Best New TV Show of 2013: Orange is the New Black

Last year was a huge year in television. We witnessed the end of arguably the greatest TV drama of all time, Breaking Bad, said bye to the crying of Carrie Mathison in Homeland, and bid a fond farewell to TV’s favourite serial killer despite Dexter‘s stinky ending, while popular shows like The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones continued to dominate the
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The Haunting in Connecticut – Fact or Fiction?

Yesterday I watched the ‘based on the true story’ film The Haunting in Connecticut. First, a short review To be honest, despite the poor reviews the film was received, it wasn’t all that bad. It was just average, and for a supernatural horror film, ‘average’ is pretty good these days. In my opinion, it was one
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Movie Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

This review was supposed to be further back in my backlog of to-do posts, but I’m moving it right to the top because I can’t stop thinking about it. The reboot origins film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, had been my ‘most anticipated movie of the year’ for months ever since I caught
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Movie Review: Ninja Assassin (2009)

Ninja Assassin is a movie likely to polarise viewers. On the one hand, you have the anime generation numb to the gory violence cheering on every move of the spectacular ninja Raizo (played by Korean actor/popstar Rain). On the other, there will be those outraged by the excessive blood and carnage, wondering how a movie
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