‘Doctor Who’ 11.07: ‘Kerblam!’
❉ The ghost of Doctor Who’s premier world builder Robert Holmes was again in the writers’ room, and Bradley Walsh continues to steal every scene he’s in.
Month: November 2018
Live: Killing Joke – Laugh at Your Peril
❉ Over Killing Joke’s forty year lifespan, the state of the world may not have got any better, but that’s good for us as it’s the fuel they still pour on their creative fire.
The Police – ‘Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings’
❉ The Police’s collection of five albums in six years plus a bonus disc is an arresting one, writes Eoghan Lyng.
Ten Of The Best: Pink Floyd
❉ We Are Cult’s musical majordomo Eoghan Lyng compiles a chronological decalogue of Floydian peaks.
‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
❉ Is the Coen brothers’ bonanza of six mini-movies worth singing about? Find out in Ben Peyton’s spoiler-free review.
The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (50th Anniversary Edition)
❉ Not to mince words, this is the most Brexit package of extras for a major album reissue in living memory
Orson Welles’ ‘The Other Side of the Wind’
❉ Somewhere between a rant and a meditation on film-making, this is the closest audiences will get to experiencing Welles’ vision of his lost movie.
Blu-Ray: ‘The Changeling’ (1980)
❉ Peter Medak’s ghost story arrives on a nicely presented Blu-ray with a generous amount of extras. Does it still hold up over three decades later?
‘Doctor Who’ 11.06: ‘Demons of the Punjab’
❉ An enlightening drama about a shameful period of Britain’s colonial past, the sci fi interwoven cleverly and unobtrusively with the historical setting.
‘Suspiria’ (2018) reviewed
❉ Luca Guadagnino’s take on Dario Argento’s masterpiece is a striking work that manages to perplex as much as it enthrals.