lördag 31 december 2016

2016 – Not as bad as all that

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I feel a little like Louis XVI who infamously wrote “rien” (nothing) in his diary on 14 July 1789 (because the poor man hadn’t been informe...
onsdag 14 december 2016

Maybe not fantastic beasts - but quite enjoyable beasts (and people)

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I was quite expecting a fitting title for a blog entry on  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them  to be "unremarkable films and where...
onsdag 30 november 2016

Time to be a grown-up with The Crown

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Sometimes I worry that, what with all my wallowing in animated films, sci-fi, fairy-tale-inspired fantasy and not least youtube clips commen...
onsdag 16 november 2016

Fairy tales, mash-ups and villains = magically addictive viewing

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That idea I had about mixing escapist viewing with serious stuff like Danish crime dramas? Stuff that. Lately it's been escapism, in the...
onsdag 2 november 2016

Let Maleficent be Maleficent

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Poor Maleficent. She's not my favourite Disney villain by a long chalk - in fact, she's not even my favourite Disney villainess (tha...
torsdag 20 oktober 2016

Why so glum, haute couture chum?

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It's the first autumn without a new series of Downton , and yes, I do miss it, if not as passionately as I'd anticipated. As regards...
tisdag 4 oktober 2016

My top 10 list of (male) Dickens villains, part II

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I'll continue my list without further ado: for my top five and explanations of the rules of selection applied, see below . 6 Fagin in ...