Rogue One A Star Wars Story (2016)
Dec19

Rogue One A Star Wars Story (2016)

Rogue One A Star Wars Story (2016)   Are you someone who has spent a great many sleepless nights since 1977’s original Star Wars in wondering just how the Rebel Alliance actually got their hands on those plans for the Death Star? Nah, me neither. We’re also on the same wave length if — after the best-forgotten prequels and then last year’s tepid The Force Awakens — you had no interest in seeing where the continuing...

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The Manor of the Devil (1896)
Dec16

The Manor of the Devil (1896)

Silent Memories: The Manor of the Devil (1896) A bloody great tome, it was; at least, as I remember it.  And that memory is possibly faulty, because it was around 1970 and I was only eleven/twelve.  I had just started secondary school and had been exploring the library of Queen Margaret Academy in Ayr, Scotland. And there it was. The title is lost to me now — something like ‘Silent Film Greats’, perhaps – but my abiding...

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