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All work and no play makes Jill a very dull girl

Saturday, 19 October 2019

For the record – all hail vinyl

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Today was going to involve a trip to the cinema to see Singin’ in the Rain on a big screen, but a chill I picked up when my lower legs a...
Wednesday, 16 October 2019

The Name of the Rose – TV for grown-ups

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Perfectly timed for the darkening evenings and the spooky joys of Halloween, a new eight-part German-Italian adaptation of Umberto Eco’s ...
Sunday, 13 October 2019

Joker is stunning – and that's no joke

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You could be forgiven for imagining that nobody had ever, ever before made a film about a loner who turns violent, given some of the hype...
Thursday, 3 October 2019

Zellweger shows us the isolation – and guts – of Judy

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It’s not news that Judy Garland led a troubled life – or that her problems began as a child – but one of the things that Rupert Gould’s n...
Tuesday, 1 October 2019

The wonderful ... WONDERFUL Wizard of Oz

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We didn’t go to the cinema a lot when I was child, but memory suggests that the most regular period for family film-going was from around...
Saturday, 21 September 2019

Ad Astra: cinema that reaches for the stars

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In the near future, the Solar System is being hit by power surges from an unknown source, causing increasing damage and loss of life on E...
Thursday, 15 August 2019

Monday in the park with Loki – or meet the raven

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Loki and me – that grin is really not an everyday one It was last year, reading Joe Shute’s  A Shadow Above: the fall and rise of the r...
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Amanda Kendal
London-based journalist, writer, artist and occasional poet, widowed, but living with a cat. Many interests – this blog covers lots of things. It is 100% personal. Non-PC. No party line. My art is available to buy at www.redbubble.com/people/AmandaKendal/shop
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