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Jitters – review
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Baldvin Z’s Jitters is a carefully crafted Icelandic coming of age (and coming out) film. The story starts in Manchester where, on a school trip, students Gabriel (Atli Oskar Fjalarsson) and Markus (Haraldur Ari Stefánsson) share a drunken kiss. Arriving back in Iceland, Gabriel rejoins his friends and their problems – long lost fathers, teen…
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Harry Potter ebooks go on sale
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Harry Potter fans can now enjoy their hero’s adventures in ebook format. Last year J.K. Rowling confirmed the entire Harry Potter saga would be released as ebooks via her Pottermore.com. After a longer than expected wait, the books are now on sale and available as ePub and Kindle editions. UK editions are priced at £4.99.…
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A picture can mean 1,000 words
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Stock images have long been a part of the online landscape and with good reason. Such images help to clarify the point of a given article or entry and as such their value cannot be understated. Any online article is made more attractive and informative when an image is attached to it. Having an image…
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Weekend – review
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Andrew Haigh’s Weekend is the story of two gay men who spend a weekend together after a drunken tryst. Waking up after what they expect to be a one-night stand, Russell (Tom Cullen) and Glen (Chris New) discover they have a much deeper connection. Over the course of the titular weekend, they discuss their lives,…
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Filming underway on four new George Gently dramas
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Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby are currently filming four new, feature-length episodes of Inspector George Gently. The series, adapted by Peter Flannery from Alan Hunters novels, stars Shaw as former Met Detective Gently who has moved to Northumberland, where he and sidekick Bacchus (Ingleby) keep order in a society which is rapidly changing. Due for…
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Being Human to return for fifth series
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BBC Three has commissioned a fifth series of supernatural drama series Being Human. The series completed its fourth run, which attracted an average 950,000 viewers per episode, last night. BBC bosses have announced the series will return for a further 6-part run which will once again feature werewolf Tom (Michael Socha) and vampire Hal (Damien…