Set in 1200-something-rather BC, it comes helmed with the same acuity of visuals Tarsem Singh brought to The Cell and The Fall, where every pixel appears to have art-directed to a near death. One may wonder why some characters look raring to go for a parade of nightmares, but one cannot deny how stunning it […]
The Tudors
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Bedlam: Season One
The renovation is the project of Warren Bettany (Hugo Speer, “The Full Monty”), whose lovely daughter, Kate (Charlotte Salt, TV’s “The Tudors”), serves as landlady. It’s a family affair, because the building has been in the family for 300 years. When Kate is almost drowned by an evil spirit, her ghost-busting cousin, Jed (Theo James, […]
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Bedlam: Season One
The renovation is the project of Warren Bettany (Hugo Speer, “The Full Monty”), whose lovely daughter, Kate (Charlotte Salt, TV’s “The Tudors”), serves as landlady. It’s a family affair, because the building has been in the family for 300 years. When Kate is almost drowned by an evil spirit, her ghost-busting cousin, Jed (Theo James, […]
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Red Faction: Origins
Did he tell anybody else? Because that wasn’t my top-of-mind takeaway. Based on a series of video games with which I have no experience playing, “Origins” is, I’m guessing, a prequel story. Set on Mars in 2145, it follows second-generation soldier Jake Mason (“SGU Stargate Universe” vet Brian J. Smith, who looks like Josh Hartnett, […]