Category Archives: Popular Culture

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Goodbye Christopher Robin Film Review

Posted on October 12, 2017 by

Every now and then you come across a film that you know will just turn out to be a classic even if it isn’t initially thought to be such.  I am one of the few who went to see Shawshank … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Discovery Review

Posted on September 28, 2017 by

It’s been 12 years since the last new Star Trek television episode was aired so it is with much excitement that I got my Netflix free month offer underway only to watch Star Trek: Discovery which is no doubt what … Continue reading →

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How Star Trek revolutionised​ the modern world

Posted on September 26, 2017 by

Star Trek recently celebrated its 51st birthday and this week with the launch of Star Trek Discovery the mission to entertain and inspire continues with renewed vigor. The scientific inventions that we use on a daily basis inspired by WW2 … Continue reading →

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The Limehouse Golem – Film Review

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

I haven’t spent much time at the cinema this year, that is mostly because I have been so busy but also due to the proliferation of those dreadful in my opinion comic book movies which rather take over the big … Continue reading →

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Prince Eustace and Joffrey

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

Once again, much of the television watching world is gripped by the latest installments of Game of Thrones.  Not myself sadly as I don’t have access to the channel that broadcasts it in the U.K. so face another long and … Continue reading →

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15 of the best war films of all time.

Posted on July 15, 2017 by

It’s only a week now until the release of my most anticipated film of the year, Dunkirk. Despite being pivotal to the entire WW2, the brave and often selfless actions of the British Expeditionary Force and allied French and Belgian … Continue reading →

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The story of the first Black Man in the British Army

Posted on July 10, 2017 by

A few weeks in a new episode of Dr Who, there was something of a story about one of the characters in that weeks episode.  It involved a platoon of Victorian British soldiers who ended up working on some alien … Continue reading →

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