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Review: Gone Girl – A corker in absentia

DAVID Fincher’s track record with the thriller genre is unimpeachable. Benjamin Button aside, his career has had thrillers as its bedrock. The man apparently shits intrigue and pisses trickery; little surprise, then, that Gone...

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Film Torments: The Conqueror (1956)

CAST yourself back about 60 years to 1956. It’s a time when the Berlin Wall was but a twinkle in the East German eye; when the Golden Age of Hollywood was limping to a...

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Film Torments: The Last Airbender (2010)

HATE is a strong word. It’s one that I tend to overuse, and throw around far too casually, especially in regards to films that have disappointed me. As much as I try to convince myself...

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Five TV shows to send you behind the sofa

Last week you saw a list of five horror films that our esteemed film editor, Dan Abbott, considers truly brilliant. As a companion piece, I thought I’d present you with a list of five...