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10 Great TV Shows That Were Cancelled Too Soon

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Simon Thompson with ten great TV shows that were cancelled too soon… Over a lifetime of watching TV shows, I’ve come to realise that television show life expectancy is the exact opposite of boxing. In boxing great fighters almost always continue when their best days are long behind them, but when it comes to TV […]

David Lynch: American Cinema’s Great Enigma

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Simon Thompson explores the career of the late, great David Lynch… To start this article off as simply as possible, David Lynch, one of American cinema’s greatest idiosyncratic directors is gone. While I knew that his health had sadly taken a turn for the worse since 2020, it still feels almost impossible to come to […]

When Film and TV Collide: Acclaimed Directors on the Small Screen

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Chris Connor on filmmakers venturing out onto the small screen… As television has come more and more into its own in recent years, the gaps between what we might have seen exclusively on the big screen and less so on TV has become less apparent. Certainly big budget TV series feel more cinematic and can […]

Confusing The Audience And Getting Away With It

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Tom Jolliffe on the art of confusing an audience and getting praised for it…. Cinema and TV is full of fine margins. There’s a real artistry in how a film (or show) can manipulate the viewer. As a viewer you are taken on a journey. Sometimes said journey is simple. A to B to C. […]

October Horrors 2020 – Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)

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Twin Peaks: The Return, 2017. Directed by David Lynch. Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Sherilyn Fenn, Sheryl Lee, Madchen Amick, David Patrick Kelly, Richard Beymer, Miguel Ferrer, Dana Ashbrook, Michael Horse, Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie, Peggy Lipton, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, James Marshall, Al Strobel, Kimmy Robertson, Harry Goaz, Charlotte Stewart, Gary Hershberger, Jan D’Arcy, Harry Dean […]

October Horrors 2020 – Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 1992. Directed by David Lynch. Starring Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, David Bowie, Chris Issak, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Wise and Kyle MacLachlan. SYNOPSIS: In the town of Twin Peaks, prom queen Laura Palmer struggles through a troubled life with sex and drugs, all the while attempting to uncover the […]

October Horrors 2020 – Twin Peaks (1990-91)

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Twin Peaks, 1990-1991. Starring Kyle McLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Warren Frost, Peggy Lipton, James Marshall, Everett McGill, Jack Nance and Ray Wise. SYNOPSIS: The town of Twin Peaks is struck by tragedy when prom queen Laura Palmer is found murdered. To aid the local police […]

Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan hasn’t heard anything about season 4 but admits “anything is possible”

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Kyle MacLachlan, who played Special Agent Dale Cooper in all three seasons of Twin Peaks and the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, says he hasn’t heard anything about a fourth season. In an interview with IndieWire, MacLachlan confirmed he hasn’t heard anything from co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost about a continuation of the […]

Twin Peaks star Kyle MacLachlan would return as Dale Cooper “every day” if he could

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Kyle MacLachlan, who played Special agent Dale Cooper in all three seasons of Twin Peaks and the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, has stated he would return to reprise his role “every day” if he could. In a recent interview with ComicBook.com, MacLachlan revealed he was happy that creators David Lynch and Mark Frost […]