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell – Violent Night) – having a bit of “how’s your …
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