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‘Luther’: Series 3 Episode 3 review

Although this episode ostensibly concerns the hunt for Twitter-savvy, scumbag-executing vigilante Callum Marwood, it’s also about the enduring bond between DCI Luther (Idris Elba) and DS Ripley (Warren Brown).

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‘Luther’: Series 3 Episode 2 review

It’s manna from heaven for fans of John Luther’s coat in this episode (surely the greatest villain we’ve yet to meet in the show is a killer with a fetish for grey tweed outerwear) as a search of his house by anti-corruption cops Stark and Gray reveals not just one but a whole rack of them.

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‘Pacific Rim’ movie review

With a crash, a bang, and all the wallop of a gigantic sea monster crushing a skyscraper comes Pacific Rim, Guillermo Del Toro’s barmy, charming, cheesy and always entertaining action blockbuster. Time to forget your superheroes, folks. This summer it’s all about massive robots.

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Top 6 British TV detectives

The UK’s recent hankering for a down-to-earth but idiosyncratic television detective is rooted deeply in our love for Scandinavian mystery dramas, or ‘Nordic noir’ as it is now dubbed. Some of these sleuths have been on our tellies far longer than others but each are all quintessentially British from the tea-sipping Miss Marple to the heavily patriotic Christopher Foyle.

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