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Esio Trot
Esio Trot is the sort of film that creeps up on you. On paper, it’s nothing much. A widow, a lonely neighbour, and a pet tortoise. But, once you’re into the meat of it, the whimsy unfolds like s Spring flower. Judi Dench is, o...
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Netflix’s Geeked Weekend Is Coming
On 6-10th June, streaming and binge-watch fans can look forward to a weekend of geeky anticipation with Netflix’s new look teasers & casting announcements: THE SANDMAN A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in w...
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The House Across The Lake
Sometimes you stumble across a film from a well known studio that, despite all the late-night film festivals and boxset binging, you’ve somehow missed. The House Across The Lake is that film. Released by Hammer Films just a yea...
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Lionheart: The Complete Series
Who doesn’t love a good old swashbuckling romp, liberally peppered with plenty of derring-do, sword-fights and heroism? No, Lionheart isn’t big on nuance—or history—for that matter, but the Danziger Brothers ‘70s TV series does...
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The Cheaters: The Complete Series
Take a dash of swinging ‘60s London, a sprinkle of some of the era’s brightest and most talented stars, mix vigorously with scripts from the ever-inventive mind of Brian Clemens (The Avengers) and the result is a smorgasbord of...
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Watch The New Stranger Things Teaser Here!
It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high...
Film
The Hound of the Baskervilles–A Digital Theatre Experience
No strangers to digital streaming, Original Theatre have been called “the connoisseurs of virtual theatre” by WhatsOnStage. The Wall Street Journal praised their production of The Habit Of Art as “One of the most impressi...
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Revolver
“Makes Death Wish look like wishful thinking!” was the immortal tagline that accompanied the film upon its US release (also retitled Blood In The Streets), but Revolver—as is to be expected from director Sergio Sollima—is a muc...
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Execution In Autumn
Referred to as “the godfather of Taiwanese cinema”, director Lee Hsing (who passed away in 2021 at the age of 91) combined Western realism with the neo-Confucian ideals advocated by the nationalist government in Taiwan. Execut...
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The Vise & Mark Saber Of London
Native New Yorkers, Edward J. and Harry Lee Danziger–producers extraordinaire—set up shop in Britain in 1952 and, for a decade, were arguably the world’s most prolific independent supplier of television shows and &#...
