Tag Archives: Terry Pratchett

60s Review: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

When author Terry Pratchett wrote about his time working as a publicist for a nuclear plant, he described how he came to realise that there’s no funnier phrase than “two completely independent failsafe systems”. The extent to which everything goes … Continue reading →

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Review: Good Omens (2019)

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

GOOD OMENS has been a Biblically long time coming. Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman seemed to have given up after years of false starts at adapting their 1990 fantasy novel but Pratchett’s terminal illness and Gaiman’s promise to him finally … Continue reading →

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Review: Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Six years ago it seemed like Tim Burton had found the perfect material to marry with his distinctive visuals and irreverent take on the world: Lewis Carroll’s Alice books. The resulting film, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, may have been colourful but … Continue reading →

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Film Confessional: Seventh Son

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I have a confession to make…I rather liked SEVENTH SON. But this isn’t going to be one of those times where I’m going to defend a much-derided work to the ends of the Earth. Seventh Son is pretty bad, there’s … Continue reading →

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“Stories of Imagination Tend to Upset Those Without One” (RIP Sir Terry Pratchett)

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER. Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night. The End. The above was posted last Thursday on Terry Pratchett’s Twitter … Continue reading →

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