Month: November 2022

This article contains minor spoilers for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. It takes a whopping 44 minutes, including credits and post-credits, for James Gunn to tell his Christmas tale with The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. That’s 11 minutes shorter than Marvel’s Halloween special from earlier this year, the masterful Werewolf by
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Released: 23 November (in cinemas) Certificate: 18 Director: Luca Guadagnino Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Taylor Russell Distributor: Warner Brothers Running Time: 131 mins Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell star as two teen cannibals, Lee and Maren respectively, who meet on the backroads of the late 1980s American Midwest in Luca Guadagnino’s melancholic, genre straddling
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The PlayStation 2 is arguably the most influential console ever. Thanks in no small part to the surprising power of its DVD drive, the PS2 proved that gaming consoles could be used for so much more than just gaming. That multimedia power guaranteed that PS2s (and future consoles) were the centerpiece of entertainment centers in
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Released: 25 November 2022 (in cinemas) Certificate: PG Director: Matthew Warchus Cast: Lashana Lynch, Emma Thompson, Andrea Riseborough, Stephen Graham Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing UK Running Time: 117 mins This vivaciously imagined film adaptation of the Matilda stage musical by the same creative team behind the multi-award-winning West End and Broadway show is beautifully choreographed
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It’s hard to find a way to bring everyone together in one location at the same time, whether that’s in our own lives or in a TV show. Our stories don’t always mesh or meet up in a convenient way. Eating is the response to this dilemma. One of humanity’s most social activities, a meal
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WARNING: this article contains major SPOILERS for BBC Ghosts: Series Four Great news for all you Ghosts fans: it’s being reported by the British Comedy Guide that the show is returning for a fifth series. While we’ve yet to have the official word from either the BBC or the Horrible Histories troupe, we understand writing
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Some of the earliest art showcases packs of cavemen hunting down tasty mammoths. As art was refined over centuries of evolution, food remained both a popular subject and a source of inspiration. Guiseppe Acromboldo painted human figures made out of fruits and veggies. One of Ang Lee’s best films, Eat Drink Man Woman, features lovingly shot
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What’s the old saying, ‘man plans and the Authority laughs’? Between the first announcement of BBC/HBO fantasy adaptation His Dark Materials in November 2015 and the arrival of its final season in December 2022, a great many plans were forced to change. 2020’s multiple Covid-19 lockdowns left the third season’s filming schedule up in the
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Director Luca Guadagnino ‘s 2017 queer coming-of-age, Call Me By Your Name, launched Timothée Chalamet’s career into the big time. It’s a tantalising romance pulsating with confusion and aching desire that tacitly navigates love and liberation and has a lot in common with his latest film, Bones and All. The film reunites the director with
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Pull back the curtain for a behind-the-scenes look at The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power via Prime Video’s X-Ray function with The Making of The Rings of Power. Check out the trailer here… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”>&#65279;</span> The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of
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