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I like that it's not going to pick up the Hill House story, just go with something completely different.

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Hmmm, I'm cautiously curious about further The Haunting of <foo>; the distinction made between horror and terror was interesting.

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I came back to the Sky Arts episode wherein Daniel Barenboim plays/conducts Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 a couple of…

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[…] yet deployed the show’s best actor and most famous actor (Don Hany of East West 101/Serangoon Road fame), making…

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[…] show sees Tess Haubrich (Wolf Creek, Pine Gap) playing regular mum Sarah, who’s starting to suspect that husband Daniel […]

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[…] female-friendly Nine network in Australia and is co-created by Rachel Lang (Outrageous Fortune, Hyde & Seek, Westside, The Blue…

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Oh that is so on-brand.

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Glad you liked it. I probably wouldn't have watched it, were it not for this 'ere blog, and I'm glad…

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I hope it does go somewhere different. That's what we need from superhero shows!

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What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
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What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
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The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

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