Author: Rob Williams
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New Year TV Movie Review – Doctor Who
I know that it is a pretty widespread phenomenon. Doctor Who definitely has fans all over the place. I’m not altogether sure when it actually started to get noticed in the USA but it has been a favourite over here since, pretty much, day one. Day one was back in November 1963 and, thanks to…
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RunPee New Year Hub
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Here we go again! Another cycle around the Sun marked by an arbitrary bank holiday. As with other holidays, there are a few films set around the festivities. At the moment we only have a few films reviewed but there are a handful of films which we have available to watch and will add to…
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Christmas Movie Review – A Christmas Carol (2020)
It’s no secret that I love the Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. I know it is the same story, pretty much, every time but, I think, that just shows what a great story it is. It’s also no real surprise that I am a bit of a completist and, to that end, I would love…
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RunPee Christmas Hub
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Jilly’s original Christmas Hub has served us well over the years but I thought that it may be time for a little reorganisation. Basically, all the good stuff is still here, and will still be added to, but I think it is just a bit easier to find. Enough of my ramblings! Enjoy over a…
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Christmas TV Special – A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
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The Goes Wrong Show is unusual in that it almost seems like it was made the wrong way around…there was a Christmas special, then another Christmas special, and then a couple of series were made. Actually, there was another Christmas special slotted in between the two series! But all that is after the Mischief Theatre…
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Christmas Rewatch Review – Christmas With The Kranks
A lot of films are based on books, essays, short stories, etc. Some authors have had a lot of films based on their work; William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, and Stephen King are the most prolific. And who is fourth? None other than John Grisham! One of my all time favourite films, Runaway Jury, is an…
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TV Review – Creepshow
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Ah…1982! I was young, slim, and active. I won’t say “athletic” but I was a bit more that the three dimensional stain in my armchair that I am now. Over forty years ago was when the original film version of Creepshow was made and, rather surprisingly, it took until 2019 before the format was reused.…
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Christmas TV Special – Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
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Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais may not be particularly well known names across the Atlantic but one of their creations, The Office, has been shown around the world and adapted into various local versions. Their follow up was absolutely delicious, full of high profile star cameos, and also managed to be exceptionally bittersweet; you don’t…
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Indie Documentary Review – Tramps!
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It often happens that you see something and it dawns on you that Doctor Strange And The Multiverse Of Madness wasn’t so unusual after all. One of the first articles I wrote for RunPee was a documentary about a skateboard park and the people who were still using it forty years after it was built.…
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Movie Review – Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
I was quite surprised to learn that the first Aardman Animation feature film was 2000’s Chicken Run. I would have put money on it being one of the Wallace And Gromit adventures but had forgotten that the early ones were made for TV shorts. The first full length Wallace And Gromit was, actually, the 2005…
