Cast announced for BBC One’s ‘The Go-Between’ adaptation

The Paradise star Joanna Vanderham will lead the cast of BBC One’s adaptation of LP Hartley’s The Go-Between, part of the channel’s upcoming season of classic 20th century literature. Vanderham will play Marian Maudsley in the 90-minute film, alongside Stephen Campbell Moore (Titanic) as Trimingham, Ben Batt (Shameless) as Ted Burgess and Lesley Manville (Maleficent) as … >

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‘Snowpiercer’ movie review

Bong Joon-ho’s first English language film, based on a French graphic novel, is reminiscent of Jean Pierre-Jeunet and Terry Gilliam (indeed, John Hurt’s character is called Gilliam), and much like a train builds up momentum as it goes, peaking with about ten minutes to go before coming to a halt. As the clunky exposition captions … >

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Win new thriller novel ‘The Three’!

To celebrate the release of Sarah Lotz’s new thriller The Three on Thursday 22 May, we’ve got copies of the book to give away to five of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV and RT for a chance to win 5 … >

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‘Fargo’ Episode 2: ‘The Rooster Prince’ review

Nothing about Fargo should work. Martin Freeman is playing a character that absolutely isn’t William H Macy (but kinda is). Allison Tolman is playing a character that is Frances McDormand (but kinda is). And Billy Bob Thornton is playing a character that isn’t Peter Stormare (you can see where we’re going with this) Despite the seeming … >

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‘Jamaica Inn’ Episode 3 review

If you haven’t enjoyed the first two episodes of Jamaica Inn – and one look at a newspaper will give you the hint that a few people fall into that camp – then there’s nothing in the final part that will change your mind. So you may as well go outside and enjoy the fresh … >

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Win ‘Bird Box’ thriller books!

‘Bird Box’, the debut novel from Michigan-based Josh Malerman, will be published in the UK and US in April by Harper Voygaer UK and we’ve got an exclusive first look at the trailer!

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‘The Musketeers’ preview

‘One for all and all for one’ – even for those of us, of a certain age, who wish to follow this line with the assertion that ‘Muskehounds are always ready’, there can be little doubt that Dumas’ most famous novel has proven an endlessly fruitful inspiration to successive generations of adapters. There was even a 1928 musical with lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse!

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