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Sam Sewell-Peterson
Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.
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Tag Archives: Jared Harris
Chernobyl: Audience Adulation vs Critical Consenus
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
Posted in Film, Film Review, Television
Tagged Chernobyl, HBO, Historical Drama, IMDb, Jared Harris, Paul Ritter, Sky, TV
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Review: The Crown – Season 1 (2016)
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
Posted in Film, Film Review, Television
Tagged Alex Jennings, Carry On, Claire Foy, Drama, Educating Rita, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, Matt Smith, Peter Morgan, The Crown, The Graduate, TV, Vanessa Kirby, Victoria Hamilton
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We Need to Talk About Warner Bros
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
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Film, Harry Potter, Jared Harris, JK Rowling, Johnny Depp, Justice League, Kong: Skull Island, Marvel, Movies, Suicide Squad, The Legend of Tarzan, Warner Brothers, Wonder Woman
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Review: Pompeii (2014)
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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Tagged Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Blockbuster, Carrie-Anne Moss, Drama, Dylan Schombing, Event Horizon, Film, Game of Thrones, Gladiator, Historical Epic, Jared Harris, Kiefer Sutherland, Kit Harington, Movies, Paul W S Anderson, Pompeii, Resident Evil, Romance, Sasha Roiz, Star Wars, The Terminator, Thor: The Dark World, Titanic
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