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Category Archives: Mystery

Bright (2017) Netflix

22 Friday Dec 2017

Posted by Oliver Hackett-Watson in Action, Adventure, Crime & Gangster, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

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David Ayer, Edgar Ramirez, Joel Edgerton, Lucy Fry, Noomi Rapace, will smith

Will Smith is currently on the promotional tour for ‘Bright’, the latest Netflix original film. When asked to summarise the premise, his explanation is that the film is a combination of ‘Training Day’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’. This is certainly one ploy to generate interest for the film. After all, ‘Training Day’ is one of the best police dramas of its genre, and though I haven’t seen it for many years, I still remember it fondly. While ‘Lord of the Rings’ is a much beloved fantasy epic, one focused on destroying a powerful object. Where the heroes are required to travel across Middle-Earth, meeting various fantasy characters along their journey.
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Taboo

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

Posted by Oliver Hackett-Watson in Action, Adventure, Art, Crime & Gangster, Family, History, Mystery, Thriller, TV Series

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Chips Hardy, David Hayman, Edward Hogg, Franka Potente, Jonathan Pryce, Mark Gatiss, Michael Kelly, Oona Chaplin, Stephen Graham, steven knight, Tom Hardy, Tom Hollander

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Created by Chips Hardy, Tom Hardy and Steven Knight. Starring Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, Edward Hogg, Stephen Graham, Franka Potente, Michael Kelly, Tom Hollander, Mark Gatiss and many many more.

From the start, I must make this absolutely clear, before I am heckled or have rotten fruit thrown at me online, this article is full of Spoilers. So, if you are reading this as a taster because you are unsure whether the show will appeal to you, do not read my review, watch the series and then return. You have been warned.

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Predestination (2014)

10 Friday Apr 2015

Posted by Oliver Hackett-Watson in Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

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ethan hawke, noah taylor, sarah snook

Directed by the Spierig twins, starring Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook and Noah Taylor. One agent travels through time in order to apprehend a criminal that has always evaded him.
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