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The Night Manager

TV Review | Ed Williamson | 8th April 2016

Dayman! Uhh-AHH-ahh! Fighter of the Night Manager! Is all I could think of when I heard the title. Then I found out it had House and Loki in it, and I was on board, although still mainly for the Dayman thing.

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Tomorrowland: A World Beyond

Movie Review | Ali Gray | 21st May 2015

The sole conceit of selling a movie like Tomorrowland is convincing you it's a place you need to visit â€“ a world unlike our own where magical things happen and anything is possible. You cannot accuse of Brad Bird and screenwriter Damon Lindelof of underselling this vision of the future: the first hour of Tomorrowland is all tease and build-up and you're just as desperate to get to the promised land as the characters are. Unfortunately, Tomorrowland is a movie that cannot possibly hope to deliver on that promise; it's a movie chock-full of crackpot invention but is overcrowded with ideas that are ultimately underdeveloped. Tomorrowland is sold expertly as the land of milk and honey â€“ it's such a shame it turns a little sour when you finally get there.

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A bit of gratuitous swearing

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 1st July 2012

Thanks to Netflix, I've been getting reacquainted with A Bit of Fry and Laurie. I would've been about ten when I first saw this episode. Lax parenting.

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Parliament of House: part three

TV Feature | Ed Williamson, Matt Looker | 28th May 2012

Who knew we'd actually predict correctly a fair chunk of the House series finale? Not all those people who always called us directionless geeks who watch too much TV, that's for sure. Ha! The fools. Join us for part three as we say goodbye to the doctor for good.

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Parliament of House: part two

TV Feature | Ed Williamson, Matt Looker | 24th May 2012

Having spent eight years watching House, we're both more or less fully qualified doctors. Get us a crash-cart, STAT!

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Parliament of House: part one

TV Feature | Ed Williamson, Matt Looker | 23rd May 2012

House: it's been around for eight years, and while no one ever speaks about it in the same terms as the 'worthier' US output, there are at least two of us who would rank it among our favourite shows of all time. With the series finale about to hit Sky 1 on Thursday, we thought we might as well have a bit of a chat about it.

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House â€“ season 8, episode 19: 'The C-Word'

TV Review | Ed Williamson | 3rd May 2012

House is moving ever-closer towards its final episode, 'Everybody Dies', but we're going to have to wait a little longer to find out who. I mean, presumably it's not literally everybody. Unless â€¦ plane crash? SARS outbreak? Ooooh ...

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Wilson! WIIIIILSON! (*volleyball floats away silently*)

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 29th April 2012

Meh. I called it six months ago.

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House in massive death hint shock probe riddle

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 1st April 2012

Sorry: I was just trying to shoehorn in as many tabloid-style abstract nouns as I could. It keeps me going. But if it's an actual hint, it's a pretty big one.

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DVD weekly: spies, trailer trash and Cumberbitches

TV Feature | Kirsty Harrison | 28th March 2012

This week's DVD releases are so bloody good, I forgot to stop watching them and missed my deadline. And the clocks went forward which, like, confused me.

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