onsdag 22 februari 2017

Moana/Vaiana: Nice, but the new formula's getting old

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Usually, I have no problem producing opinions enough about an animated Disney film to fill a post or two. But with Moana - marketed in most ...
onsdag 8 februari 2017

The Halcyon and the first-episode problem

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Swedish television has been fairly quick off the mark and has already aired the first episode of the new ITV costume drama The Halcyon , pre...
torsdag 26 januari 2017

Vampire ambivalence

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I blame Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian  - at least in part - for there not having been a book-themed blog post for a while. It took m...
onsdag 18 januari 2017

Should this be Sherlock's final problem?

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I've been a huge fan of the BBC series Sherlock  since the start and was pleasantly surprised when the episodes of series four premiered...
lördag 7 januari 2017

Rogue One: Whatever's the matter with Orson Krennic?

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Geeks are usually well attuned to villain matters, which is one reason why I tend to indulge my geeky side when I need cheering up (and not ...
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...