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Terry Warner
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English, History and Politics teacher. Husband, father and dog owner. Blogs about TV, films and the like. Has never really grown up.
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The Liberace of vampires is back!
Review: The Return of Count Yorga (1971)
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The Return of Count Yorga (1971)
He's back! Robert Quarry's Dracula by another name returns for another escapade (helmed once again by Bob Kelljan), this time sizing up an o...
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February 19, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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More than earns its Best Picture nomination
Review: The Secret Agent (2025)
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The Secret Agent (2025)
Set in Brazil during the febrile military dictatorship of the 1970s, Kleber Mendonca Filho's film is a sprawling political crime drama that ...
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February 18, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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With last night's showing of The Secret Agent, I've now seen all the films nominated for Best Film at this year's Oscars.

For a change, the majority are really enjoyable experiences. Can't pick between Hamnet, One Battle and Marty Supreme. F1 being on there is the nuts - should be I Swear
February 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Lost and Found is one of the best Batman stories ever written and it manages it with no dialogue.
Review: Batman Detective Comics - Elixir
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Batman Detective Comics - Elixir
The second collected volume of Tom Taylor's take on the Dark Knight, Elixir is a bit of an odds and sods compendium, featuring just three is...
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February 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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This is fast becoming Big Finish's best series
Review: Doctor Who - Cloud Eight
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Doctor Who - Cloud Eight
After a trio of adventures set on the Powell Estate, the Doctor and Rose are off into the future in this very effective tale from Lauren Moo...
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February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Gaudy, melodramatic, oddly unsexy
Review: "Wuthering Heights" (2026)
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"Wuthering Heights" (2026)
Every generation gets the Wuthering Heights it deserves, I suppose. In an era of increasing cinematic artifice, Emerald Fennell's decision t...
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February 15, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Disjointed but with bags of atmosphere
Review: Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
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Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
Hammer's last few years were very different to what had come before, many of the guiding creative forces having left and Michael Carreras ha...
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February 15, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Roses are red,
Eggs are white,
This year's candidates,
Are clucking shite
Review: The Apprentice 2026, Week Three
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The Apprentice 2026 - Week Three
I have been a little forgiving of some of the younger candidates in this latest run. As a teacher, I know what Covid did to a lot of their g...
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February 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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From the worlds of Blake's 7
Review: The Clone Masters
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The Clone Masters
Big Finish's Worlds of Blake's 7 cleaves closer to the show proper in this three story set written by the prolific Tim Foley. While the two ...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Jackie and Eric should leave and just let Jess sort it
Review: Under Salt Marsh - Episode 4
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Under Salt Marsh - Episode 4
This week's felt less surefooted than what had come before, the script clumsy in places and there being a lack of forward momentum. With mis...
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February 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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A solid pair of episodes. I'm liking this latest Trek
Review: Star Trek Starfleet Academy - s1, e5&6
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Season 1, Episodes 5 & 6
As well as being a new show, Starfleet Academy is still part of an ongoing franchise that is celebrating 60 years. Episode 5, titled Series ...
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February 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Better than usual Jaws tribute
Review: Beast of War (2025)
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Beast of War (2025)
An largely effective Australian horror, Kiah Roache-Turner's feature cleverly mashes together the war film and the shark picture. The films ...
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February 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Best MCU offering in ages!
Review: Wonder Man - Season 1
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Wonder Man - Season 1
The MCU's latest show is their best in some time. It's a delightful change in pace from their usual fayre, a comedy drama focused around two...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Not sold on this spin-off
Review: Avalon volume 2
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Avalon - Volume 2
Not long before Colin Baker played a brutish pantomime Doctor Who, he played a brutish pantomime mercenary in Blake's 7. As Baker is on the ...
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February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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OK, after a shaky start, I'm getting hooked
Review: Under Salt Marsh - episode 3
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Under Salt Marsh - Episode 3
Despite being a bloody menace who almost got at least one bloke shot in episode 2, former detective now teacher Jackie Ellis (Kelly Reilly) ...
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February 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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This one is a heck of a lot of fun
Review: Send Help (2026)
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Send Help (2026)
Sam Raimi's latest is a heck of a lot of fun. It's a mash-up of #TimesUp, Zone of Interest and Cast Away with side notes of Misery and Loone...
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February 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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A little overblown but intriguing
Review: Under Salt Marsh -e1&2
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Under Salt Marsh - Episodes 1 & 2
Under Salt Marsh is that kind of detective drama that is set in the UK but designed to appeal to an international audience meaning what you ...
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February 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Cry for the literacy of our young men
Review: The Apprentice 2026 - Week Two
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The Apprentice 2026 - Week Two
The eighteen remaining candidates were off to The Paddington Bear Experience this week so a recording of Lord Sugar could read them a story ...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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A good start
Review: Inglorious X-Force #1
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Inglorious X-Force #1
If you started reading Marvel comics back in the 1990s, you'll believe all heroes had anatomy defying chests, stick thin ankles and wonky fe...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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One of the better late era Hammers
Review: Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
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Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
You wait years for a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde adaptation to come along and then two pop in the space of a month. However, while I, Monster fr...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Has anyone else found this second run really boring?
Review: Fallout - Season 2, Episode 8
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Fallout - Season 2, Episode 8
Amazon's well made but frustratingly meandering sci-fi ended its second run pretty much in the same style, with plenty of great visuals, nee...
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February 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Manages to capture more of the virtues and fewer of the flaws of the TV era.
Review: Doctor Who - Ride or Die
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Doctor Who - Ride of Die
The trick with Big Finish's range of Thirteenth Doctor adventures is to be capture the essence of an era which wasn't much loved and try to ...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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Enter the Shadows of Tomorrow!
Review: Wolverine #14/ Rogue #1
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Wolverine #14/Rogue #1
The end of the Age of Revelation allows existing solo titles to start new arcs and for new solo titles to test the waters, hopeful to last m...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Surely time to pull the plug?
Review: The Apprentice 2026 Week One
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The Apprentice 2026 - Week One
To misquote Hugo Drax, Lord Sugar returns with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season, this being the 20th run of the series. Having...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Bravo, David Farr
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The Night Manager - Series 2 Finale
Bravo, David Farr. I'd spent the best part of six months bemoaning the formulaic nature of this sequel only to find out that that was the po...
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February 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM