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Jan 243 min read
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Bob Dylan film (2025 screening)
Timothée Chalamet has rightly earned plaudits for his portrayal of Bob Dylan, and there also many other strong performances by, for...
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Jan 211 min read
2073 FILM (2025): Benedict’s take:
A tantalising voyage into the world of political corruption, technological advancements open to vulnerable attacks, business empires...
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Jan 132 min read
2073 film (2024)
The natural successor to 1984; there is even a direct quote from it near the end, “2073” reveals uncomfortable and shocking truths about...
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Oct 1, 20242 min read
FILM REVIEW: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes , the first movie in a newly announced trilogy of movies continues the story of where the final movie...
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Sep 9, 20243 min read
FILM: ALIEN: ROMULUS (2024) (Intro and PS by Phil; review by Benedict)
It’s a while since we’ve reviewed a film, but we just had to go to the Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema to see the latest instalment of...
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May 28, 20242 min read
Phil’s take on DOCTOR WHO – THE DEVIL’S CHORD and BOOM
After a steady start the promise of good things in the 14th series was realised in “The Devil’s Chord” with references to ‘aeolian’ (a...
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May 23, 20242 min read
THE DEVIL’S CHORD: FOUR DUD BEATLES AND A MUSIC (UN) MAESTRO -Benedict’s take
If there’s one thing Doctor Who isn’t, it’s a musical. ‘The Devil’s Chord’ mixes together an over-the-top music number and dance...
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May 21, 20242 min read
DOCTOR WHO: SPACE BABIES DIAPER RASH OR SQUEAKY CLEAN?
By BENEDICT C T JACKSON, author of a continuing series of DOCTOR WHO guides covering, so far, the William Hartnell, Jon Pertwee and...
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May 21, 20241 min read
DOCTOR WHO – SPACE BABIES: Phil’s take on the start of another Doctor Who series.
Reverting to the Doctor with one companion was an obvious move after the frequent ‘lows’ of the last series, where are a number of...
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Jan 15, 20241 min read
THE BOY AND THE HERON (2023/24)
I couldn’t miss the chance of a new Miyazaki film; the famed writer and director is now in his eighties and keeps coming out of...
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Dec 12, 20232 min read
DOCTOR WHO – WILD BLUE YONDER (2023): regeneration or degradation?
The second of three planned anniversary specials starring the Fourteenth Doctor sees the show get back to some basics, but there’s still...
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Dec 2, 20233 min read
THE WORST OF DOCTOR WHO – WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
Now that the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who has come and gone, fans are looking to the specials which are due to broadcast over the...
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Dec 2, 20231 min read
DOCTOR WHO “THE STAR BEAST” – 26th November, 2023: AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
I couldn’t disagree more with one newspaper that drooled over this latest mishmash that Doctor Who has sadly become. An alien spaceship...
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Oct 27, 20231 min read
ELECTRONIC SOUND MAGAZINE CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO AND THE RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP
The 60th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ is marked by new interviews, as Brian Hodgson, Dick Mills, Roger Limb, Peter Howell, Paddy Kingsland...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023)
Based on a book by David Grann, “The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI”, the reference in the title of the film is to the full Moon...
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Aug 23, 20232 min read
THE GALLOWS POLE – BBC TV DRAMA SERIES (2023)
Link: Review of GOAT soundtrack album “The Gallows Pole” The long opening scene is part mythology, the music of GOAT (see music review)...
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Jul 25, 20232 min read
OPPENHEIMER or BARBIE?
Apparently, OPPENHEIMER and BARBIE are the two highest grossing films over their first weekend of release sine the pandemic. They...
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Jul 8, 20239 min read
DOCTOR WHO: The True Destroyer of Atlantis
What do these three characters all have in common: Kronos, Azal, and Professor Zaroff? Answer, they all claim or bear some responsibility...
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Jun 19, 20231 min read
POKER FACE (2023) - Columbo returns in female form!
‘Poker Face’ is a satirical take on who-dun-it dramas with brilliant performances by Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Kale, the flaky, but...
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Jun 14, 20232 min read
In defence of ‘THE DAYS’ (2023)
The first review I read was in The Guardian where the reviewer had grown impatient: “ditch the fine details and get to the point,” he...
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