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The backlash against The Last Jedi is bizarrely familiar and irrational
The outraged fans are missing its charms – and forgetting the history of the series.
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Defining The Defenders: the long history of the superhero team-up
Netflix's new show draws on an established traditon of bringing together disparate characters.
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Nigel Farage’s love for Dunkirk shows how Brexiteers learned the wrong lessons from WWII
Film has given Britain a dangerously skewed perspective on World War II
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George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead created the zombie apocalypse as we know it
Night of the Living Dead (1968) was a curiously accurate portrayal of the zeitgeist.
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House of Time Lords: UK prime ministers ranked by their Doctor Whos
Is there any relationship between a British premier and the Doctor Who shown while they’re in office? Let's see...
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