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The People Under the Stairs: a warning 35 years in the making

35 years later, Wes Craven's best movie is also one of his least well known, and it's well worth dusting off the VHS off in our current Trumpian nightmare. The People Under the Stairs is an urban fairy tale, a vital social commentary on the...

“Up there with The Shining”: Hokum review

“Writers are unfilmable.” I forgot who told me this years ago, but while there are exceptions to this rule, the rule is there for a reason. Writing, for example, is probably the most important and also the most visually boring part of my life....

“Did wonders for my soul”: Rutland Water Nature Reserve review

Around 25 miles from the city of Leicester, in the English Midlands, is a 1000-acre (approx. 4 square kilometre) nature reserve that did wonders for my soul. Managed by Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, in partnership with Anglian Water,...

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