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The Vampire Diaries 4.21 “She’s Come Undone” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.21 Writers: Michael Narducci, Rebecca Sonnenshine Director: Darnell Martin THE ONE WHERE Stefan and Damon bring in the big guns – aka, Katherine – to try to scare Off-Switch Elena into switching her humanity back on. …

Inspired by the titular toy, Robosapien combines CGI and live action with fairly banal results. Escaping the clutches of a bad-guy bureaucrat (an enjoyably OTT Kim Coates), the ‘bot befriends a science-loving moppet (Bobby Coleman). Director Sean McNamara has a background in kids’ TV and, sadly, it shows: the overbearing …

Game Of Thrones 3.05 “Kissed By Fire” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 3.05 Writer: Bryan Cogman Director: Alex Graves (opens in new tab) THE ONE WHERE The Hound has his trial by combat, Jon breaks his vows, Robb has big decisions to make and Tywin puts his house …

Hollywood could learn some lessons from Danish filmmaker Tobias Lindholm, co-writer of recent award-winning drama The Hunt . This story of a Scandinavian cargo ship taken over by Somali pirates may sound a bit like Under Siege without the action, but it’s actually a ruthlessly plausible thriller, stripped clean of …

Beauty And The Beast 1.18 “Heart Of Darkness” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.18 Writers: Roger Grant & Blair Singer Director: Scott Peters THE ONE WHERE Creepy ME Guy comes clean about everything with Catherine, but it’s all a ruse to get her out of the way while …

Inspired by the real-life case of murdered Argentinean activist cleric Father Mugica, Pablo Trapero’s film unfolds in a shanty town on the edges of Buenos Aires. Menaced by gangs, the slum is the workplace of an atheist community organiser (Martina Gusman) and two socially committed Catholic priests: the terminally ill …

“One thing that seems clear to me, looking back at the films that truly scared me, is that most really good horror films are low-budget affairs with special effects cooked up in someone’s basement,” said Stephen King. Now, King has been the source for both clunkers and classics, but it …

Written by: C Allegra Hawksmoor, John Reppion and Dylan Fox Published by Vagrants Among Ruins • http://www.amongruins.org/?page_id=301 The future died nine years ago. Earth was deep in the grip of a Steampunk industrial revolution, steam trains writing themselves across the countryside as colossal aerostats drifted overhead. Fortunes were made, lives …

The City Of Silk And Steel book review. Husband and wife writing teams seem quite common now, but it’s rarer to see a husband, wife and daughter creating a book together. Mike Carey is famous as the author of the Felix Castor novels; Linda and Louise, though less well-known, are …

Lost Girl 3.09 “Ceremony” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 3.09 Writer: James Thorpe Director: Lee Rose THE ONE WHERE It’s time for the Dawning and Bo undertakes her trials to keep herself from devolving into an Under-Fae. Surprise, surprise, she makes it through okay – but Dyson doesn’t… …