Tag Archives: Jared Harris

Review in Brief: The Sea Beast

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

If you had to deliver THE SEA BEAST as an elevator pitch, it would be PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN meets HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, though this beautiful animation on Netflix is easily as fun as the former and as … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl: Audience Adulation vs Critical Consenus

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

According to the IMDb, HBO/Sky’s miniseries CHERNOBYL is now the most critically acclaimed TV show of all time. It’s in all the trailers now: “9.6/10”. This does not matter. I’m not one of those “who cares what the critics think?” … Continue reading →

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Review: The Crown – Season 1 (2016)

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

THE CROWN was by far and away my television highlight of 2016. Following the first decade of Queen Elizabeth II’s long reign, it boasts stately performances, sumptuous production design and an intimate examination of real people in a unique situation. … Continue reading →

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We Need to Talk About Warner Bros

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Warner Brothers have not had a good year at the movies. Between steadily disintegrating franchises like their relentlessly grim take on DC superheroes, villains and anti-heroes and complete non-starters like LEGEND OF TARZAN, it’s been ludicrously expensive with nowhere near … Continue reading →

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Review: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

2015 has been a busy year for the spy genre. Between the anarchic KINGSMAN, the thrilling MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, and the much-hyped SPECTRE lurking round the corner,  THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. had it all to prove. Guy Ritchie is in the … Continue reading →

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Review: Pompeii (2014)

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Well, that was disappointing. When it was announced an all-out modern blockbuster was being made based on the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, I thought, what could go wrong? You’ve got inbuilt human pathos, the chance to … Continue reading →

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