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It's great to be back in the eponymous Pennsylvania
town, where the sheriff is a nuggety little ex-con
imposter and the local crime lord a shunned Amish.
This season anti-hero Lucas Hood (Antony Starr)
has his hands full with a hulking Native American
on the warpath, the arrival of the real sheriff's
son threatening to blow his cover, a siege at the
station, and of course being regularly pummelled by
badasses. But there's still time to pull off a daring
heist on a military base with partners in crime Carrie
(Ivana Milicevic) and Job (Hoon Lee), which leads to conflict with a
vengeful Colonel. For a small town there's a LOT going on, and this
season the bodycount is massive. Pure pulp fiction, Banshee is so
gleefully excessive on every level, it's an absolute blast. SH
Small town, big bodycount.
BANSHEE: SEASON 3
David S. Goyer's weird and
wonderful mash-up of historical
drama, fantasy and Indiana Jones
heroics goes out with a bang
in this third and final season.
Following a diverting trip to
South America, the show returns
to Renaissance Italy for more
intrigue involving the Medicis
and the scheming Pope Sixtus.
The main story arc this season
involves the Ottoman Empire's
invasion of the city of Otranto,
where Da Vinci is shocked to
discover the Turks are using war
machines of his own design. Leo
must uncover who is responsible
for this betrayal, as a series of
grisly murders threatens Rome's
Crusade against the invaders. SH
DA VINCI'S DEMONS:
SERIES THREE
Release Date:
06/04/16
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Richie Lanz (the legendary Bill
Murray) is a rock manager. Actually,
he’s a failing one, down to his
last client. That’s Ronnie (Zooey
Deschanel), and when she’s offered
a tour of Afghanistan to entertain
the troops, Richie jumps at the
opportunity. However, soon after
arrival Ronnie leaves him penniless
and passport-free, leading to one
giant fish out of water tale. After
turning to mercenary Bombay Brian
(Bruce Willis) for help, Richie hears
a crazy Kasbah sound – the voice of
local girl Salima. He wants to make
her a star via Afghanistan’s equivalent
of America’s Got Talent – but it’s
exclusively a sausage fest. All loosely
based on actual events, Bill Murray
gives great Kasbah jive. AF
rock the kasbah
Release Date:
31/03/16
Format:
Release Date: 06/04/16 Format:
The tales of those from both upstairs and downstairs in
the Yorkshire country house Downton Abbey all started in
1912 with the sinking of the Titanic. Now it’s all coming
to an end in 1925. We’re back at the Abbey some three
months or so after the events of the fifth series finale,
following Rose Albridge, her hubby, Tom Branson and
his daughter Sybbie heading to America. The times are
definitely changing, with aristocrats plummeting into
bankruptcy left, right and centre, and that horrid little
middle class definitely in the ascendant – obviously
everything must be done to protect Downton! The series plays out with a
procession of hiring, firing, battle, prattle, miscarriage, horseless carriage,
sickness, health, marriage, separation, life, death, and of course, scandal.
Ah, to live in a house – a very big house – in the country. AF
Downton closes its doors.
DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 6
Single folk gather in a hotel,
where they must find a suitable
partner during an allotted time
period or get turned into an
animal of their own choosing.
Divorcee Colin Farrell chooses
a lobster, should he fail to find
his perfect match. This insane
premise springs from the mind of
writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos,
who gave us the equally brilliant
and deadpan Dogtooth. His
English-language debut isn't as
mean-spirited as that film, but its
evocation of a bizarre and insular
community governed by strict
rules is just as spellbinding. And
the cast – especially Farrell and
Olivia Coleman – is fantastic. Cult
status awaits. SH
the lobster
Release Date:
21/04/16
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It may be a six months early,
but Hellions is the perfect
horror movie for Halloween.
High schooler Chloe Rose
discovers she's pregnant on
the scariest night of the year,
and decides she's not up for
trick or treating. Home alone,
she's soon visited by diminutive
and sinister masked figures,
with something nasty in their
candy bag. Director Bruce
McDonald, who put a unique
spin on the zombie/virus
film with Pontypool, invests
this Halloween tale with an
hallucinogenic quality via visual
gimmicks that disorient in a
'dozed off on the couch and had
a bad dream' kind of way. SH
HELLIONS
Release Date:
20/04/16
Format:
Release Date: 28/04/16 Format:
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