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Review: Birds Of Prey is the fantabulous desperation of one Harley Quinn

Movie Review | Matt Looker | 17th February 2020

Thereâ€™s no denying that the Joker is a truly iconic figure. Whether itâ€™s Joaquin Phoenixâ€™s fragile psychopath, Heath Ledgerâ€™s cruel anarchist or Cesar Romeroâ€™s painted moustache, the character of the Joker is an indelible legend of pop culture. But you wouldnâ€™t want to hang out with him, would you? Imagine all the whoopee cushions and hand buzzers and all that endless itching powder. Heâ€™s just a terrible try-hard, isnâ€™t he? So itâ€™s probably apt that this film, which is primarily focused on his sudden absence from Harley Quinnâ€™s life, tries to fill his void by being just as eager to entertain. Itâ€™s packed with colourful chaos, wacky narrative devices and fun, so much fun. But just like the Jokerâ€™s constant giggling, it also feels a little bit forced. Why so weary-ous, Harley Quinn?

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Review: The Two Popes entertains, occasionally enlightens

Movie Review | Luke Whiston | 15th January 2020

They're just two normal fellas, these guys. Sure they live in gigantic palaces and take part in rituals affecting the lives of millions of people based on doctrines written hundreds of years ago in the belief a giant bearded ghost man watches everything you do in the bathroom, but they like a pint just like you and I. Who cares if you're expected to bow and kiss their ring to show respect else you'll go to hell if they like to watch the big match? They're just two normal fellas. Two normal fellas in charge of a 2000-year-old nonce festival.

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The Apprentice: season 15, episode 11 recap: "The Lion, The Twit and The Small Globe"

TV Feature | Becky Suter | 13th December 2019

They say itâ€™s the hope that kills you, so in that respect weâ€™ll be ok and it will probably be the austerity that gets to us first. I mean, does anything even matter anymore? Anyway, interviews.

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The Apprentice: season 15, episode 10 recap: "Absolute Non Scents"

TV Feature | Becky Suter | 6th December 2019

Thereâ€™s only one week left until we get to the highlight of the year and Claude rips into everyone, but we have one more pointless task until then.

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The Apprentice: season 15, episode 9 recap: "Urban Lucozade"

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 5th December 2019

We're into the home straight and all of a sudden here's a task with an aspect that's quite interesting. It is of course juxtaposed by the task's other constituent parts, which are absurd and deliberately beyond the skillset of anyone involved, but you can't have everything.

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The Apprentice: season 15, episode 8 recap: "Going Off The Rails"

TV Feature | Becky Suter | 23rd November 2019

Nothing quite strikes fear into the heart like the words, â€œTeam-building Away Day.â€ Iâ€™ve been on a fair few, including my previously-mentioned visit to Thorpe Park, one where we had an Itâ€™s A Knock-Out style day in the park and two people ended up in hospital, and one with a Heroes and Villains theme where one of the sales managers blacked up as Samuel L. Jackson to deliver a presentation on streamlining processes. And none of those were as bad as being imprisoned for four hours on a train with Lottie, no matter how much booze is laid on.

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The Apprentice: season 15, episode 7 recap: "Finn Tonne o' Tools"

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 20th November 2019

When doing the just-about-iconic point, Lord Sugar's hand doesn't do what the Twitter emoji does, I've noticed. The latter extends the index finger in the same way but turns the back of its hand to face you, while the back of his hand faces skywards. Even the basics of The Apprentice's flimsy premise go uninterrogated, and yet still my demands for a DCMS select committee hearing go ignored.

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The Apprentice: season 15, episode 6 recap: "The Vomit Comet"

TV Feature | Becky Suter | 7th November 2019

Nothing good ever happens at theme parks. The last time I went to Thorpe Park was on a corporate away day, when instead of going on any rides, we were forced into groups and do a painful team-building exercise around the park. In a rather unsettling act of fate, it was the same day that there was the horrific accident at Alton Towers on the Smiler ride. During the debriefing session, the head of HR stood on the stage and made a pretty off-colour joke, as we were trying to present how the treasure hunt aligned with the companyâ€™s business principles, which was trying not to acknowledge the fact that two of the (married) managers were clearly trying to get off with each other. This has nothing to do with this weekâ€™s recap, much in the same way that The Apprentice has very little to do with business.

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The Apprentice: season 15, episode 5 recap: "Ryan, Lion, Zion"

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 3rd November 2019

This week I had a breakthrough: I realised that the one person I thought was called Riyonn-Mark is in fact two people, one called Riyonn and one called Ryan-Mark. Stay tuned to find out whether there's another one called Mark.

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Review: Fractured won't exactly change your world, but has a good try

Movie Review | Luke Whiston | 29th October 2019

One of my favourite subgenres of horror is the one where there's a huge build up to something tragic, and then you tag the 'sad trombone' sound effect on the end, rendering it hilarious. Like at the end of The Mist when Tom Jane euthanises a car full of survivors because they think the monsters are coming and there's no escape, but when he steps outside it's the army rumbling down the road to rescue them. Sad trombone dot mp3! Fractured is like that but every scene.

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