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‘Misfits’ last ever episode review

It’s fascinating to see how a show treats its final ever episode. Some revel in nostalgia. Some look to the future. Some go big before they go home, while others try for a more intimate personal story to wrap things up.

In its final hour Misfits manages to tick almost off all of the above by reciting its greatest hits – time travel, violence, moving deaths, and enough crudity to fill a septic tank.

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‘The Tunnel’ Episode 9 review

About halfway into Episode 9 of The Tunnel our reviewing notes on the episode just stopped. No, we hadn’t hit our drinking-grade Boîte de Vin earlier than usual and passed out. We were so wrapped up in hoping that Laura Roebuck wasn’t smithereened into a fine red mist that we forgot we had hands. Good grief, that was tense. That was bloody tense.

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‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ movie review

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth, was a very accomplished and entertaining opening chapter of this prequel trilogy, albeit an undeniably uneven one.

The Desolation of Smaug is probably superior, but suffers from a curious inverse of the problems that the first had. Luckily for Desolation, it has a dragon up its sleeve.

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