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Ian McKellen is approaching 90 years old and has admitted he will not be acting full-time much longer. That makes the final films of his career all the more valuable, so it can be a little frustrating when something like The Critic, which features an all-star cast, struggles to find
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It's been about a week since the RadioTimes first dropped an exclusive look at Moonflower Murders (sadly unembeddable for the rest of us, but you can watch it here). Those of us who keep an eye on such things knew when it arrived over the weekend that there
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It’s hard to gauge how bad a film people thought Back to Black was when it was released in Britain last month. The slightly dreaded biopic about the tragically short career of homegrown music sensation Amy Winehouse held at number one at the UK box office for two weeks,
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Amy Winehouse's career lasted all of six years and two albums, beginning with the release of Frank in 2005, followed by the smash hit Back to Black in 2007, and ending with her death via overdose in 2011 at the age of 27. However, for those six years,
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While the actors' and writers' strikes here in the States have caused TV schedules to be delayed and, in some places, outright scrapped, those of us who are fans of British TV and PBS have been far more fortunate. As we noted at the time of the strikes,
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In the season finale of World on Fire Season 2, Lois and Harry come home, Sir James’s romance with Robina ends, Lois embraces motherhood and work, and Kasia is called to duty in Poland. Others begin difficult and dangerous journeys to find freedom and continue the fight. Kasia: You
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Netflix’s The Crown is back for its sixth and final season, split into two parts for reasons Netflix refuses to explain. Whether it’s the material or an overly sensitive approach following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the first half of the final season (four episodes in all)
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This week's World on Fire actually starts in France, but for continuity's sake, we'll discuss Libya first and then backtrack since most of the season has led off with North Africa. Also, like in France, things are pretty dire. The British soldiers are on
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World on Fire’s Season 2 mid-point picks up in Libya, where Harry rejoins his regiment. The Seige of Tobruk is getting dire, with control of Alexandria and Suez and supply routes to Britain at stake, and Churchill himself has ordered that positions must be held. Captain Briggs orders Harry
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We return to World on Fire as the war in North Africa rages. A wounded Harry is sent to the hospital in Cairo while Stan joins Rajib and his men in retreat. It’s an awkward situation, as the British army practices an “equal but different” policy, leaving Stan uncomfortable
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World on Fire Season 2's second episode opens with Harry arriving in the North African desert, where he’s greeted by his sergeant Stan Raddick, and the two of them resume their sarcastic banter. Harry is introduced to Rajib — “Same rank as you, but more convincing” — as Stan
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Writer Peter Morgan's major career breakthrough came in 2006 with The Queen, the Helen Mirren tour-de-force, where she played the then-living Queen Elizabeth II, based on the real-life events in the aftermath of Princess Diana's sudden death in a car crash in a tunnel in Paris