Culture
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How new Robbie Williams biopic Better Man lays bare the terror of fame – by making its hero a CGI chimp
Paramount Pictures A new film about the tumultuous career of UK boy-band sensation turned solo star Robbie Williams depicts him…
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How 1980s horror The Woman in the Black terrified Britain
ITV/ Shutterstock (Credit: ITV/ Shutterstock) First airing on Christmas Eve 1989, the original TV adaptation of Susan Hill’s creepy novel…
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How Frank Capra’s ‘over-sentimental’ film became a Christmas classic
Alamy Released in 1946, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life was derided as an “over-sentimental” Christmas yarn. In History looks…
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12 of the most striking images of 2024
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) From the awe-inspiring photo of a surfer in Tahiti to the iconic shot of US…
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Netflix’s The Perfect Couple and the reason TV was so poor in 2024 – but we watched anyway
Netflix This year was defined by a host of average TV shows that were glossy and watchable enough but insubstantial…
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The 20 best TV shows of 2024
Ludovic Robert/ Netflix, Nick Strasburg/ HBO, Peacock (Credit: Ludovic Robert/ Netflix, Nick Strasburg/ HBO, Peacock) From an electrifying action thriller…
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Mufasa: The Lion King is a 'contrived cash-in'
This prequel to a re-make is ‘pointless’, and ‘never picks up momentum’ Source link
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How LGBTQ stories got real in 2024
Netflix/ Film4/ A24/ BBC (Credit: Netflix/ FIlm4/ A24/ BBC) From Queer to Baby Reindeer and Will & Harper, LGBTQ representation…
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How Shirley Temple saved a Hollywood studio from bankruptcy
In December 1933, five-year-old Shirley Temple signed with a nearly-bankrupt Fox Studios. In History looks back at how she revived…
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