onsdag 14 juni 2023

Finally, we can expect a new Disney villain – but then what?

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"That's just bad storytelling!" This reaction to the lack of "bad guys" in a game was one of the few worthwhile line...
onsdag 31 maj 2023

Zhivago adaptations (no, the balalaika is not in the book)

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This is a bit of a "duty post", to be honest: when I'd read Doctor Zhivago  and blogged about it, I mentioned an interest in w...
onsdag 17 maj 2023

Eurovision time – the good, the bad and the loony

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It's time for traditional Eurovision blogging – there's no excuse not to, seeing as Sweden actually won this year! I'm pleased, ...
onsdag 3 maj 2023

Grown-up political drama on Netflix – or is it?

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So this is what happens when I try to watch something that isn't nerdy and/or belonging to a global franchise. Not that I didn't hav...
torsdag 20 april 2023

Questions raised by The Mandalorian season three

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Though I haven't stooped so low as to call those sceptical towards the recent output from franchises I enjoy names, I'm aware that I...
torsdag 6 april 2023

Shadow and Bone season two: when protagonists go dark

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As far back as August 2021, I watched the first season of the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone  and liked it. Now the second season is...
torsdag 23 mars 2023

"One of the greatest love stories"? Nah.

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I'm already tempted to scrap my Nobel Prize Reading Project. Are winners chosen as a sort of endurance test for the reading public? I...