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Month: January 2020

The Personal History of David Copperfield***

January 29, 2020 john hobson Film & TV

Directed by Armando Iannucci It takes about 30 seconds to buy into Dev Patel as Dickens (and ipso facto David Copperfield). He embodies the spirit and the enthusiasm which led his early death. Iannucci loves

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Hive Mind ***½

January 26, 2020 john hobson Music

Wire 17 albums is a milestone for any musical band and the few that outlive their original energy usually subside into greatest hits and tours with other bands iof the era to an audience mostly

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This Is How You Lose the Time War****

January 26, 2020 john hobson Books

By Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Two adversaries, fighting an interminable war across time zones and multiverses, start leaving each other letters via increasingly bizarre and inventive methods. As their relationship grows beyond admiration to

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61 Hours ***

January 25, 2020 john hobson Books

Author Lee Childs With the double whammy that Lee Childs is to be a Booker judge just as he announces he’s handing on writing Jack Reacher to his brother, it seemed an appropriate time to

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood ***

January 25, 2020 john hobson Film & TV

Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Did Tarantino’s nerve fail him or is it there in plain sight? That at least three core scenes involving Brad Pitt’s washed up stuntman are fantasies, fairy tales as the title

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The Lying Game Ruth Ware **

January 16, 2020 john hobson Books

A disappointing novel from Ruth Ware which uses the theme of a hidden secret of a group of some young people’s past resurfacing. In this case. it involves a group of girls who attended a

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