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Liam Cunningham

The Childhood of a Leader movie review: the history of the world, part Europe

Fri, Aug 19, 2016
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Cinematic wankery at its most puerile. Two hours of the sun setting revealing that this is why it gets dark at night would not have been more pointless.

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Game of Thrones S04 E06: “The Laws of Gods and Men” (oh crap oh crap oh crap)

Mon, May 12, 2014
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This episode has exhausted me.

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Game of Thrones S04 E02: “The Lion and the Rose” holy crap

Mon, Apr 14, 2014
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I kind of want to say, “You’re not reading that right , Grandpa.” Except OMFG, this is so much more awesome than I could ever have hoped for.

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Doctor Who blogging: “Cold War”

Mon, Apr 15, 2013
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Alien on the Red October… though actually, this episode reminded me most of the Peter Davison-era Doctor Who story “Warriors of the Deep.”

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female gazing at: Liam Cunningham

Fri, Oct 12, 2012
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A random tweet by somebody who just realized that Liam Cunningham is a bit of all right reminded me that Liam Cunningham is a bit of all right.

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what do you think of ‘Outcasts’?

Tue, Feb 15, 2011
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After last week’s first two episodes, I was feeling an enormous meh toward the show, but was willing to give it a few more episodes to find itself. After last night’s third episode, I’m still hugely ambivalent…

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Hunger (review)

Tue, Feb 16, 2010
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It’s a hard, harsh film, a triumph of the new realism that is transforming British film at the moment…

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sf/f/h flash fiction by me

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