onsdag 17 november 2021

The strangely sideways-told story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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I had been warned (by a Stevenson fan) that Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is not, in fact, very goo...
onsdag 3 november 2021

Little Women (2019): Is romance out of fashion?

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Right, time for something girly. Recently, I finally watched the 2019 film of Little Women , the latest adaptation of Louisa May Alcott'...
onsdag 27 oktober 2021

A reasonably up-to-speed villain-lover's guide to Marvel - Phase Three B (Infinity War to Endgame)

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The final Marvel stint for a while. I have already made inroads into the phase four stuff – including Loki ! – but it will keep. Avengers: I...
onsdag 13 oktober 2021

A not-quite-as-ignorant-anymore villain-lover's guide to Marvel - Phase Three A (Civil War to Black Panther)

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Yeah, I'm sorry I can't do all of phase three in one go – but it's nine films! Including some pretty important ones I might want...
onsdag 29 september 2021

An ignorant villain-lover's guide to Marvel – Phase Two

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"The sooner you're into it, the sooner you're out of it", was Mary Poppins's advice in Mary Poppins Returns when her ...
onsdag 15 september 2021

An ignorant villain-lover's guide to Marvel - Phase One

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All right, if you can't beat'em, join'em. As I've already touched upon, I'm not generally a fan of the superhero genre ....
lördag 4 september 2021

The birth of Cosmo (as we know it): Is this really modern feminism talking?

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It's been a while since I've seen Cosmopolitan in the news stands, but I remember eyeing the covers of it when I was younger and, t...